Many factors go into making people happy, including how much money they make, who they spend time with and where they live. And certain states are more conducive to happiness than others, according to WalletHub . The personal finance website recently evaluated three categories ― emotional and…

Edith “Edie” Windsor , who was plaintiff in the landmark Supreme Court case that paved the way for the nationwide legalization of same sex marriage , died Tuesday at age 88 . The long-time activist, who married her longtime partner and first wife Thea Spyer in Canada in 2007, sued the federal…

SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea remained defiant over new U.N. sanctions imposed for its latest nuclear test, vowing on Wednesday to redouble efforts to fight off what it said was the threat of a U.S. invasion. U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday’s sanctions unanimously agreed by the…

The Queen has spoken. Beyoncé contributed a two-minute video to Tuesday evening’s “ Hand in Hand ” benefit for hurricane relief and managed to touch on at least three of today’s biggest hot-button issues at once: racism, violence and climate change. “Natural disasters don’t discriminate,” said…

After a Los Angeles-based photographer accused “60 Minutes” of purposely altering the color to make former White House chief strategist Steven Bannon “look like a bleary-eyed drunk ” in an interview, journalism experts were quick to throw shade on the colorful conspiracy theory. In a new YouTube…

A go-to argument from science deniers was absolutely crushed by one of the world’s most famous scientists. Some believe one reason for the consensus that human activity has caused climate change is that scientists are in cahoots with each other . But Neil deGrasse Tyson , the astrophysicist, author…

MIAMI — The fierce eye of Hurricane Irma roared ashore in Florida on Sunday, bringing the full intensity of the storm to bear on the lower Florida Keys before beginning what forecasters say could be a painful journey up the state’s western coastline. After days of alarming warnings forced millions…

Eric Bolling in New York City on February 26, 2014. Noam Galai/Getty BOULDER, Colo. -- The son of former Fox News host Eric Bolling has died, just hours after Fox announced that Bolling was leaving the network . Bolling said in a tweet on Saturday that he and his wife, Adrienne, were devastated by…

As the most-followed person on Instagram, Selena Gomez knows how to use her powers for good. The “Fetish” singer shared a statement on Instagram in response to President Donald Trump’s recent decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in six months. The 2012 Obama-era…

As the deadly Battle for Raqqa between U.S.-backed forces and the so-called Islamic State rages toward its 100th day, the toll on the Syrian city and its surviving residents has been devastating: Tens of thousands of people remain trapped in a war zone with an all-but-destroyed health care system,…

WASHINGTON ― Federally insured property in Florida is in the crosshairs of potentially catastrophic Hurricane Irma ― including President Donald Trump ’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach. The property has a flood insurance policy through the National Flood Insurance Program , a Federal Emergency…

If there’s one thing that you can say about Steve Bannon is that he’s not afraid to go there. The Washington Post: Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump’s former chief strategist, lashed out at leaders of the Catholic Church in the United States who condemned the president’s recent decision to phase…

China said Thursday it agreed that the United Nations should take more action against North Korea after its latest nuclear test, although it still wanted more dialog to resolve the crisis on the Korea n peninsula. North Korea said it would respond to any U.N. sanctions and U.S. pressure with…

WASHINGTON ― Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is still notching policy wins after his return to the right-wing website Breitbart. President Donald Trump’s decision to end Obama-era protections for undocumented immigrants brought as children to the U.S. by their parents is a major…

Hillary Clinton's new book about the 2016 election, What Happened , isn't set to be released until September 12 , but a number of excerpts from it have recently been made public by people who received advanced copies. On Monday night, the founder of CauseWired, Tom Watson, tweeted a page that…

Story highlights Forecasters expect Irma to remain a "dangerous major hurricane" through the week It's still too soon to know the impact Irma could have on the continental United States (CNN) Hurricane Irma is churning west across the Atlantic, putting parts of the Caribbean on watch and prompting…

WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump plans to end an Obama-era program that protects young undocumented immigrants from deportation, according to multiple reports. But the decision wouldn’t take effect for six months, raising the prospect that Trump could change his mind or Congress could work on a…

UCLA trailed Texas A&M by 34 points late in the third quarter Sunday night at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, giving Bruins fans the perfect excuse to leave early and beat the traffic. But those who stayed were treated to an incredible rally. Led by quarterback Josh Rosen, UCLA scored five…

North Korea carried out its most powerful nuclear test yet on Sunday, claiming it successfully detonated a hydrogen bomb designed to be loaded onto an intercontinental ballistic missile. North Korean state television described the nuclear test as a “ perfect success .” Analysts have expressed…

A Salt Lake City police detective handcuffed a nurse after she prevented him from collecting blood from an unconscious patient. (YouTube/Video still) By all accounts, the head nurse at the University of Utah Hospital’s burn unit was professional and restrained when she told a Salt Lake City police…

WASHINGTON ― A week after the first reports that President Donald Trump was set to end protections for young undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children, the nearly 800,000 so-called Dreamers still don’t know where they stand. Dreamers worried Trump might terminate the Deferred Action…

NOW PLAYING Donald Trump reportedly gave Princess Diana “the creeps” as he tried to win her affections. After she died, the future president made gross, sexist statements about her.

Tracked Vehicles headed down 105 towards Sour Lake #setxnews pic.twitter.com/lWM3OUZ53y — Guiseppe Barranco (@SpotNewsShooter) August 31, 2017 Thousands of people are without water in Beaumont, Texas, adding to the misery of extreme flooding that has left large swaths of it and neighboring towns…

People and pets aren’t the only ones trying to get back on their feet after Tropical Storm Harvey. Wild animals also took a hit from the record-breaking rainfall , surging floodwaters and brutal winds. The Houston SPCA Wildlife Center of Texas has been “bombarded” with requests to help injured or…

Warning! Spoilers below for “Game of Thrones” Season 7! “How do you answer these charges ... Lord Baelish?” When Sansa (Sophie Turner) uttered those words in the “ Game of Thrones ” Season 7 finale, we all pretty much went, “Whoa. What?” Including Littlefinger (Aidan Gillen) ... Littlefinger really…

Days after issuing a bland statement supporting women’s equality , the Trump administration halted a key equal pay initiative on Tuesday put in place by the Obama administration. The scrapped provision would have required employers to report aggregate information on how much they pay workers ―…

Secretary of Defense James Mattis shared details on Tuesday of how he plans to implement President Donald Trump 's ban on transgender service members serving in the U.S. military. On Friday, the White House issued a memo to the Department of Defense with formal guidance on the ban, weeks after the…

HOUSTON — The devastating path of Harvey made landfall Wednesday for a second time since it roared ashore last week, as the biggest rainstorm in the history of the continental United States finally began to move away from Houston and carried its fury to Louisiana. Now a tropical storm, Harvey’s…

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) didn’t hold back in attacking Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) for saying he opposed a Hurricane Sandy relief package because “two-thirds of the bill” had nothing to do with the disaster. “That is an absolute falsehood that two-thirds of the $50 billion did not go to Sandy…

Game of Thrones did it again, one last time, for its penultimate season: Sunday’s super-sized finale broke HBO’s ratings records and stands as the show’s most-watched episode ever in the overnight Nielsens. A total of 12.1 million viewers tuned in for the 9 p.m. ET airing — up 13 percent from the…

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BANGKOK — The remains of all 10 United States Navy sailors who died aboard the destroyer John S. McCain in a collision near Singapore a week ago have been recovered, the Navy announced on Monday. Ships and aircraft from five nations had launched a huge search at sea after the McCain’s pre-dawn…