Candidates square off Tuesday night, with some surveys showing Sen. Ted Cruz — not businessman Donald Trump — in first place.
The terror group has lost some 40 percent of the area it once controlled in Iraq, and it will lose more, the U.S. president said Monday.
City Hall announced a $7.9 million program to assist residents seeking free legal services to apply for work permits and citizenship.
As Russia's economy suffers from low oil prices, the Kremlin is still planning to modernize its forces with a focus on naval and air power.
Former NASA scientist James Hansen on Saturday called the COP21 climate change conference in Paris "a fraud."
The GOP U.S. presidential front-runner Donald Trump says the country won't be safe until it identifies one of its biggest security threats as Islamic radicalism.
Leaders of almost 200 countries OK'd the pact that aims to hold the global temperature increase below 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels.
A new poll doesn't have Donald Trump on top, and he's mad about it.
The president touted the American team's role at the Paris conference, while arguing the country's investments in solar and wind energy are creating middle-class jobs.
About two dozen supporters of the Islamic State group have been charged in the country's courts.
After more than 20 years of failed attempts, most of the world's countries have agreed to cap increases in temperatures and curb the consumption of fossil fuels.
The landmark agreement was presented to delegates in Paris Saturday after negotiators worked overtime to iron out differences.
"My idea [was] to create a beautiful feast for the eyes reminiscent of a warm and joyful season filled with international treasures and signature fabrics," said designer Duro Olowu.
Congress has avoided a government shutdown for the time being while lawmakers continue to negotiate on a separate $1.15 trillion spending and tax agreement.
German authorities have said the Paris terror attack suspect could be in Morocco.
Nearly 80 percent of Americans believe an attack is likely in their country in the next few months, a New York Times/CBS News poll found.
The White House wants to use executive action to mandate background checks for guns purchased online and at shows.
President Barack Obama said the bipartisan education act, which gives states more flexibility and tools to fix struggling schools, will ensure every child has the same chance to get ahead.
The nation's more than 6,000 charter schools serve more than 2.2 million students.
After the Paris attacks, support rose among 18- to 29-year-old Americans for dispatching U.S. troops overseas to battle the Islamic State group.
The Ohio governor, a Republican presidential hopeful, said Wednesday that sooner or later, ground troops will be needed to defeat the Islamic State group.
Second Amendment advocates in the Lone Star State plan to stage an event Saturday to protest gun-free zones.
