While the bodies of three missing hikers were spotted after snow melted over an area of Washington’s Mount Rainier, reaching them was a treacherous endeavor.
The man accused of fatally shooting and stabbing a fellow Purdue University student inside of a classroom earlier this year pleaded guilty to murder on Thursday.
Retail store Macy's agreed to pay $650,000 to settle a 16-month investigation into allegations of racial profiling and false detentions of its customers.
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon ordered the withdrawal of National Guard troops on Thursday from the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson after nearly two weeks of mostly peaceful -- but sometimes violent -- protests.
The two American aid workers who contracted Ebola while doing missionary work in West Africa have been cured from the diseased after receiving treatment at a U.S hospital.
At New York's Foley Square, surrounded by court buildings, Ramarley Graham's mother delivered a petition with 33,000 signatures on Wednesday to demand the Justice Department and U.S. Attorney's Office conduct a federal investigation into the fatal police shooting of her unarmed black teenage son.
Man faces obstruction of justice and conspiracy charges A friend of alleged Boston bombing suspect Dzokhar Tsarnaev is expected to plead guilty on Thursday to obstruction of justice and conspiracy charges related to disposing of evidence after the Boston Marathon bombing, CNN reported.
Two teenage boys who were allegedly planning to carry out a mass school shooting were arrested Monday, just days before they were set to start their senior year at their Southern California high school.
Same-sex couples will have to wait to wed The U. S. Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to delay an appeals court ruling that struck down the state's gay marriage ban.
After speaking with the family of the late James Foley, President Barack Obama delivered a speech Wednesday about his brutal murder and promised to hold his killers responsible.
On Tuesday, New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez, other public officials and members of the New Mexico Chile Association announced a program to trademark and certify chile peppers grown in the state.
Public opinion on Michael Brown's death and the response in Ferguson, Missouri, is divided among blacks, whites and Hispanics. While most Hispanics believe the issue of race needs to be discussed, many are not that interested in the St. Louis suburb's events compared to the black community.
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Unified School District announced discipline reform, following a report of disproportionate arrests and citations involving minority students.
