The number of the poor in the U.S. has swelled to almost 1 in 6 people last year, attributed mostly to the soaring rate of unemployment, while the number of uninsured rose to 49.9 million, the highest in more than two decades.
Investigators announced on Tuesday that the suspect in the 1993 kidnapping and killing of 5-year-old Alie Berrelez is dead.
Children under the age of 12 will soon be able to leave their shoes on during TSA airport screenings, according to Homeland Security.
Tom Brady rocked the Miami Dolphins with four TDs and a 517-yard passing night. Can anyone stop the Patriots?
Rookie quarterback Cam Newton's record-breaking National Football League debut suggests the Carolina Panthers were wise to take a gamble on him and that he may prove the skeptics wrong.
Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will give her first TV interview since being shot earlier this year to Diane Sawyer of ABC News.
Gabrielle Giffords, the Arizona congresswoman who survived an assassination attempt in January, will give her first television interview since the shooting to ABC journalist Diane Sawyer in November, ABC News said on Monday.
An Arizona church named Phoenix Goddess Temple has been accused of practicing sex in the name of healing practices in exchange for monetary donations.
The temple website, which has been taken down, had a post which said, Sex is a holy, sacred and divine healing force at the core (of) our beings. Once we embrace this force instead of deny it, we become successful, happy and powerful manifestors.
Power companies in Southern California restored electricity to most customers by early Friday after a massive blackout on Thursday left nearly 5 million people in parts of California, Arizona and Mexico in the dark.
In the immediate wake of the terrorist strikes in New York and Washington D.C., when Osama bin Laden's face become plastered across TV sets, people from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh suddenly became viewed with extreme suspicion and in some case abuse.
No. 9 Oklahoma State amassed 594 total yards in the 37-14 win.
More than 1.4 million people plunged into darkness during a power outage that encompassed southern California and beyond can blame an electric utility employee in Arizona.
The California Power outage that hit the San Diego area on Thursday afternoon was the most widespread in the history of San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), the utility that provides power to San Diego County and southern Orange County.
A French court handed out a 6,000 euro ($8,421) suspended fine to John Galliano on Thursday after finding him guilty of anti-Semitic behavior , marking the end in a fall from grace for the former head designer of fashion house Dior.
Complete coverage of Thursday's Blackout in California, Arizona and Mexico, which stalled flights and cut power to five million people.
A massive blackout caused by human failure left nearly 5 million people without power in parts of California, Arizona and Mexico on Thursday, and officials said many residents may be out of service for a day or more.
A massive power outage triggered by human error left well over a million people without electricity in Southern California and parts of Arizona and Mexico on Thursday, power utilities said, warning service might not be restored until the next day.
San Diego-based power outage affecting 1.4 million customers
A massive power outage left well over a million people without electricity in Southern California and parts of Arizona and Mexico on Thursday, San Diego Gas and Electric said, warning service might not be restored until the next day.
The San Diego power outage has left many residents, businesses, and government bodies without electricity (or running on backup generators).
Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Louisiana made major contributions toward increasing the national average. Each of these states recorded their hottest summers ever, with the average summer temperature in Texas being 86.8 degrees. In Oklahoma, the average was 86.5 degrees.