The Nobel Prize committee honored the United Nations-backed Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), a small organization which dispatched experts to Syria after a gas attack killed more than 1,400 people near Damascus in August.
The Pentagon confirmed that it will not be able to pay death benefits to the families of troops who have been killed in combat because of the current government shutdown
A caravan of truck drivers are planning a three-day protest to demonstrate against different aspects in U.S. politics they feel are "destroying America." Their wide-ranging demonstration will reportedly focus on unfair wages, gas prices and federal regulations on their industry.
The new $100 bill made its debut on Tuesday several years after it was scheduled to be released, reported CNNMoney.com. The Federal Reserve had previously announced that a problem with the currency's new security measures caused the bills to crease during printing, leaving blank spaces on them
