President Barack Obama is reportedly poised to unilaterally overhaul American immigration policy as early as next week, in a long-anticipated move that could allow up to 5 million undocumented immigrants to stay in the U.S. over Republican lawmakers' objections
The House will vote Friday on the contentious pipeline, with the Senate likely on Tuesday, marking the first time in six years both chambers will do so
The grand jury will decide whether to charge a white policeman in the death of an unarmed black teen, lawyers for Michael Brown's family said Thursday
The publisher and online retail giant announced a new multi-year agreement on Thursday, ending their long-running and very public contract dispute over e-book pricing. The reported deal, which goes into effect early next year, will allow Hachette to set prices for its e-books
The 24-year-old pop star spoke with TIME as she prepared for the release of her new album and again as she watched its record reception. "Other women who are killing it should motivate you," she says
Around 22% of high school students said they had used tobacco products in the past 30 days, according to a new survey. Unless rates drop significantly, 5.6 million young people now under the age of 17 will die early from a smoking-related illness
The Cleveland Cavaliers all-star said in a new interview that LeBron Jr., 10, and Bryce Maximus, 7, aren't allow to play football and hockey "until they understand how physical and how demanding the game is," adding that "it's a safety thing"
Cold air will blanket two-thirds of the U.S. on Thursday, with arctic air expected to hit the East Coast after ripping through the rest of the country. The National Weather Service said temperatures will plummet to 25 to 40 degrees below normal
The extremist group's leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, released an apparently new audio message just days after speculation he was wounded in an Iraq air strike. "O soldiers of the Islamic State, continue to harvest the soldiers," the recording said. "Light the Earth with fire"
The average price of gas in the U.S. has dropped to $2.917 per gallon, and some states are averaging under $2.70. The price of the average gallon of regular had started with a $3 from late December 2010 all the way until the beginning of November
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said she would not extend a state of emergency that officially expired earlier this month. About 2,800 people have died of the disease in Liberia, the hardest hit country in an outbreak that has killed more than 5,000
Detectives ignored reports of sex crimes, failed to follow up on reported sexual abuse cases and routinely failed to provide documentation of sexual investigations, often writing up questionable case files, according to a report released by the city's inspector general
