National news and protests barely notice the police brutality against Latinos in America although there have been 67 recorded fatal incidents in 2015 alone, according to The Guardian.
Texas' second-largest city could soon be governed by a Latina if San Antonio's 1.4 million residents choose former state Sen. Leticia Van de Putte in a runoff election set for Saturday.
The U.S. Department of Defense is set to treat discrimination based on sexual orientation in the same way it handles that based on race, religion, sex, age and national origin, Secretary Ashton Carter announced on Tuesday at an LGBT pride event at the Pentagon.
Lawmakers in Wisconsin's Republican-controlled legislature voted on Tuesday to repeal the state's 48-hour waiting period on handgun purchases. Gov. Scott Walker, a likely GOP contender for his party's 2016 White House nomination, plans to sign the bill, his office noted.
A right-leaning political group, the American Action Network (AAN), is using the popular social media app Snapchat to target young, hard to reach voters.
Black Lives Matter activists camped outside of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Carcetti's house demanding police reform after two officers were not indicted for killing a 25-year-old black man last year.
Jobs in translation are among the fastest growing in the United States, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Reports predict that it is growing much faster than the average career outside of healthcare.
In an effort to combat the obesity epidemic sweeping the U.S., San Francisco may be the first city in the country to enforce warning labels on advertisements for sugar-laden soft drinks, placing soda on par with alcohol and tobacco when it comes to dangers to your health.
Wednesday’s Powerball is here, and since no one won the grand prize on Saturday -- when the winning numbers were: 8, 13, 18, 27, 43, and 15 -- so all that money has rolled over and is now at $50 million.
A recent Pew Research survey shows that Latinos continue to favor same-sex marriage as the Supreme Court's decision on marriage equality approaches. Overall, support for same-sex marriage has increased among all demographics.
Tens of thousands of students affected by the bankruptcy of the for-profit Corinthian Colleges could benefit from massive loan-forgiveness provisions implemented by the U.S. Department of Education.
Dr. John Henry Hagmann -- a retired Army doctor and noted pioneer of emergency medicine -- has been suspended by the Virginia Board of Medicine for allegedly performing unethical experiments upon human subjects
So you picked up a Mega Millions ticket and hope to convert yourself into a millionaire tonight? Then don't forget to tune in at 11 p.m. Eastern Time, which is when the draw for the $20 million jackpot is set to take place at the studios of WSB-TV, Atlanta's ABC affiliate.
The suicide of a 22-year-old, who for 3 years had been jailed without trial, prompted New York Mayor Bill de Blasio to promise that the city would intensify reforms at its Rikers Island prison complex.
With a looming 2020 deadline, NASA performed another test launch Monday of its new "flying saucer" spacecraft, the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator, which is designed to provide controlled descents onto the surface of Mars during future planned missions. And how did the LDSD fare? Let's just say the mission had mixed results.
More than six million Americans may lose their health insurance pending a U.S. Supreme Court decision, but President Barack Obama is confident the highest court in the country will rule in favor of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Jeb Bush, a potential Republican contender in 2016, has announced who will be his campaign manager ahead of his June 15 announcement. Daniel Diaz has taken the honor of heading Bush's campaign, a potential nod to the Latino community.
Because of their distrust in the criminal justice system, community leaders in Cleveland, Ohio plan to circumvent prosecutors and ask a judge directly for murder charges against the police officers involved in the shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice.
A South Carolina grand jury indicted former North Charleston police officer Michael Slager with murder for fatally shooting an unarmed black man in the back earlier this year.
Shayna Hubers' fate will be left up to a Cincinnati judge who is scheduled to hand down a prison sentence for the convicted boyfriend killer later this month.
