An outbreak of salmonella in raw chicken has sickened nearly 300 people in the United States, officials say as consumer advocates have warned the federal shutdown was hampering a government response.
New information has revealed that the US National Security Agency (NSA) vast data storage facility in Utah suffers delaying its opening due to widespread technical failures, including 10 “meltdowns” within the past 13 months.
In the center of New Mexico, one of the world's most polluted cities, a new hospital is being built from high tech materials which purify the air around the building.
A senior Chinese official has warned that the "clock is ticking" to avoid a US default that could hurt China's interests and the global economy.
The United States has announced it would be more open to Iran taking part in a peace conference on Syria if it accepts a precondition.
US Secretary of State John Kerry has justified the abduction of a man in Libya by US forces as ‘legal and appropriate’.
As the U.S. government moved into the second week of a shutdown on Monday with no end in sight, a deadlocked U.S. Congress also confronted an October 17 deadline to increase the nation's borrowing power or risk default.
A US man has set himself ablaze in Washington DC near the Capitol Hill legislative building amid the continuing federal government shutdown that has left nearly one million federal employees out of work.
As the federal government shutdown continues with no signs of stopping, tens of thousands have signed a petition demanding that members of Congress receive no pay for the duration of the budget stalemate.
Just hours before Congress shut down the federal government and put hundreds of thousands of federal workers out of work, the Pentagon quietly went on a shopping spree and spent billions.