Wheaton College, an evangelical Christian university outside of Chicago, said on Tuesday it was taking steps to fire a tenured political science professor after she wrote in a Facebook post that Muslims and Christians worship the same God.
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A moderate earthquake, measured at a magnitude of 4.5, rattled Banning, a Southern California town east of Los Angeles, on Wednesday, but state emergency management officials said there were no immediate reports of damage.
North Korea said it successfully tested a miniaturized hydrogen nuclear device on Wednesday, claiming a significant advance in the isolated state’s strike capability and setting off alarm bells in Japan and South Korea.
The state will dedicate resources through the Governor’s Office of Economic Development toward the autonomous car industry in a bid to become the nation’s leader in the testing and development of vehicles that drive themselves.
A group of self-styled militia men and anti-government protesters holed up in a federal wildlife refuge headquarters in southeastern Oregon have a lofty goal: Returning economic prosperity to the region by uprooting how the federal government manages public land in the West.
President Barack Obama grew emotional Tuesday as he made a passionate call for a national “sense of urgency” to limit gun violence.
Deputies in Yuba County say a 9-year-old boy was mauled to death by his guardian’s dogs.
Members of a Penn State University fraternity will not face criminal charges for hazing a student who later committed suicide, after a grand jury found no evidence to link the incidents, Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane said on Tuesday.
One member of the U.S. armed forces was killed and another two were wounded in the southern Afghan province of Helmand where fierce fighting has been going on between Taliban insurgents and Afghan government forces, a U.S. army spokesman said on Tuesday.
A United Airlines jet slid off a taxiway in Spokane, Washington, early Tuesday while getting ready to fly to Denver, an FAA spokesman said.
Las Vegas police Monday outlined a handful of missteps, including miscommunication from the U.S. Marshals Office, that led up to the moment two Metro officers shot and killed an unarmed fugitive holding a cell phone in front of a west valley home on New Year’s Eve.
Ammon Bundy’s goal is to reverse transactions that moved control of lands from ranchers to the federal government. What’s unclear: Exactly how he intends to do that.
The White House unveiled gun control measures on Monday that require more gun sellers to get licenses and more gun buyers to undergo background checks, moves President Barack Obama said were well within his authority to implement without congressional approval.
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid will host a dinner party for all three Democratic presidential candidates at the MGM Grand Wednesday ahead of the Nevada caucuses.
A Domino’s Pizza delivery man stabbed a customer in Covina during an altercation over the food’s late arrival, police said Sunday.