After a $422 million debt default Monday, here are five things to know about the major economic problems facing Puerto Rico.
Reefs in the upper regions of Florida Keys are dissolving faster than previously estimated, a new study has revealed.
What would Trump, the presumptive GOP nominee, do as commander in chief? His comments on torture, NATO and other foreign policy issues have military leaders speaking out.
The president’s visit to the Michigan city — reeling because its water supply is contaminated with toxic levels of lead — comes amid growing calls for swifter federal action.
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz was accused of being the "Zodiac Killer" at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner Saturday.
Despite burning through more cash in Indiana than either of his GOP rivals, the U.S. senator from Texas was forced out of the race Tuesday.
Sheldon Silver, who had been one of the state's most powerful politicians, was convicted of taking millions in illegal kickbacks.
With Ted Cruz ending his race for the Republican nomination, Donald Trump becomes — as he has already called himself — the presumptive nominee.
The men have been entering women’s restrooms at Target, which allows transgender people to use the room that corresponds with their gender identity.
School was canceled at 94 institutions in Detroit Tuesday as lawmakers argued over legislation that would reform and fund the city’s education system.
The Donald repeated claims by his friend’s tabloid that Cruz’s father was connected to Lee Harvey Oswald.
Comedian Stephen Colbert poked fun at Donald Trump’s calls for the United States to be more “unpredictable” in foreign policy.
By 2020, retail spending among Hispanics will grow 1.6 percent compared with millennial growth of 0.6 percent, Morgan Stanley said in a research report.
A review of traffic stops shows longer-than-necessary detention, a local American Civil Liberties Union chapter says.
The U.S. gap year industry has been booming, and the news that first daughter Malia Obama will take a year off before attending Harvard won’t hurt it.
Afeni Shakur, generally seen as the gatekeeper for all things 2Pac, was 69.
Time is running out for challengers to catch Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
The U.S. senator defeated Hillary Clinton in the state's Democratic primary Tuesday, while Donald Trump knocked out Ted Cruz on the GOP side.
The documents leaked by ISIS defectors revealed that Syrian President Bashar Assad and the Islamic State group had colluded with each other.
The Marine Corps will receive six F-35B aircraft, the Air Force will get three F-35As and the Navy will take delivery of four F-35Cs, the U.S. Department of Defense said Monday.
The retired NFL player denied allegations that he sexually assaulted a disabled woman who wanted to be the family’s nanny.
The legendary former Notre Dame football coach made an unexpected, but not surprising, announcement Monday.
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has fallen further behind Trump in Indiana polls a day before the state's primary.
“If Donald Trump dresses as Hillary Clinton, he still can’t use the little girls’ restroom,” Cruz said at a campaign stop, referring to transgender bathroom use.
Both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are hoping to pick up more delegates in Indiana as rivals vow to keep campaigning with less than three months till conventions.
Days after Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced he would restore voting rights to felons, Republicans are pushing back.
The Detroit Public Schools transition manager said that without further funding from the state, the district can't afford to pay its employees after June 30.
Many criticized the agency for what they said was taking advantage of a serious event for a "victory lap" on Twitter.
Heading into Tuesday’s Indiana primary, Donald Trump has doubled down on a plan to tax manufacturer Carrier Corp. if it moves jobs to Mexico.
Movies in 2015 had about the same number of LGBT characters as the year before, but fewer of them were people of color.