The war between Uber and a coalition of taxi drivers and elected officials in New York City continued this week after the private transportation company launched a media campaign blasting cabbies and NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Vice President Joe Biden will travel to Southern California on Wednesday to promote the Obama administration's efforts to raise the minimum wage across the nation. Biden is set to speak at Bobrick Washroom Equipment, a local business in North Hollywood.
The Federal Aviation Administration is looking into a device built by a Connecticut teenager that combines a drone and a handgun. Officials seek to determine if 18-year-old Austin Haughwout violated a regulation prohibiting the "careless or reckless operation of a model aircraft."
Los Angeles County is considering lifting the minimum wage for some workers to $15, which is more than twice the federal baseline. The change would take effect gradually over the next five years.
Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush on Monday outlined a wide-ranging plan to rein in the size of the federal government and curb the influence of Washington lobbyists.
Hillary Clinton is not the only Democrat seeking the party's nomination in the 2016 White House race. But you wouldn't know it from her appearance at a Friday fundraiser in Iowa, where the frontrunner focused exclusively on her GOP opponents - even though her internal challengers were also in attendance.
Sen. Bob Menendez, whom a federal grand jury had indicted on corruption charges in April, on Monday accused prosecutors of violating the independence of Congress.
Donald Trump's anti-Mexican comments and his rant against Republican heavyweight John McCain have led the Des Moines Register to call on the TV personality to drop out of the 2016 White House race.
Republican 2016 presidential hopeful Scott Walker, who opened his candidacy speech with an anecdote about his time in Boy Scouts, has been going back and trying to clarify his position on gays being allowed to serve as employees and troop leaders in the organization.
After hackers threatened to release information on millions of adulterous clients, Ashley Madison, the online dating service for married people seeking extramarital relations, is allowing their customers to delete accounts for free.
"Gomie" is running for office. Looks like "Gomie" is alive and well, and he is running for political office. The New York Daily News reports that former "Breaking Bad" actor Steven Michael Quezada will be running for the country commissioner seat in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The Mega Millions jackpot is back up to an impressive $152 million, and if you're hoping to take that nifty nest egg home tonight, you might want to tune in at 11 p.m. Eastern Time; that's when the multi-state lottery's draw is set to take place at the studios of WSB-TV, Atlanta's ABC affiliate.
The already crowded field of GOP White House contenders is set to welcome yet another "notable Republican" as Ohio Gov. John Kasich readies to declare his candidacy on Tuesday.
North Carolina Police Officer Randall "Wes" Kerrick appeared in court Monday to face charges of manslaughter for fatally shooting an unarmed black man two years ago while he was seeking help following a car accident.
A coalition of medical workers, insurers and hospitals in Puerto Rico have launched a media campaign petitioning Congress not to slash the Island's healthcare funding in wake of its $72 billion debt crisis.
The U.S. Census Bureau expects more than 1 million immigrants to enter the United States in 2016, and projections to 2050 show that the country may add as many as 49 million new residents over the next three and a half decades.
