The New Jersey town's high school football team will not play this season as police investigate allegations of sexual assault within the team during hazing. Sayreville's football players and their parents see the punishment as unfair for those uninvolved.
Heated protests erupted in St. Louis Wednesday night after an off-duty police officer shot and killed an African American teen just miles away from the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in August
A non-partisan government agency released a report Wednesday that shows states which toughened up their voter ID laws saw a decrease in turnout by African-Americans and young voters.
Parents of a black teenager in North Carolina are outraged after police mistook their 18-year-old son for a burglar and pepper-sprayed him inside of their home.
Five U.S. airports to begin Ebola screening The U. S. will begin temperature screening passengers from West African countries at five major airports starting this week in response to the Ebola virus outbreak.
A small wildfire was reported in the early afternoon on Wednesday Oct. 8 in Placer County, Calif. That original fire has now spread into a series of five uncontrollable wildfires that are causing mass chaos and endangering the welfare of the public.
Jury selection in the penalty phase of the Jodi Arias trial resumed this week as prosecutors began individually questioning prospective jurors in effort to select an impartial panel that will determine whether the convicted boyfriend killer will be executed for the death of Travis Alexander.
A Drug Enforcement Agency agent in New York is being sued by a woman for using her personal information to set up a fake Facebook account in order to nab drug associates and learn incriminating secrets.
Pentagon and Congress debate over tobacco-ban in military A debate over tobacco sales on military bases and ships is taking place between Congress and the Pentagon.
Advocates are calling out Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater for allegedly targeting undocumented immigrants who acquired agricultural jobs with fake IDs, rather than the companies who hired them.
New frozen boutique gives makeovers to "Frozen" fans Disney is experimenting with just how hot "Frozen" continues to be by opening a new boutique in Downtown Disney that turns little girls and boys into characters from the movie.
JP Morgan Chase data breach blamed on hack of employee password An employee's password has been identified as the source of the largest JP Morgan Chase and Co.
The excitement is growing for the Oct. 8 Powerball jackpot, which currently stands at a whopping $70 million. The drawing will take place Wednesday night at 11 p.m. EDT.
While many Americans will enjoy a day off from work in honor of Columbus Day on Monday, Oct. 13, the city of Seattle voted to honor the Native Americans that experienced genocide in wake of Christopher Columbus' arrival to America.
The family of the late Eric Garner, the Staten Island man who died after police put him in an illegal chokehold over the summer, announced that they plan to sue the City of New York for $75 million.
According to a new study, between 2006 and 2012, Americans with higher incomes became less charitable while lower- and middle-income Americans donated more.
Astronauts would have to be in stasis for up to six months A study funded by NASA is looking into a novel way to plan a manned mission to Mars, put the astronauts into a sort of hibernation state for much of the journey.
