In less than a day, big parts of the federal government will shut down unless Congress can find a way to bridge differences over health-care reform and other issues.
A party with a purpose: Hip Hop Public Health uses music to communicate health messages to children.
Myth: Young people will pay a lot more for insurance under Obamacare. Reality: It's true that premiums will likely rise for some young adults, particularly men. But that doesn't take two important considerations into account: federal subsidies and more comprehensive coverage.
The college student accused of hijacking the webcam of Miss Teen USA Cassidy Wolf and other young women is a former high school classmate of the pageant winner. Jared James Abrahams, 19, was arrested Thursday for allegedly taking nude images of the women using their own webcams, and then blackmailing them to send more explicit material.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said he's not in favor of the Republican-led strategy to defund the federal health care law by tying it to a spending bill, a maneuver that risks a government shutdown if Congress doesn't reach a deal before the Tuesday deadline.
(CNN) -- Civil rights activist Evelyn Gibson Lowery, who with her husband, the Rev. Joseph Lowery, participated in the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery march in Alabama, died Thursday morning at her Atlanta home, a family spokeswoman said.
(CNN) -- It's been more than 30 years since high-level officials from the United States and Iran sat down together to talk face-to-face.
WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) -- Baring a sudden turn in stalemated budget talks, federal workers will begin to get verbal furlough notices in the next 24 to 36 hours, according to a top union official briefed by the White House budget office on Thursday.
The national average premium for Obamacare will be $328 a month before subsidies, 16 percent less than projected by the Congressional Budget Office. The benchmark is the second-lowest cost "silver" policy for 48 states, upon which federal subsidies are based.
More than 21 hours after he started, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas on Wednesday finally ended his assault on Obamacare. Cruz's remarks did not constitute a filibuster and won't block a key procedural Senate vote scheduled for 1 p.m. ET on Wednesday