The University of Connecticut agreed to pay a nearly $1.3 million settlement to five women who filed a lawsuit against the school for alleged mishandling of their sexual assault complaints.
Prosecutors say the company was warned for almost a decade. FedEx is being indicted by a grand jury for charges of transporting prescription drugs by illegal online pharmacies, according to the Justice Department.
The United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting Friday morning to discuss who and what brought down Malaysian Airlines' Flight MH17 Thursday.
A wildfire is blazing out of control near Warm Springs, Ore., having burned up approximately 40 square miles of land in the five days since it was sparked. Firefighters are making very little headway in their efforts to battle the blaze and officials warn that they expect the fire to continue to grow significantly before any real progress in containment is made.
Economists had predicted a much stronger month in residential building. Housing starts and residential building permits fell in June to the lowest rate since September, indicating the housing recovery may be slowing, according to a Reuters report on U.
Coffee chain has plans to open 50 more in the country in five years. Starbucks has been roasting and selling Colombian-grown coffee for 43 years but hadn't had a location in the famed coffee capital until now.
Chinese president proposes railroad across South America to firm up relations China's President Xi Jimping has been in Brazil the last few days in an effort to improve relations with Latin America, which China sees as a valuable future ally, according to Channel News Asia.
A new Massachusetts Institute of Technology device will help vision-impaired people to read in real time as they interact with written instructions in their daily lives.
A 19-year-old pilot landed his single-engine airplane in El Cajon, California Monday night, and in that instant broke the world record for youngest person to fly around the world.
President says drug violence is a primary reason for the current immigration crisis Juan Orlando Hernandez, the president of Honduras, has requested help from the U.
European nations also considering sanctions against Russia. President Obama added more sanctions against Russia Wednesday. He targeted large banks and energy and defense firms.
On Tuesday night, during the reunion show taping of “Love and Hip Hop Atlanta,” a massive fight broke out among cast members, which resulted in a 911 call.
An emergency science expedition has been sent to a remote region of Siberia, where a giant pit with a width of 80 meters, or just over 262 feet, has opened up about 19 miles from a strategic oil and gas region.
A former Tinder executive filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Monday against the dating app and its majority owner InterActiveCorp for sexual harassment and gender discrimination
