Amid historic devastation in Louisiana, the state's largest daily newspaper is calling on President Barack Obama, who is being kept abreast of the situation by White House officials, to cut his Martha's Vineyard getaway short to view flood-ravaged areas of the state.
Seven Chicago officers have been recommended for termination in relation to the death of teenager Laquan McDonald in October 2014, Chicago police said. The recommendations came from the city's Office of the Inspector General.
Matthew Robert and Todd Daigle had seen a lot in five days of rescuing people from floodwaters near Baton Rouge. Then came Wednesday, when they encountered something new: a pack of cowboys and about 50 head of cattle.
The Food and Drug Administration put the experimental drug esketamine (also known as ketamine) on the fast track to official approval for use in treating major depression, Janssen Pharmaceutical announced Tuesday. This designated "breakthrough therapy" would offer psychiatrists a new method for treating patients with suicidal tendencies and would qualify as the first new treatment for major depressive disorder in about half a century.
The General Services Administration released a new bulletin on Thursday providing guidance for federal offices under its purview that allows transgender employees and visitors to its federal buildings to access the bathroom of the gender they identify with.
McDonald's is removing Step-It activity trackers from Happy Meals due to concerns over skin irritations, according to a statement sent to CNN on Wednesday.
An unidentified patient in Florida is being treated after being infected with a brain-eating amoeba last week, according to the Florida Department of Health. It is the fourth known case this year of infection by the parasite Naegleria fowleri.
If you want to paint your nails, furniture, house, whatever -- knock yourself out. But stop painting birds and turtles; they don't need to be prettied-up.
Twenty-seven days after his coronation in Cleveland and post-convention bounce, Donald Trump's prospects appear to be dwindling -- a precipitous decline he sought to reverse on Wednesday with a major shakeup of top campaign staff.
The Louisiana flooding has hit Jo Lee Misner's family hard: Her mother's house, Uncle Donald's old shop and Uncle Gary's place, they're all under water.
They're out in force, patrolling in jon boats, motorboats and even canoes through south Louisiana's new, flood-made waterways, saving cats, dogs and people.
Some 82,000 residents in San Bernardino County, California, are under a mandatory evacuation order because of a fast-growing wildfire, a Cal Fire spokesman said.
Embattled UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks has announced his intent to resign after enduring months of escalating criticism surrounding his handling of a variety of issues facing one of the nation's most prestigious public schools.
