McDonald's announced it will reduce the offerings on its menu in order to speed up service, as well as become more competitive in an increasingly tough fast food market.
Four boys were rescued by police from their father in a standoff on a San Diego highway overpass, just hours after their mother's body was found in the trunk of a car.
Major League Baseball's highest-ranking Hispanic woman in a management role filed a lawsuit against MLB Commissioner Bud Selig and others this week that claims she faced discrimination there for two decades.
The excitement is growing for the Dec. 13 Powerball jackpot, which currently stands at $70 million. The drawing will take place Saturday night at 11 p.m. ET.
The Geminid meteor shower will be the brightest Saturday night into Sunday morning. The Geminid meteor shower, which gets its name from Gemini–the constellation it appears to originate from–will be the brightest Saturday night into Sunday morning.
New York City is making preparation to offer 8 million New York residents the chance to apply for a municipal identification card, IDNYC. Half of New York City residents, aged 16 and over, do not have a New York State Driver's License.
Native American tribes are allowed to grow and sell marijuana on their lands, even in states where the practice is not legalized, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday.
A father of a former Harvard University student is facing 20 years in prison for falsifying his income so that his daughter could be awarded over $160,000 in financial aid from the college and the federal government.
The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee has released new information claiming the Bush administration misled the American people in the run-up to the war in Iraq.
The death of the 12-year-old boy who was fatally shot while carrying a toy gun last month by a Cleveland police officer has been ruled a homicide by the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office.
As protests over the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown continue across the country, Mexicans living in New York and Los Angeles have been protesting the missing 43 students disappeared by local police in Iguala. This weekend, the two groups will march together to demand an end to human rights violations by the state against their own people.
A federal judge has ruled in favor of a group of protesters who sued the St. Louis police forces. The judge ordered the police to warn protesters before using chemical agents like tear gas and allow them enough time to disperse before using the weapons.
The FBI said it will be investigating the death of a 17-year-old boy in North Carolina. Lennon Lacy's body was found hanging from a trailer park swing set by a dog leash and belt that his family claimed did not belong to him.
Glitch has led to several cancellations and delays at London airports, according to Bloomberg. Bloomberg reports that following a computer failure at a central control center, London's airspace is shut down due to a tech glitch at the Swanwick air-traffic center in Hampshire that has caused a caused by a power outage, according to the NATS authority in press statement posted on its website.
If you're feeling lucky, then you may want to purchase a ticket for the Mega Millions lottery jackpot, which currently stands at a whopping $102 million. The drawing will take place on Friday, Dec. 12 at 11 p.m. EST.
