A crackdown by federal immigration officials has forced Chipotle Mexican Grill to fire hundreds of allegedly illegal employees in Minnesota. The firing could affect more than half of the burrito chain’s staff in the state, and the probe is getting bigger. Co-Chief Executive Monty Moran said officials from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has sent [...]

Wildfires have ripped through the major Western Australia city of Perth’s suburbs. The destruction of homes comes as the country’s opposite coast continues to deal with flooding created last week by Cyclone Yasi. The southern state of Victoria also experienced heavy flooding in the wake of Yasi, which created a set of thunderstorms that passed [...]

According to a survey of U.S. households, the unemployment rate is dropping at the fastest pace in fifty years, settling at 9 percent. This is the lowest rate in nearly two years. The report for January is a little less rosy, as the number of new jobs came to a standstill. Employer’s added only 36,000 [...]

Officials at the European Central Bank announced Thursday that it would keep the leading interest rate for the Eurozone at 1 percent, a move that market watchers expected. The rate is the lowest in the history of the euro’s single currency and has remained at 1 percent for over a year following large cuts in [...]

After days of protests in major Egyptian cities, President Hosni Mubarak, 82, will not seek another term in September. On Tuesday, the move was meant to appease the millions of marching demonstrators demanding Mubarak step down. The President of Egypt’s announcement did little to calm those gathered in Tahrir Square in central Cairo. “No, not good [...]

More than two dozen states won their challenge to the nation’s new health care law Monday when a judge in Florida said Congress does not have the power to make people buy health insurance. The ruling is a step toward a major legal battle with an appeal from the Obama administration and puts fuel to [...]

This winter’s predictions will prove difficult as one third of the nation faces a blistering arctic storm of epic proportions. Groundhog Day is February 2, traditionally; the day the groundhog will predict the end of winter. Ice, snow, wind, and even tornadoes are possible from now through Wednesday across the nation when gatherers will watch Phil’s [...]

The unrest in Egypt has sparked concerns for the economic stability of markets around the world. Egyptian economist Salah Al Desouky said his country’s economy has not been able to withstand the ongoing political turmoil. Banks are closed and production at factories has stopped. Some foreign companies are getting their employees out of Egypt, and [...]

The federal government is phasing out its  color-coded system for notifying citizens about possible terrorism threats. The color-coded system, with five levels of rainbow colors ranging from green to red, will start to be dismantled this week and be completely gone by late April. The news came Wednesday, one day before Homeland Security Secretary Janet [...]