The measure, which departs from typical partisan-propelled politics, headed to President Obama, who is expected to sign it into law.
Colorado Spring Airport is giving travelers the chance to ditch their marijuana, which is illegal there, before flying high.
A Louisiana Republican says a system failure last October highlights fraud in the program. Advocates for the poor urge him to focus on contractor oversight.
When will Francois Hollande announce who will accompany him to Washington?
The rumors that Aaron Schock may be gay was picked up by the New York Times, although the paper didn't name the Republican congressman from Illinois.
In 25 years we could be seeing self-aware drones flying missions without human input, according to the Pentagon.
Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures wrote about the effect the court ruling will have on tech startups from the perspective of a venture capitalist.
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler released a statement showing the ambiguity of his position on net neutrality.
The president is expected to call on Congress to set limits on the NSA's surveillance programs -- some may see a parallel with Eisenhower.
The war fund got fatter, but the Afghan Security Forces Fund was reduced by billions -- and other strange twists in the 2014 spending bill.
Adam Lanza called a radio station a year before the Sandy Hook shooting. Hear the chilling audio here.
British forces claim to have only killed one Afghan civilian, but questions are raised about U.S. relationship in Yemen and Pakistan.
A new campaign called "Wages For Facebook" has some activists demanding that the social media giant pay its users for their activity.
A new report disclosed that a cross-section of America's biggest companies have given millions to political nonprofits.
Despite the territorial conflicts over the Senkaku/ Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea, Chinese tourists are still flocking to Japan.
Fethullah Gulen and his movement have mystified U.S. officials since the cleric came to the U.S. for medical reasons.
The EPA took three years to wade through 1.1 million comments and emphasized likely environmental damage coming from any large-scale mine.
In many South Asian societies, infant sons are prized, while baby girls are often viewed as a curse and a financial burden.
More children are suffering along with their parents as unemployment continues to dog the economy.
A spate of beatings and stabbings of personnel has prompted one hospital in China to arm staff with pepper spray.
Security clearances for the officers have been revoked and the team in charge of overseeing missile launches will be re-tested.
Many are questioning how much progress India has made in rectifying its rape crisis after yet another tourist was gang-raped in Delhi.
The divorce papers were filed in a Manhattan court on Tuesday.
Congress may have banned blatant earmark spending riders, but plenty of pork slipped through the Omnibus appropriations bill anyway.
In it's latest report, The World Bank has a bullish forecast for global economic growth, but developing country concerns remain.
The couples targeted were usually married couples or unmarried duos who did not want their families to know about their relationships.
Officials are scrambling to respond to a little-known chemical that has contaminated West Virginia's Elk River.
The Great Meadow Correctional Facility in New York now has some new residents, cared for by inmates including "the cat whisperer."
An unknown number of civilians, including religious figures, have been kidnapped or killed or remain missing in Syria.
Exactly how effective was invading the privacy of millions of American and foreign citizens?