The President-elect has denied allegations made in unverified Russian reports that supposedly contain compromising financial and personal information on him. An unnamed U.S. official has told AP that Trump and Obama were briefed on the reports last week
In his farewell address in Chicago, President Obama returned to his roots as a community organizer, issuing a call to action to Americans who are worried about the future of the country and a subtle warning to his successor
Trump's pick for attorney general faces a grilling on day two of his Senate confirmation hearings, as he seeks to deny any racist past. Black lawmakers speaking against his nomination will include Democrat Cory Booker, taking the rare step of testifying against a Senate colleague
A federal jury has sentenced Dylann Roof to death for killing nine black church members in a racially motivated attack in 2015. The Justice Department says he is the first person to get the death penalty for federal hate crimes
After serious flirtations with both San Francisco and Chicago, legendary filmmaker George Lucas has decided that Los Angeles will be home to his long-planned museum of narrative art. His collection of over 10,000 pieces will be housed in a new museum in L.A.'s Exposition Park.
The perky, pastel-hued jazz musical "La La Land" quick-stepped into an awards-season lead Tuesday, gaining 11 nominations for the British Academy Film Awards , the U.K. equivalent of the Oscars. The musical also just won seven prizes at the Golden Globes
Hundreds of thousands of mourners flooded the streets of Tehran on Tuesday, beating their chests and wailing in grief for the late Iranian leader Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who died over the weekend at the age of 82
An Afghan official says the death toll from twin bombings in Kabul has climbed to 38, with civilians and military personnel among those killed. Mohibullah Zeer, an official in the Public Health Ministry, says another 72 people were wounded in the attack
About 6,000 Clemson fans turned out Tuesday to welcome their national champion Tigers, capping a giddy day of celebration after their team toppled Alabama. A sizeable crowd of Clemson fans celebrated Monday night in Tampa as well
The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocked a lower court ruling ordering North Carolina legislators to redraw state legislative districts and hold special elections within the altered districts this fall
Yahoo will adopt a new corporate identity and cut the size of its board in half if the proposed $4.8 billion sale of its digital services to Verizon Communications goes through. CEO Marissa Mayer will resign after the deal closes
About 22,000 Rohingya Muslims have crossed into Bangladesh after fleeing unrest in Burma in the past seven days, bringing the total number of new arrivals to more than 65,000 since the Burmese army launched operations against the heavily persecuted minority in early October
