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'Invisible No More-Women's Strike Rocks Manhattan

Several members of Rochester NOW - the National Organization for Women, gathered at Premier Pastry on South Avenue, which is co-owned by a woman. "We are women ...

'People-pleaser' injected pregnant friend with heroin

The boy was placed in the custody of the state soon after birth. Police also arrested her 37-year-old friend Frenette who is accused of administering Farruggi...

Chicago women fight for equality on 'A Day Without a Woman'

Organizers for the protest encouraged people to take a day off work, wear red or only patronize women and minority-owned businesses. The event coincides wit...

Columbus police search for missing woman

WTTV reports that Watts' cellphone and purse were retrieved inside the auto and that the passenger side door was open. Watts' body was found roughly 120 miles...

Pence Blasts Associated Press for Publishing Wife's Active Private Email Address

Pence's active private email address to millions of her readers has subjected her to vitriolic and malicious emails and raised serious security concerns", wrote...

Watch This Mexican Congressman Climb The Border Fence To Protest Donald Trump

Guerra, hailing from the central Mexican state of Querétaro, said the wall he climbed - built in 1996, according to The San Diego Union-Tribune , and up to 18 ...

Snapchat Prices Shares at $17, Bringing Company Valuation to $24 Billion

In its initial public offering, Snap revealed user growth was up 48% year-over-year, slower than previous years. Snapchat was launched in September 2011 and t...

Say What?! Rachel Dolezal's New Name Is West African

Dolezal has acknowledged that she is "Caucasian biologically", but says she identifies as black. Daily Mail reports that, last October, the 39-year-old has ...

Trump Slams Obama's Waters Rule in Signing EPA Executive Order

The rule clarified (and arguably expanded) the EPA's ability to regulate pollution in major bodies of water, as well as the smaller streams and tributaries that...

Supreme Court Mulls Law Keeping Sex Offenders Off Social Media

He got a suspended sentence of 10-12 months and his name was placed on a registry of sex offenders. A higher power might've taken an interest in dismissing th...

One Dead After Car Crashes into Saugatuck River in Westport

Westport police say the man who died after his vehicle plunged into a CT river Saturday night is from Long Island. When police arrived, they saved a woman fro...

Vehicle crash turns deadly after driver shoots 8-year-old girl

According to police, the drivers of the Pontiac and the sedan then got out of their vehicles and began firing. The 8-year-old girl was identified as DeMaree Atk...

Dylann Roof Went to Another AME Church after the Charleston Shooting

There, he turned off his Global Positioning System for several minutes, which prosecutors say suggests he sat there contemplating another attack. Because he h...

New Executive Order Puts A Regulatory Watchdog In Each Federal Agency

Under the order, the task forces are required to report to their agency heads within 90 days, identifying regulations that should be repealed, replaced or modif...

Friday may have been the warmest February day on record in NH

Friday was the warmest it has ever gotten since records were first kept, National Weather Service meteorologist Alan Dunham said. The National Weather serv...

Boehner 'Started Laughing' When Republicans Vowed to Replace Obamacare

During a healthcare conference in Orlando, Florida today, the savvy, chain-smoking veteran lawmaker with the year-round tan declared that repeal and replacement...

Lyft expands to Fargo, Topeka, Pensacola, Iowa City, and 50 more cities

The announcement comes rapidly after Lyft expanded to 40 new cities in January. "In just the first two months of 2017, we've introduced Lyft to almost 100 new...

United States to expand groups of immigrants to be deported

Trump ran for president on promises to crack down on undocumented immigrants, some of whom he has described as competing with lawful USA residents for jobs and ...

Ideas for Parents Celebrating President's Day

Beyond Trump's orders on immigration, few of the administration's policies have unsettled many European nations as much as his ban on funding for global group...

Gov. Rauner to deliver budget address Wednesday

Reforms can end the state's $1.4 billion pension subsidy to school districts and universities - subsidies that let those institutions dole out higher pay, end-o...

Verizon and Yahoo! Reportedly Nearing an Agreement on Price Cut for Deal

It was extensive hacking, first reported by Recode late previous year, that caused a snag in the closing of the deal for the telco giant to buy Yahoo . T...

Police Cruiser Pushes Burning Truck Away From Restaurant

In the video, the police cruiser being driven by Officer Chris Womack pulls up to the back of the truck making contact with vehicle. The driver got his wife...

Another Winter Storm for Parts of New England

In Parsonsfield, Maine, where the only plow truck driver for most of the town quit after a storm dumped 25 inches of snow in December, officials said they had r...

IN girls Liberty German and Abigail William found dead

Riley declined to disclose who found the bodies. He would not comment on any injuries the bodies appear to have suffered. "You believe what you can and then...

Senate gives McMahon valentine with vote to make her new SBA chief

She lost races in 2010 and 2012, spending almost $100 million of her own money on the campaigns, but both of her Democratic opponents from Connecticut - Richard...

Sears, Kmart Remove Trump Line of Home Furnishings from Websites

As of Friday, a search for Trump Home items on both retailers' websites yielded no results, except items sold by third-party sellers, the report issued on Satur...

Immanuel Baptist Church hosts prom for people with special needs

Also, all Night to Shine guests were crowned kings and queens of the prom. According to a local ABC news station in Texas, the elaborate event was hosted ...

200ft hole damages America's tallest dam

The emergency spillway was activated to reduce releases via the main concrete spillway, which has a gaping hole that has widened since Tuesday amid high water l...

Taylor Swift's 'Bad Blood' Soundtracks 'The Lego Ninjago Movie' Trailer

Send your answer, along with your name, address and telephone number to: Lego Batman competition, Weston & Somerset Mercury, 32 Waterloo Street, Weston-super-...

US Appeals Court Upholds Temporary Suspension of Trump's Travel Ban

The order, signed by the president January 27, temporarily suspends US entry for refugees worldwide and bars U.S.travel for immigrants of seven predominantly Mu...

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