The student, who was not named, was giving a presentation on the 1920s and tried to use the costume as a prop.
Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew announced Wednesday Harriet Tubman will appear on the $20 bill, displacing Andrew Jackson.
Students at Brigham Young University are demanding that the administration change its honor code policy to give immunity to victims of sexual assault.
A proposed uranium mining ban would grant federal protection to 1.7 million acres of land in the Grand Canyon.
A review of data conducted by Reuters found that 56 percent of bombs dropped in Afghanistan were from drones in 2015.
In an effort to combat climate change, San Francisco is set to mandate solar panels for buildings with 10 stories or fewer.
By a 2-to-1 ratio, a poll showed, Americans age 18-29 favor letting transgender people use the restroom of their identity.
Ancient monkey fossils indicate the primate at one point made a 100-mile ocean crossing between North America and South America into modern-day Panama.
The German automaker will also spend about $1 billion to compensate owners as part of the agreement reached ahead of the April 21 deadline, reports said.
The sports network fired the former big leaguer Wednesday after he veered into the controversy over North Carolina's transgender bathroom law.
A Baltimore judge's ruling came Wednesday in a case that has drawn national attention to police treatment of minorities.
In March, houses typically stayed on the market for 47 days, the fewest number since August, and down from 59 days in February.
Four former New Orleans police officers were sentenced to prison terms ranging from seven to 12 years, while a fifth was sentenced to three years.
State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said Wednesday that his office received more than 1,000 complaints about Tuesday’s presidential primaries.
Martin Luther King, Eleanor Roosevelt and Marian Anderson will appear on the back of a redesigned bill, with Abraham Lincoln remaining on the front.
The Danforth campus of Washington University had been on lockdown Wednesday after a woman was injured by gunfire, a report said.
Pearl Jam, Cirque du Soleil and Boston are among the groups that have called off shows due to anti-transgender legislation in North Carolina and Mississippi.
Officials at DCMJ, which helped run a 2015 marijuana legalization effort in Washington, say they've been invited to the White House.
Three Michigan officials are set to be charged with a range of felonies and misdemeanors in the drinking water crisis.
Abolitionist Harriet Tubman will replace President Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill, with other changes planned for the $5 and $10 bills.
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory said he strongly disagreed with the Tuesday decision but was analyzing what it meant for his state.
Just in time for 4/20, a new poll shows record levels of U.S. support for marijuana legalization.
After three people were charged in connection with the city's water crisis, Republican Rick Snyder said he has not been questioned by authorities.
The presidential hopefuls seem to have nearly insurmountable delegate leads in their respective races following Tuesday's primaries.
A U.S. District Court could delay a rule meant to curtail the NYPD’s surveillance of the Muslim community.
More than half the U.S. population lives in areas with potentially dangerous air pollution levels.
Seventeen years after the Columbine killings, experts say schools need to rethink their approaches for assessing and responding to threats.
Anthony Waller still faces 50 counts of video voyeurism and one count of child pornography, the Associated Press reported.
The candidate won Tuesday’s GOP primary by touting his close ties to the state where he grew up and built his business empire.
Michigan officials will reportedly file felony charges against three people over contaminated drinking water in a poverty-stricken city.
