The swindling scheme is not new but police in the southeastern state said numerous scam text messages have surfaced recently.
The president-elect's latest comments come even as the Obama administration looks to take steps against Russia over its interference in the U.S. election.
The cartoon pokes fun at the deaths of 60 members of the Russian army's Alexandrov Ensemble choir.
Moscow was closely monitoring Warsaw's plans to buy missiles from the U.S., Russian Ambassador to NATO Alexander Grushko said.
ISIS has fought with U.S. weapons, but Washington denies Turkish President Erdogan's accusation that it is intentional.
Mexico has set itself up to clinch qualification for the World Cup in the year ahead.
The past year may be one to forget for many, but experts are already warning that there will be plenty to be concerned about in 2017.
President-elect Donald Trump appears to have benefited from "fake news," according to a new poll.
Negotiations between the warring parties would begin in Kazakhstan if the ceasefire is a success, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency reported Wednesday citing a source.
Fragments of the crashed plane, including a second black box, recovered from the sea will be taken away for examination, local media reported.
House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer's comments were in anticipation of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's speech Wednesday.
The cervids were trying to cross the ice on the Powder River arm of the Brownlee Reservoir, about 260 miles east of Portland, when it broke in four places.
As the year 2016 comes to a close, here's a look at some of the major air disasters of the year.
The plane was traveling at about 310 mph before crashing into the Black Sea, according to reports.
A video shows a giant truck repeatedly running over a bear in the Siberian tundra.
The king and two princes each donates millions from their own wealth toward the cause.
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters he has evidence that US supported terrorist groups in Syria including ISIS and Kurdish militants.
Russia's Foreign Ministry took umbrage with the latest National Defense Authorization Act signed by President Obama.
At least 32 Pakistanis, mostly Christian men, died after drinking a bad batch of alcohol.
The Tupolev Tu-154 is a three-engine plane designed in the late 1960s and entered service in the 1970s.
The military plane, which was carrying 92 people, crashed Sunday while on its way from Sochi to Latakia province in western Syria.
A Twitter user who goes by the name Kapustkiy claimed to have hacked a Russian visa center database containing the personal information of over 3,000 people.