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Russia is tightening its control over Georgia's breakaway province of Abkhazia with a new treaty envisaging closer military and economic ties.
Missouri Governor Nixon announces plan of action to ensure peace ahead of the Grand Jury announcement in Michael Brown case.
Apple announces plans to use parts of the purchase price for 'Angry Birds,' 'Clash of Clans,' and another apps to support (RED) and World AIDS Day.
President Obama presented the nation's highest civilian honor to 18 artists, activists and public servants, among others.
Only domestic violence accounted for more killings between 2010 and 2014, according to an analysis by the Salt Lake Tribune.
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka issued the following statement in reaction to the Grand Jury decision in the shooting case of Michael Brown
Lawyers are asking a federal court to permit same-sex marriage in Texas, saying it should follow recent Supreme Court orders permitting gay nuptials.
Nov. 24 marks the two-year anniversary of the deadly fire at Tazreen Fashions Ltd. in Bangladesh that killed 112 garment workers. Since then, at least 30 garment workers have died in factory fires and 844 have been injured in 68 incidents, according to data collected by Solidarity Center staff in Dhaka, the capital. Many of the survivors and their families say they have received little or no compensation, and many survivors are unable to work again.
A new report from Americans for Tax Fairness, How Walmart is Dodging Billions in Taxes: And Scheming to Avoid Billions More, details the ways that Walmart avoids paying $1 billion in taxes a year and is spending massive amounts of money so it can pay even less in taxes. The largest retailer in the country is owned by the richest family in the country and faces constant criticism for paying workers wages so low that many of its employees can't make ends meet.
Ferguson residents Jamie Howard and her husband, police officer Robert Howard, talk how they feel ahead of a grand jury decision.
