WASHINGTON - The Latest on Campaign 2016 ahead of the Republican and Democratic National Conventions (all times EDT): 7:08 p.m.. A Democrat familiar with the plans says the campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are discussing a ...
Officials in Baton Rouge moved quickly on Wednesday to quell national outrage at what is the latest in a string of fatal police encounters captured on video - the shooting of Alton Sterling, a 37-year-old black man.
LONDON - A sweeping, multi-year inquiry into Britain's role in the Iraq War delivered a devastating assessment Wednesday, with investigators blaming the country's political, military and intelligence leadership for disastrously mismanaging a conflict ...
Gretchen Carlson, who joined Fox News in 2005, was the host of an afternoon program, “The Real Story With Gretchen Carlson.” Credit Rich Polk/Getty Images for Variety.
WASHINGTON—The U.S. for the first time imposed sanctions on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as part of what U.S. officials said is an escalating campaign to attack his regime's finances in retaliation for its nuclear-weapon and ballistic-missile tests.
How does one transition out of a Ramadan State of Mind? The crescent moon signaled the end of Ramadan fasting Wednesday for millions of Muslims around the world.
ISTANBUL, Turkey - Muslims around the world on Wednesday were celebrating Eid, the holiday that marks the end of Ramadan. But this year, the end of the month of fasting brings special relief because ISIS turned Ramadan - a time of prayer, charity and ...
BEIRUT A Syrian rebel alliance agreed to a three-day nationwide ceasefire announced by the Syrian army on Wednesday and the United States voiced hope a more significant truce could be achieved, though fighting and air attacks continued.
SAN DIEGO -- An unidentified assailant set a transient on fire near San Diego's Horton Plaza Wednesday morning in the fourth attack in a four-day spree of violence that has left two other homeless men dead and a third severely injured, CBS San Diego ...
(CNN) The drowning death of a sailor during a Navy SEAL training exercise in May has been ruled a homicide. An autopsy report by the San Diego County medical examiner's office faulted Navy instructors and others for taking "excessive" actions that ...
U.S. soldier Chelsea Manning, imprisoned for handing over classified files to pro-transparency site WikiLeaks, was hospitalized, her attorney said on Wednesday, after media reports that Manning had attempted to commit suicide.
This post has been updated. Donald Trump raised more than $26 million through online and mail solicitations in June and another $25 million at events with the Republican National Committee, his campaign announced Wednesday, a hefty haul that his allies ...
Hillary Clinton took her higher education agenda a step further Wednesday by proposing the elimination of college tuition for working families and to give people time to restructure their federal student debt, but the expansive plan is being met with ...
Despite two more potential vice presidential picks removing their names from consideration, Donald Trump told Fox News on Wednesday that there are 10 more waiting in the wings.
Atlantic City, New Jersey (CNN) Hillary Clinton used the backdrop of Atlantic City, New Jersey, on Wednesday to slam Donald Trump and one of his most high-profile surrogates, the state's governor, Chris Christie.
WASHINGTON Federal Reserve policymakers decided in June that interest rate hikes should stay on hold until they have a handle on the consequences of Britain's vote on EU membership, according to the minutes of the Fed's June policy meeting released ...
Andrew Caspersen arriving on Wednesday for a hearing at the federal courthouse in Manhattan. Credit Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters. Andrew Caspersen, a former Wall Street executive and scion of a wealthy family, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to federal ...
cbs building CBS is planning on spinning off its radio business, one of the largest and oldest companies in media. It's the end of an era for CBS -- and, in many ways, for broadcasting.
DuPont Co. was found liable for a man's testicular cancer in the second lawsuit to go to trial in 3,500 lawsuits over a toxic Teflon chemical found in Ohio and West Virginia waters, for which spinoff Chemours Co.
NEW YORK—Verizon Wireless revamped its pricing plans Wednesday, offering customers more generous data allotments while also increasing monthly rates by $5-$10.
Snapchat Inc. has cooked up yet another feature to keep users inside its smartphone app. On Wednesday, Snapchat introduced Memories, which will let people save their favorite snaps—the normally disappearing photos and videos they share.
DETROIT - A July 1 crash involving a prominent Metro Detroit art gallery owner could be linked to Tesla Motors' Autopilot semi-autonomous driving mode, now the subject of a probe by federal regulators after a fatal accident in May.
Facebook is clearly very serious about its mission to connect the world and in the process, it has launched solar-powered drones that use lasers to connect to each other and the ground, and more prosaic efforts like new antennas for covering both urban ...
Winter's arrival means Game of Thrones cast members may receive a longer vacation than usual. Game of Thrones executive producers David Benioff and Dan Weiss told the UFC Unfiltered podcast that production on season 7 will begin at a later date than ...
Here comes that dog: Gidget (Jenny Slate), as she's known, is an adorable cotton ball of a Pomeranian. Bright of heart and rather slight of mind, she has a giddy crush on Max (Louis C.K.
Oklahoma City was left stunned and is in a bit of a panic after the departure of free agent and Thunder star Kevin Durant to the Golden State Warriors, longtime mayor Mick Cornett told ESPN Radio's Capital Games podcast.
Matt Harvey could be facing season-ending surgery. The Mets right-hander is being sent to St. Louis to see a surgeon who specializes in Thoracic Outlet Syndrome because of right shoulder discomfort.
Earlier this year, Japan launched a groundbreaking black-hole-monitoring satellite—only to lose control of it almost immediately under strange circumstances.
Two new astronauts and a cosmonaut will lift off toward the International Space Station tonight (July 6), beginning a two-day journey - and you can watch it live here on Space.
Artist's impression of NASA's New Horizons spacecraft encountering a Pluto-like object in the distant Kuiper Belt. Image Credit: NASA/JHU-APL/SwRI/Alex Parker.
Nearly 10 percent of all sunscreen sales in the U.S. occur on Amazon.com, but many of the most popular sun protection products sold there don't meet standards set by medical professionals, a new report says.
To better understand Zika infection dynamics, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) said yesterday that it is supporting a study to monitor potential infections in a group of US athletes, coaches, and members of the US Olympic Committee (USOC) staff ...
And finally, red meat doesn't make the MIND diet menu either, but the diet does allow people to eat a serving once a week. A number of studies link red or processed meat consumption with chronic conditions and heart problems.
WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- The French pharmaceutical firm Sanofi said Wednesday that it's joining with U.S. Army researchers to work on a vaccine for Zika virus, which has caused thousands of birth defects, primarily in Brazil.
