Hobby Lobby, a craft store chain, won a groundbreaking and controversial case in the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this week regarding contraception coverage to its employees.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, the adult U.S. Latino population has lower rates of asthma than the general population (7.3 percent compared to 8.4 percent), but Latino children have higher than average rates for asthma, and those rates are escalating.
NASA on Tuesday approved the production of rocket believed to be the most powerful to ever launch in history, which will explore areas beyond our moon including near-Earth asteroids and Mars by the end of the decade.
Unemployment dropped to 6.1 percent, numbers not seen since 2008. The U. S. economy has seen unprecedented job growth this year and that will benefit both the economy and the unemployed if the trend continues.
The three Shining Path leaders charged with narco-terrorism, among other things Three former leaders of the Sendero Luminoso ("Shining Path"), a militant group that has operated in Peru since 1980, have been indicted in a U.
A woman from South Florida and her travel partner are being detained in a Cuban jail on accusations of smuggling synthetic marijuana through the Havana airport on Saturday.
The National Recreation and Park Association (NPRA) discovered through a survey it commissioned that three in ten U.S. adults do not spend time outdoors daily.
Occupy Wall Street activist, and now felon, Cecily McMillan, 25, was released Wednesday from Rikers Island Correctional Facility, where she served almost two-thirds of her 90-day sentence for assaulting a police officer during an Occupy Wall Street protest in 2012. She now faces five years of probation.
Murrieta, California Mayor Alan Long has explained why he encouraged his residents to protest and force the turnaround of buses carrying undocumented immigrants, mostly Central Americans, to a U.S. Border Patrol station in the town on Tuesday.
After hitting the Carolinas, forecasters say the storm system is likely to head northeast, bringing showers to New York City and Boston. Washington will also likely get some rain.
Today's the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act. Today's the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act. On July 2, 1964 President Lyndon Baines Johnson inked the oft debated, controversial law in front of luminaries such as activist Martin Luther King Jr.
A federal oversight board endorsed NSA surveillance programs, but suggested that new safeguards be put in place to protect the privacy of American citizens.
Indiana's full gay-marriage issue remains under review One lesbian couple in Indiana will have their marriage recognized by the state after an appellate court decision on Tuesday, according to a report from the Associated Press.
Retail chain cites effort to maintain "family-friendly" environment in stores Target Corp. on Wednesday became the latest chain to enter the gun-debate fray and take a stance on whether or not to allow guns in stores, the Washington Post reported.
According to researchers, DNA that was allegedly extracted from the mythical legendary creature also known as a yeti or Sasquatch actually belongs to other animals.
The Fourth of July is just two days away. The Fourth of July is just two days away. It's nearly time to watch fireworks and celebrate the birth of our great nation.
Jeremy Meeks, the "hot convict" who has been driving women wild with his sexy mug shot, has landed a contract with Blaze Modelz, a huge modeling agency based in Los Angeles, reports CBS Local.
Many would agree that there's no better way to celebrate the Fourth of July than with $90 million in your bank account. However, to make this dream a reality, then you have to go buy a Powerball lottery ticket, if you haven't already.
A new study finds that unless drastic steps are taken, most coral in the Caribbean could be gone Most coral reefs in the Caribbean Sea are likely to be gone in the next 20 years as a result of overfishing and pollution, a study by the International Council for the Conservation of Nature found.
