The police chief said the officer is no longer an employee of his department. December 31, 2019, 5:07 PM 7 min read A Kansas police officer is out of a job after an internal probe…

The minimum wage in more than 20 states and 26 cities and counties across the United States will increase starting on Jan. 1, affecting more than half of the country's population and marking the greatest…

Facebook has been regularly removing fake accounts in its fight against disinformation, but the company's latest announcement presented a twist -- artificially generated profile pictures. Facebook recently announced that it had taken down a network…

More than 100,000 rape kits remain untested. December 31, 2019, 1:16 PM 4 min read President Donald Trump has signed into law legislation that provides funding to help states eliminate backlogs in rape kit testing.…

At 10,000 feet, it took rescuers about four hours to reach him. December 31, 2019, 3:03 PM 4 min read A 16-year-old rock climber survived a 500-foot fall on Oregon's Mount Hood Monday morning, officials…

Federal prosecutors have filed hate crime charges against the 38-year-old man suspected of stabbing five people with a machete at a Hanukkah celebration in a New York City suburb on Saturday night. Police are also…

The wildfires are spreading to a nearby state. December 30, 2019, 6:19 PM 5 min read A heatwave bringing scorching temperatures exceeding 104 degrees Fahrenheit and extreme winds are fueling the already deadly bushfires racing…

Eleven states are still on alert for wintry weather, from Wisconsin to Maine. December 31, 2019, 12:53 PM 5 min read The major storm that moved across the country from Christmas to today is now…