As the 2016 Rio Olympics are coming to an end this week, there is buzz about this year’s Team USA star champions like competitive swimmer Katie Ledecky who racked up five Olympic medals in Rio alone. Fans are asking about Ledecky’s net worth, after seeing her turn to Olympian Michael Phelps, for assistance in wearing more than one medal at a time.
Hillary Clinton's campaign launched this week a new initiative to woo Latino voters by teaming with DREAMers to drive voter registration within these young immigrants' communities.
The Tuesday, August 16 Mega Millions jackpot has jetted to $52 million with a cash option of $36 million after there were no grand prize winners in the August 12, $45 million drawing.
A wildfire that ignited in the late afternoon on Saturday Aug. 13 has now spread through over 6,000 acres of land and burned more than 30 homes and buildings. Local residents were forced to evacuate, as fire officials continue to investigate the cause of the blaze.
A group of mothers being held with their children at an immigration detention center have begun a hunger strike in protest of the lengthy stays they are routinely forced to endure.
As many as 500 homes were in danger and more evacuations had been ordered near the Lower Lake area of northern California late Sunday as a fast-moving blaze continued to roar through the area.
New York City's 2016 summer heat wave could soon be channeling strange behavior patterns. Beyond the sweltering hot temperatures and hard-to-bear climates, forecasts also point to an unusual activity among the insect community. More specifically, don't be surprised if you detect a flying cockroach or two in the sweat-filled days to come.
A group of 13 states are expected in court on Friday to petition a federal court judge to block President Obama's plan to allow transgender students to use public bathrooms based on their gender identity.
A wildfire in Fresno County, Calif., which ignited on the evening of Aug. 8 has increased significantly in size to upwards of 7,000 acres, forcing evacuation orders after one home and one outbuilding were destroyed by the blaze, and with many additional structures also under threat of destruction.
A New Mexico mother and the son she once put up for adoption could be headed to prison together over an intimate relationship both insist they're not about to give up on.
A wildfire is burning out of control in Southern California's San Bernardino County, having blazed through well over 7,000 acres of land since it sparked around noon on Sunday Aug. 7, between Pilot Rock Ridge and State Hwy 173 in Hesperia, Calif.
A flood of pro-immigration reform groups and studies are making rounds in the media as of late, with leaders of these groups and results from published studies making the case that integrating such reform into the United States political spector will have a positive effect on the country's economy, and on America as a whole.
