President Barack Obama used a Labor Day speech to denounce Republicans for a "constant attack on working Americans" as he signed an executive order extending paid sick leave to an additional 300,000 federal workers.
The political headlines out of New Hampshire this weekend bear an eerie resemblance to those of September 1999: an underdog senator overtaking a prohibitive front-runner in the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination.
NEW YORK - The West Indian Day Parade, a rollicking, colorful celebration of Caribbean culture, music, style and food, rolled through New York City's streets Monday but, once again, was marred by predawn violence that left one man dead and an aide to ...
David Cameron said the circumstances of Reeyad Khan's death were “relatively unique”, but in the House of Commons there was a dawning sense that something fundamental had changed.
Washington (CNN) Kremlin officials have dismissed allegations of a major Russian military deployment to Syria, after US Secretary of State John Kerry raised the issue with his Russian counterpart.
(Adds Hollande details, Fabius after ministerial meeting). PARIS, Sept 7 (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande warned on Monday that climate change talks in Paris later this year could fail especially if the issue of financing for emerging ...
Labor Day dates back to 1882, when New York labor unions established a September parade. The first participants were heckled, but within 12 years, they'd won a national holiday.
A grim mystery sparked by the discovery of a child's body parts in a Chicago lagoon stretched into a third day Monday. Officers returned to Garfield Park on the city's West Side, looking for clues that could determine the identity of the dismembered child.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Lawyers for jailed Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis said on Monday they had asked an appellate court to force Governor Steve Beshear to let her refuse to issue same-sex marriage licenses based on her religious convictions.
PHILADELPHIA - Authorities say a taxicab has struck and killed a man and woman crossing the street in Philadelphia, sending their bodies flying about 100 feet.
... * FTSEurofirst 300 index up 0.5 percent. * Mining index tops gains. * Glencore surges after plans to cut debt. * German industrial output rises in July (Updates with closing prices).
... * Fall in China equities weighs on prices - analyst. * North Sea crude October output to reach 2-year high. * U.S. Labor Day holiday keeps trade thin.
BRUSSELS - Thousands of farmers protested outside European Union headquarters on Monday to demand more aid and higher prices for their milk and pig meat.
New York (CNNMoney) - Apple CEO Tim Cook is expected to unveil a new iPhone lineup on Wednesday (September 9), and it's virtually guaranteed to be a success.
Curb your enthusiasm for Apple Inc. AAPL -1.00 % 's next iteration of the iPhone. That statement isn't based on any technical insight or leaked photos from Asian suppliers.
Summer blockbusters gave way to the small and highly targeted over a sleepy Labor Day weekend at the box office, with notable performances from the faith-based "War Room" and the Spanish language cartoon "Un Gallo con Muchos Huevos.
After months of fevered speculation about who will provide the theme song for the latest James Bond installment, Spectre, Grammy-winning British torch singer Sam Smith left a tantalizing clue on his Instagram and Twitter feeds Monday.
The dog days aren't over - yet. Johnny Depp's wife Amber Heard's Australian court hearing over charges that she illegally brought the couple's two dogs into the country has been adjourned until November, the Associated Press reports.
Amy Duggar wore a princess ball gown at her wedding and was joined by several of her family members and former 19 Kids and Counting co-stars, including her famous aunt and uncle Jim Bob Duggar and Michelle Duggar, many of their kids and their ...
It was at the 2007 U.S. Open, and Isner actually managed to win the first set before being beaten in four. They'll meet again at Flushing Meadows on Monday night in Arthur Ashe Stadium, this time in the fourth round, and plenty has changed for Isner ...
It's been an exciting first week at the US Open, and now we're into the Round of 16, sans a couple of high seeds. The top seeds are mostly intact -- Serena Williams advanced into the quarterfinals with her play on Sunday, while Andy Murray, Roger ...
Second set: *Wawrinka 6-4, 0-1 Young (*denotes next server) This is nothing new for Donald Young. He has lost the first set in all four of his games at this year's US Open, and was two sets down to Gilles Simon and Viktor Troicki. This, however, is a ...
The pretenders have been sent packing: everyone left in the U.S. Open is a legitimate potential champion. You're not going to want to miss any of the remaining matches, and you won't have to.
Assuming everything goes well between now and then - and the Nationals have learned not to make assumptions - Stephen Strasburg will pitch Wednesday against the Mets, Manager Matt Williams said Monday.
The focus at Darlington was the return of the Bojangle's Southern 500 to its rightful place on Labor Day weekend and the popular retro theme that accompanied it.
After the Big Bang created the universe 13.8 billion years ago, scientists believe the first galaxies began to form half a billion to 1 billion years later.
Scientists said this week they have uncovered what seems to be an unusual law of nature that keeps big predator numbers low across vast spaces of the Earth and its oceans.
the Hedgehog robot can function regardless of which side lands up. (Photo : NASA/JPL-Caltech/Stanford). Scientists created robotic "hedgehogs" that could be used to explore the surface of Mars and other objects such as comets.
Teens are increasingly turning to electronic cigarettes not to get their tobacco fix, but instead to inhale pot. A new study published in the medical journal Pediatrics found that teens have devised ways to turn e-cigarettes into devices for hashish ...
Authors of a small study conclude that “vitamin C supplementation represents an effective lifestyle strategy” for reducing the blood vessel constriction that is increased in overweight and obese adults.
In the realm of avian research, the chicks with the glow-in-the-dark beaks and feet might one day rock the poultry world. British scientists say they have genetically modified chickens in a bid to block bird flu and that early experiments show promise ...
One of the most notorious outbreak of Legionnaires' was in Philadelphia in 1976, when approximately 200 people attending a hotel convention contracted the disease, and 34 died.
