At least 700 Jefferson County students in Denver, Colorado left classes Wednesday morning in protest of recent decisions made by the district's school board and a new proposal to change its history curriculum.
President Barack Obama pledged on Wednesday that the United Stateswould provide easier access to federal spending information, part of a global effort to create more open governments.
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa assailed the United Nations Human Rights Council on Wednesday in his address to the U.N. General Assembly, calling its probe into Sri Lanka's 26-year civil war disproportionate and politically motivated.
As the United States and its allies pounded Islamist militants in Syriawith airstrikes, Washington and members of the so-called Friends of Syria group on Wednesday pledged more than $90 million in new funds for non-lethal and humanitarian assistance.
A Florida sheriff's deputy is currently being investigated after he fatally shot a man who allegedly suffered from hearing loss at a vehicle towing yard over the weekend.
Numbers show that housing recovery continues New single-family home sales in the U. S. jumped last month to the highest level in more than six years, well outpacing economists' predictions.
Undocumented immigrants hiding out in churches are in safe zones Congregations around the nation have recently been hosting undocumented immigrants as immigration reform has continued to stall in Congress.
Dozens of protesters stormed the streets in Ferguson, Missouri late Tuesday night after a fire destroyed a memorial at the site where Michael Brown was killed by a police officer last month.
South American country has struggled with deforestation Brazil rejected on Tuesday an anti-deforestation pledge, which was the centerpiece of a one-day summit of the United Nations in New York.
The excitement is growing for the Sept. 24 Powerball jackpot, which has risen to a whopping $225 million. The drawing will take place Wednesday at 11 p.m. EDT.
The U.S. Federal Reserve should begin raising rates soon or risk stoking future inflation and further distorting financial markets where too many investors are already taking excessive risks, a top Fed official said on Tuesday.
A recently-fired UPS employee on Tuesday shot dead two supervisors at the company facility where he had worked in Birmingham, Alabama, before turning the gun on himself, police said.
New CDC report gives best- and worst-case scenarios If Ebola continues to spread in West Africa without proper methods to treat and prevent the disease, 1.
Police say that an armed gunman opened fire at a UPS facility in Birmingham, Alabama, fatally shooting two people before killing himself Tuesday morning.
Taco cart part of Colorado's largest meth bust in history Denver will be down a food truck after a taco cart operator, along with 16 others, were busted for selling methamphetamine in an international operation.
