Wealthy parents in Illinois are giving up legal guardianship of their children in order to "scam" universities into qualifying them for need-based financial aid, ProPublica Illinois reports. In a report released Tuesday, ProPublica said it…

SEOUL — South Korean authorities are on alert after multiple projectiles were fired from North Korea's eastern coast, NBC has confirmed. “We confirm that North Korea has launched several unidentified projectiles from Hodo Peninsula area…

A day or two before he was found injured in his New York jail cell, Jeffrey Epstein was served with legal papers in connection with a lawsuit to be brought by a woman who has…

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made history on Monday by stopping at a gay bar in Vancouver to mark the beginning of the city’s Pride week. Trudeau took pictures and shook hands with patrons at…

A Virginia lawmaker, who is Muslim, shouted "you can't send us back!" briefly interrupting President Donald Trump during an event Tuesday commemorating the 400th anniversary of Virginia's first legislative assembly. Ibraheem Samirah, a Democrat elected…

The American Civil Liberties Union asked a federal judge Tuesday to block the Trump administration from continuing to separate migrant children from their parents, saying in court documents that more than 900 children have been…

A "disgruntled employee" killed two Walmart colleagues and wounded a responding police officer Tuesday in far northwest Mississippi, authorities said. The deadly incident started at about 6:32 a.m. at the superstore before another responding officer…

The U.S. women's national soccer team announced Tuesday that its record-setting head coach would be stepping down after leading the squad to a historic World Cup win in France this summer. Jill Ellis will withdraw…