Protesters demanding policy change after police officers who killed unarmed suspects were not indicted managed to close down the headquarters of the Oakland, CA police.
The families of nine victims who perished in the Sand Hook school shooting filed a lawsuit against the company that made and sold the assault rifle which was used by the perpetrator, Adam Lanza.
A recent study reveals that high schoolers who otherwise would not smoke are more drawn to using electronic cigarettes.
The accused, U.S. Marine Pfc. Joseph Scott Pemberton, has been officially charged with the murder of Jennifer Laude by the country’s prosecutors.
Thousands gathered in Washington D.C. to participate in a protest called #Justice4All.
The South-North Water Diversion, one of the largest engineering and construction projects in human history, has been completed and begun operation in China.
Pope Francis said that dogs can go to heaven, laying to rest (for Catholics at least) one of the most common questions asked about God and religion.
According to a recent US study, a chemical widely used in household products might have damaging effects on babies’ brain development.
Dilma Rousseff, the President of Brazil, broke into tears as she made a statement about the release of a commission report into torture during Brazil's military dictatorship, just a day after the United States released its own investigation into torture by the CIA after Sept. 11, 2001.
A Brazilian man arrested for murder confessed to 41 other killings, and he is only 26-years-old.
The US government has brought charges against a Chinese citizen who is alleged to have tried to smuggle critical information related to the F-35 fighter jet out of the United States and into China.
A man named Ron Ingraham has been rescued by the US Navy after spending 12 days adrift in the seas around Hawaii.
The US Navy conducted successful field tests of a new laser weapon system for the second time in history.
A 68-year-old woman has been charged in the death of her romantic partner, the sixth man to die while she was romantically involved with them.
The Republican Party and the Central Intelligence Agency have refuted the findings of a more than 6,000 page report compiled by the US Senate into the agency's torture program which began after the Sept. 11 attacks.
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