As the polls closed Tuesday, anxious Americans awaited an indication of who would prevail at the end of a historically bitter presidential contest -- whether Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton would hold on to her narrow pre-election lead or Republican ...
One person was killed and at least three others were wounded Tuesday in an active shooting near a polling place in Azusa. Authorities said police were dealing with at least one female suspect who was heavily armed.
WASHINGTON Republicans were putting up an unexpectedly tough fight to protect their majority in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, with several races seen as too close to call as polls began to close on Election Day in the Eastern United States.
U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., at the Illinois Democratic County Chairmen's Associations annual state fair Governor's Day brunch on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014.
Twitter users spotted a Donald Trump face cake - with a haunting and haunted gaze - getting wheeled into Trump Tower Tuesday afternoon, and the deranged dessert became one of Election Day's most delicious memes.
MOSCOW - With hackers who leak emails, epithet-tossing trolls who flood comment sections and top diplomats who speak in locker-room talk, Russia has already played a prominent part in setting the seamy tone of these U.S.
What are people talking about (besides the election, of course)? An heir on trial, a new home for manatees, another Samsung on fire and a university that has banned all Greek life.
Republican Marco Rubio of Florida was reelected to his Senate seat Tuesday night, overcoming a challenge from Democrat Rep. Patrick Murphy in one of Congress's more competitive races.
Federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Dylann Roof, who is accused of killing nine people at a historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina, in July 2015.
MARTINEZ, Calif. - The Latest on a woman who ran over her estranged husband and two other people and then jumped off a bridge to her death (all times local):.
Ohio Sen. Rob Portman cruised to reelection on Tuesday, beating Democratic Ted Strickland in one of the few lopsided Senate races in a battleground state.
Washington (CNN) A Nevada court judge forcefully denied a request Tuesday from Donald Trump's campaign to direct a county registrar of voters to preserve and segregate ballots from voting machines in four early voting sites in the Las Vegas area where ...
Rep. Loretta Sanchez, third from right, D-Orange, a Democratic candidate for U.S Senate, waits in line with her husband, John "Jack" Einwechter, second from right, to cast their ballots on Election Day, Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 8, 2016, at Orange High ...
In his run for the White House, Donald Trump has nearly perfected the art of flipping his own deficits back onto his opponent. In the past, Ronald Reagan - who only pretended to be an athlete in Hollywood and spent the war making military training ...
A line of voters on East 74th Street in Manhattan on Tuesday. More than 27,000 posts a minute were going up on Twitter by 11 a.m. Credit Karsten Moran for The New York Times.
Only a "pretty sizable" negative surprise would dissuade the Federal Reserve from hiking interest rates in December given the improved economic data since June, Chicago Fed President Charles Evans said on Tuesday.
Alphabet Inc. pushed out two managers on its drone-delivery project amid infighting on its team, according to people familiar with the situation, casting the program's future in uncertainty and marking the latest setback for a Google sister company ...
Apple is officially selling iPhones for the first time in years in its online store, as spotted by 9to5Mac. Prices are discounted by up to 15 percent off compared to new models.
Nintendo is courting nostalgia for the holidays this year, like pretty much every year - but the NES Classic Edition, a palm-size recreation of the original console with 30 games built-in, rates highly on the nostalgia scale even for a company whose ...
GoPro just issued a press release announcing the recall of the Karma drone. It just happened to be while the United States is watching the election results roll in.
Snapchat users now have more reasons to make goofy faces while taking selfies. The chat and entertainment app's latest updates includes new effects that overlay virtual objects in photos and videos.
Election day is finally here, and once you've visited the polls and done your civic duty, all that's left to do is wring your hands and watch the results come in.
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump had packed schedules Monday, with each presidential candidate making multiple stops in various battleground states to make their final pleas to voters on the eve of election day.
Preparations were underway on Tuesday for Donald J. Trump's election night party at the New York Hilton Midtown in Manhattan. Credit Eric Thayer for The New York Times.
As one of the most remarkable and contentious elections in recent memory finally nears its end, voters everywhere are waiting with bated breath to see who will be the next president of the United States.
UFC 205 has taken its first major hit with former light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans pulled off the card on Tuesday due to an issue with his pre-fight medicals.
Paul George said it best after the Indiana Pacers' demoralizing 122-100 road loss to the Charlotte Hornets on Monday night, describing his team as "all out of whack" after losing its fourth consecutive road game to start the season.
Clemson quarterback Deshuan Watson intends to apply for early eligibility into the 2017 NFL Draft and, though he is a junior, will participate in Senior Day activities prior to Clemson's game against Pittsburgh on Saturday, Tigers coach Dabo Swinney ...
Every four years, millions of American voters both abroad and at home US cast their ballot for president without going to the polls, mailing in absentee ballots to vote from afar.
8 November 2016 - In a new detailed analysis of the global climate between 2011 and 2015 - the hottest 5-year period on record - the United Nations weather agency has found an increasingly visible human footprint on extreme weather and climate events ...
Unless you've been living in an internet-proof bunker, you've most likely heard about the record-breaking supermoon that will grace our skies on the eve of November 14.
Leaders from 195 countries are meeting in Morocco to discuss how to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. The United Nations climate change conference began Monday and runs through Nov. 18.
(Reuters Health) - Adolescents with a regular vaping habit aren't just more likely to take up smoking; they also have higher odds of developing a heavy cigarette habit, a U.S.
For people with Seasonal Affective Disorder, a type of depression linked to the decreased sunlight during fall and winter months, it can cause them to feel more gloomy than usual.
People who don't get enough vitamin D may be at increased risk for asthma, a new study suggests. In the study, researchers analyzed information collected from more than 25,000 adults ages 18 to 79, and more than 9,700 children ages 6 to 17, who took ...
