The famous psychedelic Porsche convertible driven by late rock legend Janis Joplin smashed estimates to sell for nearly $1.8 million in New York on Thursday in a frenetic five-minute bidding war, RM Sotheby’s said. It was a world-record...

SpaceX on Thursday announced plans to launch its Falcon 9 on December 19, its first mission since a massive explosion after liftoff destroyed the rocket and its space station cargo six months ago. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wrote on Twitter that the...

MSNBC host Chris Hayes denounced conservative media outlets on Thursday for spreading a story — since debunked — alleging that a Muslim Air Force veteran who is not allowed back into the country was arrested on suspicion of...

By Jon Swaine, Ciara McCarthy and Jamiles Lartey Joel Jenkins has been simultaneously indicted in the fatal shooting of a speeding suspect in March and in the deadly shooting of a neighbor last week An Ohio police officer has been simultaneously...

A former Oklahoma City police officer was found guilty of rape and sexual battery by a jury on Thursday in a case where prosecutors said he preyed on women who had trouble with the law, hoping that their word would not stand up against his....

State legislators in Ohio and Florida are moving ahead with regulations governing Uber and other ride services that would designate all drivers as independent contractors, bolstering a critical but much-disputed aspect of Uber’s business...

Hundreds of activists rallied on Thursday in front of Donald Trump’s hotel in midtown New York City to condemn the Republican 2016 presidential candidate’s call to bar Muslims temporarily from entering the United States. Chanting “Dump...

A painting company owner in Washington, D.C. responded to a cancellation by threatening not only his client, but a journalist covering the dispute, DCist reported. The client, Aaditya Shah, said he received text messages saying, “Death to...

Syria’s main opposition groups agreed at unprecedented talks Thursday to negotiate with President Bashar al-Assad’s regime but insisted he step down at the start of any political transition. Gathered in the Saudi capital for the...

Scientists from the United States, Japan, and China are racing to perfect satellite technology that could one day measure greenhouse gas emissions from space, potentially transforming the winner into the world’s first climate cop....

Police in Jonesboro, Arkansas identified the suspect in the incident at Arkansas State University on Thursday as a 47-year-old man who was investigated for threatening himself and others just a day earlier, KAIT-TV reported. This story has been...

Anti-abortion activists — at least one of whom has a criminal record — have been harassing children and staffers at a Washington, D.C. elementary school simply because the school happens to be near a yet-to-be-built Planned...

A woman charged with killing four people and injuring dozens by plowing into a homecoming parade at Oklahoma State University is competent to stand trial, a judge ruled on Thursday. Adacia Chambers, 25, faces four counts of second-degree murder...

Americans with severe mental illness are 16 times more likely to be killed by police than other civilians, a study by an advocacy group said on Thursday. Official and unofficial accounts of the hundreds of Americans killed yearly in encounters...

Connecticut would become the first U.S. state to ban the sale of guns to people on government watch lists under an executive order that Governor Dannel Malloy, a Democrat, said on Thursday he will sign. The measure, which Malloy said needs...