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The legal wrangling over who should be allowed to buy the Plan B One-Step morning-after pill without a prescription came to an end this year. A federal judge ruled that the emergency contraceptive couldn't be withheld from girls 16 and younger. Despite the legal ruling, many Americans support age minimums and parental consent.

A report released this week shows the majority of states are using antiquated technology systems to process unemployment benefits.

Fifty years after President Lyndon Johnson declared his "War on Poverty," President Obama issued his own plan to combat poverty Thursday with the nation's first five "Promise Zones."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted the Obamas at the airport in New Delhi, starting off a three-day trip. The leaders are expected to discuss trade, climate change and global terrorism.

Citing a boom in natural gas as well as shifts in demand, the Energy Information Administration says the U.S. could stop being a net energy importer "sometime between 2020 and 2030."

Passage in the Senate of a measure to keep the federal government running past Tuesday will set in motion a process that could end up accomplishing the opposite.

The former CEO of Hewlett-Packard once had a stint filing and typing for the company. She also dropped out of law school, survived breast cancer and once ran a campaign ad featuring demon sheep.

The government's dietary guidelines recommend that adults consume 2.5 to 3 cups of vegetables a day, But USDA researchers found that only 1.7 cups per person are available.

The law, which took effect in January, directs law enforcement agencies to more quickly release arrested immigrants without serious criminal records rather than hold them so federal officials can deport them.

It's not just Louis C.K. and Stephen Colbert who are confused about the Common Core. Get the facts here.