Congress advanced a budget resolution that does little to curb D.C.'s legalization law, but prohibits selling weed for two years.
Federal government employees have been frustrated with the Office of Personnel Management's response to the data breach.
"The schools are becoming more like battlefields," a local official said.
A new report says that China is in a better position to develop "offensive cyber capabilities."
The only woman currently running for the Republican presidential nomination isn't shying away from talking about the needs of women in America.
Sen. Bill Nelson said during a speech on the Senate floor, "We need to wake up to what's happening."
“I’m going to just go ahead and say it ... the blacks are the ones causing the problems and this ‘racial tension,’" Karen Fitzgibbons wrote on Facebook.
The real problem is coordinating the three main groups fighting the Islamic State group.
The case had prompted Iran to suspend religious pilgrimages to the kingdom.
Congress is debating a $1 billion aid package to Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, but those countries are hoping for a more ambitious joint fund.
"Nobody would get in a boat under these conditions, unless they absolutely had to," said an international aid official.
The guards at Walnut Grove Correctional Facility reportedly allowed for -- and contributed to -- various dangers faced by inmates.
The International Monetary Fund unexpectedly announced bailout talks with Greece stalled amid a failure to make progress, risking a default from Athens and exit from the eurozone.
A French prosecutor said doctors in the weeks leading up to the deadly crash had reservations about Andreas Lubitz's psychological state and ability to fly.
In a bid to gain hard currency, North Korea will produce knockoffs of the popular South Korean Choco Pie snack sold on the black market.
Opponents of Burundi's ruling party demanded the envoy step down, accusing him of not focusing on the main cause of the conflict.
The Gloucester County School board in Virginia decided students with "gender identity issues" must use private facilities.
The move is part of an attempt by Mayor Bill de Blasio to balance public health prerogatives with concerns about freedom of religion.
“We have no credible threat that these escaped inmates are in Vermont,” Vermont State Police said Thursday.
An increased focus from federal regulators on hedge fund and private equity political giving could "blindside some companies."
A Miami police officer shot a homeless man carrying a stick five times Thursday morning in front of children at a summer camp, according to witnesses.
Zhou Yongkang's sentencing has been a long time coming.
"You can't negotiate with an entity like this," Australian Prime Minister Abbott said at this year's regional anti-jihadist summit.
Authorities say the landmark program will help sex workers defend others in marginalized communities against abuse.
Officials suspect Boko Haram is behind the attempted attack on the city of Maiduguri.
ISIS has made an effort to control resources in oil-rich Syria and recently seized a number of oil and gas fields in Homs province.
One representative reportedly attempted to apologize to the state's same-sex couples, but was told to "have a seat."
Thursday's ruling allows for patients to use marijuana for medical purposes in a number of ways besides smoking it.
The new helicopters are intended to increase protection for federal agents.
"He couldn't find it," said Little Rock, Arkansas, police Lt. Steven McClanahan. "He looked everywhere for it in boxes and stuff like that."
