EPA says water quality data shows Animas River water in La Plata County is back to normal but impact of heavy metal load in river sediment could last years Environmental Protection Agency administrator Gina McCarthy said late Wednesday that data...

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush ended a town hall early on Wednesday after being interrupted by members of the Black Lives Matter movement, the Los Angeles Times reported. The protesters’ appearance marked the first of its kind...

Brittany Ferrell accused by St Louis police of causing $5,000 damage to car as driver forced her way through demonstrators at Michael Brown anniversary A protest leader in Ferguson, Missouri, could face up to four years in prison after being...

Ohio voters will decide in November whether to legalize marijuana use for treating illnesses and for getting high. Secretary of State Jon Husted said on Wednesday he had certified the group ResponsibleOhio had gathered enough valid signatures to...

Even though he no longer works for Donald Trump’s campaign, political strategist Roger Stone said on Wednesday, he still supported Trump’s candidacy, and thought Ben Carson would make for a good potential running mate....

A federal judge in Kentucky ordered a county clerk on Wednesday to resume issuing marriage licenses despite her religious objections to same-sex marriage, a ruling that was quickly appealed. U.S. District Judge David Bunning granted a...

Listening to music before, after and even during surgery reduces anxiety and the need for painkillers, according to a comprehensive study published Wednesday. In a review of more than 70 clinical trials involving nearly 7,000 patients,...

Chelsea Manning, the former private first class sentenced to 35 years in prison for leaking sensitive government documents to WikiLeaks, is being threatened with further punishment for violating prison rules. Manning, 27, has been in lockup for...

A series of massive explosions at a warehouse in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin killed 17 people, state media reported Thursday, as witnesses described a fireball from the blasts ripping through the night sky. An AFP reporter at the...

The parents of a 15-year-old Greenwich, Connecticut boy who committed suicide on the first day of school in 2013 after years of alleged bullying filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Wednesday against the school district and town for contributing to...

US warplanes Wednesday carried out their first air strikes on Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria after taking off from a Turkish base, kicking off a key new phase in the campaign against the jihadists. A US drone had last week executed a single...

Police in Knoxville, Tennessee responded to a federal civil rights lawsuit by saying one of their officers actually hit a 31-year-old undocumented immigrant with his palm and denying responsibility for his injuries, WBIR-TV reported. Attorneys...

Three more women came forward publicly Wednesday to charge that they were sexually abused and victimized by Bill Cosby. One is a former flight attendant, and the other two were actresses. The Los Angeles news conference, led by attorney Gloria...

A new study conducted by researchers from the University of Connecticut found black and Hispanic youth are getting a “double dose” of food marketing that promotes products high in sugar, saturated fat, and sodium. The analysis was based on the...

Bumble Bee Foods will pay a record $6 million to settle criminal charges filed after a worker burned to death nearly three years ago inside an industrial oven packed with canned tuna, Los Angeles prosecutors said on Wednesday. The settlement...