A male student at Oak Park-River Forest High School in suburban Chicago may face expulsion from school for ranking fifty female classmates by various criteria on a list and circulating it on Facebook.
As another ongoing victim of the recession and financial imbalances, the struggling, crime-ridden city of Camden, New Jersey prepares to lay off about 25 percent of its work force, including 43 percent of police department and one-third of its firefighters, in order to fix a $26.5-million budget deficit.
As President Barack Obama vowed to loosen the travel restrictions on US citizens for traveling to Cuba, his decision has drawn criticism from Cuban-American senators.
Austerity has come to America through state and local governments.
Evidence strongly suggests that some chemicals, especially chemicals in cigarette smoke, might cause some cases of diabetes and obesity, U.S. government researchers said on Thursday.
When carmakers like BMW say they hope people find their next car at auto shows like the one in Detroit this week, this wasn't exactly what they meant.
Hotz burst into the intriguing world of hacking at the age of 17 when he cracked open the iPhone, a device which caught the imagination of the world, and immediately became a pin-up boy attracting rock star fan following.
President Barack Obama paid tribute on Wednesday to the victims and survivors of a mass shooting in Arizona which killed 6 and injured 14, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, whom the President said opened her eyes for the first time since the shooting.
The following are remarks by President Barack Obama as prepared for delivery on January 12, 2010 at memorial service for the victims of the shooting in Tucson, Arizona at the University of Arizona's McKale Memorial Center in Tucson.
Analyst Meredith Whitney, who has faced enormous criticism over her dire warnings about the likelihood of up to 100 U.S. municipalities defaulting this year, reiterated her call. She further warned that when the defaults commence, the muni bond market will witness a massive exodus.
Nasdaq-listed software services company Cognizant Technology Solutions has announced plans to expand its delivery centre in Phoenix, US by hiring another 500 employees to have more than a 1,000-seater facility.
Within weeks from a blizzard that hit New York City halting travel, city Mayor Michael Bloomberg declared a weather emergency from Tuesday evening through Wednesday afternoon in many parts of the region.
The attempted assassination of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-AZ, and the murder of six innocent bystanders, at a “meet and greet” with constituents on Jan. 8, was a shocking and tragic event nationwide. Unfortunately, trying to kill American politicians is neither unique nor new.
Applications for jobless benefits in the U.S. fell sharply for the week ended Dec. 25, recording a decline for four consecutive weeks.
The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite captured some striking images of the winter storm that buried parts of the U.S. over the weekend.
The Blizzard of 2010 has left thousands of people stranded in airports, on roadways and in unplowed neighborhoods throughout the northeast.
From Europe's heavy snowfall to the New York's blizzard, here's a photo gallery to peep into world's most popular places that have turned immaculately white this winter.
Airports in New York reopened on Tuesday after the city saw the heaviest December snowfall in nearly six decades, causing severe disruption to travel services.
The two-day blizzard that hit the East Coast on Sunday left behind a trail of disruption involving blockage of some major roadways, cancellation of a number of flights and complete suspension of rail services.
Basili Alukos, an equity analyst at Morningstar, estimates that U.S. airlines may lose between $130-million and $190-million of revenues per day due to the winter blizzard.
The Department of Health and Human Services is handing out end of the year bonuses. Unlike the big cash awards that investment firms give their best performers at year’s end, these bonuses are meant to help the poor and disadvantaged.
A full-blown blizzard pounded the northeast from yesterday into today, making roadways hazardous, shutting down transit systems and causing at least one state government to declare a state of emergency.
