A number of groups will be registering voters around the state this weekend, with the deadline to register for the November elections just around the corner.
A suburban Denver school board refused to back off plans to review U.S. history courses for what some see as anti-American content, despite waves of protest from students and parents who accused the new conservative majority of trying to indoctrinate children politically.
Islamic State group militants armed with a rocket launcher shot down an Iraqi military attack helicopter Friday in the country's north and killed two pilots.
Gun control groups say this is the year they finally go toe-to-toe with the National Rifle Association and match their foe's imposing campaign spending for congressional candidates.
U.S. employers added 248,000 jobs in September, a burst of hiring that helped drive down the unemployment rate to 5.9 percent, the lowest since July 2008.