California's Disneyland was overburdened with holiday guests for the second day in a row on Tuesday. Disney California Adventure was also shut temporarily.
Lawyers for 20 U.S. states and Obama administration sparred in a Florida court over the constitutional challenges of the new healthcare law that requires all Americans to have medical insurance before 2014 or face a fine.
Analyst Meredith Whitney, who caused a stir over the weekend by saying that up to 100 U.S. municipalities will default in this coming year and thereby create a huge sell-off in the muni bond market, added to her warnings by noting that such financial collapses will lead to mass layoffs and social unrest.
The U.S. Latino population, which several decades ago was mostly concentrated in the Southwestern part of the country, is expected to show continued growth and geographic expansion in the 2010 Census report.
Twelve Congressional seats will be shifting states in time for the 2012 elections, according to figures released today by the 2010 U.S. Census, and the most seats are coming to Texas..
The resort will feature affordable accommodation with about 2,000 rooms and 1,120 suites of which at least 865 standard rooms will be included in Disney's value category.
Lawyers appeal against conviction of Snipes based on a juror's claim that there was evidence of mistrial in 2008
A man who used a “child modeling” website to push child pornography has been sentenced to nine years in prison, federal authorities said today.
Three pharmaceutical companies have agreed to collectively pay a fine of $421 million to settle charges of inflating drug prices, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Charles Manson, who is serving a life sentence for his conspiracy role in the killing of seven people in the Tate-LaBianca murders in Los Angeles, 1969, has been handed down an extra 30 days on his life term after being found in possession of a contraband cellphone within jail premises.
Dealing a blow to a key part of the recently passed U.S. health care reform law, a federal judge ruled Monday it is unconstitutional to require individuals to buy health insurance or face a fine.
‘Tis the season for the annual crackdown on drunk driving.
The new federal estate taxes proposed for the State of California will result in a much higher budget deficit in the state, according to a report by Moody's Investor Services.
U.S. jobless claims fell more than expected during the week ended Dec. 4, providing some relief to the labor market that saw a rise in jobless rate in the week before, the Labor Department said.
New Hampshire is planning a new winter campaign to attract skiers and boost the number of foreign tourists’ arrivals.
Michelle Rhee, the former chancellor of schools in Washington D.C., has ended speculation about her next move, announcing on Monday that she has started a new non-profit organization that will seek reforms in public educational policies at the local, state and national levels.
A three-judge bench of the Second District Court of Appeal in Lakeland, Florida, has ruled that pasting of face photos of 11- and 12-year old children over the heads of nude adult women doesn't amount to child pornography.
Do those debt relief ads you see on the TV or the offers you get over the phone sound too good to be true?
Energy services company AGL Resources Inc. announced an agreement to acquire rival Nicor Inc. for about $2.4 billion in cash and stock, creating a leading natural gas distributor in the U.S.
U.S. law enforcement is going after investment fraud.
A U.K. biotechnology company called Oxitec has tested genetically engineering mosquitoes to pass on a suicide gene that kills them before they mature, to control the spread of dengue, a sometimes fatal disease.
Armed with new researches and discoveries, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is back in the news again. While NASA promised to provide insights into its findings on astrobiology on Thursday, there have been several other developments at the agency this week.
