New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order Sunday requiring all homeless people in the state to enter a shelter when temperatures are below freezing – even against their will.
Temple University employee Andrea Constand first told police in 2005 that the comic drugged her and violated her at his mansion in suburban Philadelphia.
In what the San Francisco Public Works Department calls a 'guerrilla marketing' campaign, spray painted ads promoting Justin Bieber's latest album have pervaded the city's sidewalks.
Chicago police fatally shot a young man armed with a baseball bat and accidentally killed his neighbor early Saturday, intensifying the crisis over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's leadership in the wake of police shootings.
The Democratic presidential candidate said Sunday that he could win over Donald Trump's 'angry' fans by tapping into their source of frustration – economic inequality.
Oregon is the first state to offer hormonal contraceptives without a doctor's prescription. More states may join as Republicans try to combat a "war on women'" image.
An armed man disrupted a Fayetteville, N.C. congregation New Year's Eve. But instead of wreaking tragedy, he asked for prayer.
Groups promising a long-term occupation took over headquarters at Malheur Wildlife Refuge in eastern Oregon on Saturday, following nearby protests against two ranchers' prison sentences.
Winter storm Goliath marked the end of 2015 by ripping through the Southwest, hurting the dairy industry for months to come.
The extreme flooding over the holidays in the Midwest has been met with flood management and recovery efforts seasoned by lessons learned from past floods.
Appearing on the sitcom star's web show Wednesday night, Obama chats about crazy world leaders, the surreality of living in the White House, and the time he went golfing with Larry David.
The plan to attack a New Year's revelers at a restaurant/bar is one of several terrorism plots uncovered in upstate New York since the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Fatheya carried her son Abdullah while traveling with other Syrian refugees on a path near the Hungarian border in Kanjiža, Serbia, on June 2.
The Democratic presidential candidate said Sunday that he could win over Donald Trump's 'angry' fans by tapping into their source of frustration – economic inequality.
The Washington Post retracted a political cartoon published Tuesday of Ted Cruz and his daughters, saying it was in bad taste, but the artist stands by her sketch, saying the girls are 'fair game.'
The late suspension of the New York Giants' Odell Beckham for unnecessary roughness in Sunday's game highlights the NFL's contradictory image problem.
Saturday night's Democratic debate had just three candidates on stage, and it is unclear who won.
Amid a crime spike, LAPD has increased police presence and community outreach, but controversy continues over police killings.
It was said about the Applebee's waiter that 'he just wanted to do the right thing.'
A Tennessee McDonald’s has struck a positive social media chord with a Nativity scene painted on its front windows.
For the first time in nearly six decades, guns and vehicles are killing Americans at the same rate – and in both categories, fatalities are showing significant decreases.
A new wave of protests plans to take over Chicago's Magnificent Mile on Christmas Eve.
The filmmaker, who created such documentaries as the Oscar-winning 'Bowling for Columbine' and 'Fahrenheit 9/11' among others, took a message of tolerance to Donald Trump's signature building in New York.
