One lucky lottery player is walking the streets of Middletown, New York with the winning ticket that matched the Mega Millions numbers drawn on November 4.
The parents of Jodi Arias are speaking out for the first time since their daughter was convicted of first degree murder in the death of her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander.
Many of us have been enjoying brisk walks outside and the scenic colors of fall, but that will abruptly change next week as the U.S. is expected to be hit with an arctic blast as part of a polar vortex moves southward.
Harvard University is taking public criticism from faculty and students for photographing about 2,000 undergraduates in lecture halls last spring without permission as part of a study. The experiment was focused on classroom attendance and recorded in 10 lecture halls.
A woman who was kidnapped from a deserted Philadelphia street Sunday was discovered alive, and her abductor was arrested Wednesday in Maryland. The entire capture of Carlesha Freeland-Gaither was captured on surveillance camera, authorities said.
A Navy SEAL who helped kill Osama bin Laden and wrote a book about the raid on the terror leader has handed over more than $4.5 million to the government. The payment is part of a negotiated settlement Matt Bissonnette reached with investigators who accuse him of failing to get the required Pentagon approval before publishing potentially sensitive material.
A man who murdered a Washington mother, uploaded photos of her body to the Internet and then fled the area has been arrested in Oregon. The man turned himself in to police after a daylong manhunt, following the discovery of his live-in girlfriend's body.
The body of Gavin Smith, a 20th Century Fox executive in distribution and father of three sons, was ositively identified by the Los Angeles County coroner on Wednesday, according to authorities. After being missing for more than two years, Smith's remains were found by hikers in a remote area.
With the Republican Party securing control of Congress, President Barack Obama has maintained his expressed determination to issue an executive action order on immigration reform if lawmakers don't act soon.
President Barack Obama made a request to Congress for $6.2 billion in emergency funds to combat Ebola at its West African source and to secure the United States against any possible spread, according to The Associated Press.
On Tuesday, Nov. 4, Democrat Maura Healey was elected attorney general in Massachusetts, making history as the first openly gay attorney general in the United States, according to the Human Rights Campaign.
Missouri has become the latest state to legalize same-sex marriage after a St. Louis circuit judge ruled on Wednesday that the state's ban is unconstitutional.
It was a high-energy night for country music's biggest stars Wednesday night as the 48th Annual Country Music Awards featured awards for male, female, groups and much more.
Latino voter turnout during the 2014 midterm elections increased by one percent, as predicted by NALEO. Exit polls shows immigration reform is Latino voters' top priority, followed by jobs and the economy and then heath care. While the midterm elections looked like a referendum on the Obama Administration, election watchers say don't underestimate Latino voters who aren't taken in by campaign rhetoric and will vote on issues in 2016.
Amazon's diversity statistics are predictably similar to the rest of Silicon Valley, but Amazon stands out from the rest in what it didn't disclose. Meanwhile, Jesse Jackson has called for more egalitarianism from the tech industry.
The father of a young girl said his daughter was given a bag of methamphetamine when she went trick-or-treating in the San Francisco Bay area on Halloween.
The GOP believes Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has protected President Obama. The Republicans want to get legislation in front of the president that forces him to make a choice.
Kansas is likely to become the 33rd state in the nation to allow same-sex couples to marry after a federal judge struck down its gay-marriage ban, the Kansas City Star reported. U.S. District Judge Daniel D. Crabtree said his ruling reflects an appeals court opinion that held such bans to be unconstitutional.
