Mexican drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman was recaptured 7 months after he escaped from a maximum security jail. President Enrique Pena Nieto, who was heavily criticized after the kingpin's escape, announced the news with a tweet "mission accomplished"
The U.S. stock market closed out its worst week since 2011, rattled by concerns over a slowdown in China's economy and plunging oil prices. Energy stocks were among the biggest decliners again on Friday as the price of oil sank
The largest Powerball jackpot in history has grown to $800 million. If no winner is selected at the drawing on Saturday, the prize could rise to $1 billion next week. “The bigger the jackpot, the more players buy tickets and the bigger the jackpot gets,” a lottery rep said
The American Dialect Society chose the final word of the year for 2015: The use of "they" to refer to a single person of undetermined gender. It beat out contenders such as "on fleek" and "ghosting."
The Mexican fast food chain was sued for allegedly failing to disclose to investors that its "quality controls were inadequate to safeguard consumer and employee health." An outbreak of E.coli late last year has been linked to the firm's restaurants
A former Prince George's County cop was sentenced to five years in prison after he was convicted of assault and misconduct in office for holding a man at gunpoint in what prosecutors said was an effort to impress his friends
Some of the highest ranking national security officials in the Obama administration are meeting Friday with technology firms in Silicon Valley, where they plan to discuss how to prevent terrorists from using new technologies to carry out acts of violence.
Chris Correa, who was fired by the St. Louis Cardinals last season after he admitted to hacking the Houston Astros to gain access to statistics, scouting reports, information on trades and more, pleaded guilty to five of 12 related charges
An Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria fighter shot and killed his own mother before onlookers at a public square in the Syrian city of Raqqa after he was told that she was not a true believer, according to activists
Officials in Rio de Janeiro have already slashed $400 million from the state budget as Brazil faces its worst recession since 1931, and need to cover a further $800 million shortfall before the 2015 accounts can be finalized
A man using a gun stolen from police said he was acting in the name of Islam when he ambushed an officer sitting in his marked cruiser at an intersection, firing shots at point-blank range, authorities said
A Brussels apartment was likely used to make bombs for the Paris attacks, and one of the plotters, Salah Abdeslam, also hid out there after escaping a police dragnet, Belgian prosecutors
Twenty actors and actresses have been nominated at least five times without winning
