UCLA students went to school Wednesday expecting to take on routine end-of-school-year tasks: final exams and presentations. But those concerns were forgotten around 10 a.m.
Donald Trump's highly personal, racially tinged attacks on a federal judge overseeing a pair of lawsuits against him have set off a wave of alarm among legal experts, who worry that the Republican presidential candidate's vendetta signals a remarkable ...
Hillary Clinton unveiled another new line of attack on Donald Trump today, "seizing on the controversy surrounding the now-defunct Trump University to argue that he is attempting to defraud the country," reported Abby Phillip.
President Obama talked about his administration's economic accomplishments while in Elkhart, Ind., where he made a similar stop early in his first term.
Lawyers for a former State Department staffer who worked on Hillary Clinton's private email server told a federal court Wednesday that he will invoke his constitutional right against self-incrimination and decline to answer questions at his June 6 ...
Cairo (CNN) A French naval vessel has detected underwater signals from one of EgyptAir Flight 804's so-called black boxes, investigators said Wednesday.
The government siege of a Damascus suburb was broken Wednesday with delivery of medical supplies and a small amount of baby food, after Syria agreed to allow an international aid convoy to enter the area for the first time since 2012.
SOUTHERN OUTSKIRTS OF FALLUJA, Iraq/WASHINGTON Islamic State insurgents faced major assaults on two fronts in both Iraq and Syria on Wednesday in what could prove to be some of the biggest operations to roll back their caliphate since they ...
Mogadishu, Somalia (CNN) Suspected Al-Shabaab gunmen set off an explosion and stormed a popular hotel in Somalia's capital Wednesday, killing at least 13 people and three attackers, a security official said.
Bills that add gender identity to the protections for people using bathrooms and other public accommodations have now been approved by both houses of the Massachusetts legislature, in what's being hailed as a victory for LGBT rights activists.
Kenneth Starr is resigning as chancellor at Baylor in the wake of a huge shakeup at the university, but he will continue to teach in the law school, the former school president told ESPN's Joe Schad on Wednesday.
AUSTIN, Texas - An appeals court upheld criminal securities fraud charges against Texas' attorney general Wednesday, and whether the Republican stand trials may now be decided by the same justices who recently threw out an indictment against former ...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A fired Florida police officer was arrested and charged Wednesday with manslaughter and attempted murder in the fatal shooting of a legally armed black musician after prosecutors say an audio recording and physical evidence ...
A federal judge refused Wednesday to reopen voter registration in California ahead of next week's presidential primary, telling a group led by backers of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders that the rights of the state's unaffiliated voters have not been harmed.
SPRECKELS, Calif. -- Just days after two federal agencies seemed to clear the way for offshore fracking in the Pacific Ocean, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.
WASHINGTON - A super PAC's decision to hire a former Donald Trump campaign operative comes with a caveat: He can't immediately do all that much, in a period when there is so much to be done.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Three Democratic U.S. congressmen on Wednesday asked a federal agency to provide information regarding whether a top federal elections official had the right to unilaterally change voter registration forms in three states to require ...
World domination is expensive. As Uber has pushed its ride-sharing business into 460 cities in 69 countries (and counting), the company has developed an insatiable appetite for new capital.
Washington - Rental car companies are prohibited from distributing vehicles that have been recalled by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration under a new federal law that took effect Wednesday.
The automotive industry in May hit a speed bump on its road to a second-consecutive record sales year. Two fewer selling days led to sales declines for most automakers, while General Motors Co.
But its stake in the state was pretty minor. UnitedHealth UNH 0.64% , America's biggest health insurer, is leaving Obamacare in the nation's most populous state.
If Facebook knows what your status update is about, it can show it to people who care about that topic. If it understands the difference between “I just got out of the taxi” and “I need a ride” messages, it can ask if you want an Uber.
Facebook will begin to roll out its new diverse emojis worldwide that include female characters in various roles and careers, different skin tones and red hair.
Move over Gaga, here comes Google. The Web giant on Wednesday unveiled a 90-second piano melody (mp3), the first piece of art created by machine learning as part of Project Magenta.
Fans are mourning the end of Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris' relationship, and while many try to look on the bright side and attempt to move on from this, there's still one unanswered question that is essential in getting closure—what the heck happened?
E! is excited to announce the new six-episode docu-series Rob & Chyna (working title), which will follow the whirlwind romance of Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna.
PATERSON, N.J. - A principal at the New Jersey high school where rapper Fetty Wap recorded a music video has been placed on leave, according to a published report.
A text exchange allegedly between Amber Heard and Johnny Depp's assistant purports to show a history of abuse in the couple's relationship dating back long before their marriage.
Mark Martin won 40 Sprint Cup races during his career, which puts him 17th on the all-time wins list. It would seem that the racetrack would be more or less home to him.
The Donald Trump-owned golf course in Miami that has hosted a storied professional golf tournament for the past 55 years lost that event Wednesday when the PGA Tour announced it was moving its elite World Golf Championship out of South Florida.
NASCAR suspended three crew chiefs Wednesday for violations at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Greg Biffle crew chief Brian Pattie was suspended for two races for illegal body measurements, and one-race suspensions were given to Kurt Busch crew chief ...
Sam Bradford wasn't the only quarterback peeved his team traded up to draft a signal-caller of the future. NFL Media's Steve Wyche reported Wednesday that Los Angeles quarterback Nick Foles has not participated in team-run workouts since the Rams ...
Over hundreds of years, among the dense, sun-dappled rain forests of the American tropics, a family of brilliantly colored butterflies have been evolving at breakneck speeds.
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, as seen in this photo from the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft, is a two-lobed comet with a shape that some scientists say resembles a rubber duck.
Experts warn the public against the potential spread of a fungi-borne illness known as salamander chytrid disease, which has been linked to mass die-offs of wild animals in Europe and the UK.
New research has detected smaller sulfur dioxide concentrations and sources around the world, including human-made sources such as medium-size power plants and oil-related activities.
The Obama administration is prodding food manufacturers and restaurants to sharply reduce salt in their products, saying that Americans need to cut their consumption by a third and can't do it simply by putting down the salt shaker.
Analysis of first morning urine samples showed link between the female sex hormone and migraine. Levels of estrogen drop more rapidly in women with history of migraine headaches days before menstruation.
A baby girl delivered Tuesday in New Jersey is the first in the continental U.S. to be born with the Zika virus-related brain condition, giving rise to new fears about the spread of the disease.
Federal officials identified the current, ongoing outbreak of E. coli in February, but it took until late April for investigators to find the common denominators that led to General Mills' recall of 10 million pounds of flour yesterday.