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Lori Lightfoot has taken the oath of office, becoming Chicago's first black female and openly gay mayor. Lightfoot was inaugurated Monday morning at Chicago's Wintrust Arena with her wife and daughter at her side. 

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Shares of Verizon are falling before the opening bell after the company said it would take a $4.6 billion hit for what's become an expensive internet foray that's never panned out.

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Sacramento Field Office Director Monica Toro administered the Oath of Allegiance to America’s newest citizens during two special naturalization ceremonies Wednesday. 

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Nigeria's home-grown Boko Haram Islamic extremists have pledged formal allegiance to the Islamic State group in a message allegedly by the Nigerian insurgent leader posted on Twitter and reported by the SITE Intelligence monitoring service.

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Newly selected Court of Appeals Judges Jerome T. Tao, Michael P. Gibbons, and Abbi Silver took the oath of office today in a ceremony held in the courtroom of the Nevada Supreme Court in Carson City.

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At their first scheduled meeting of the new year, Judge David Hardy led Washoe County Commissioners Jeanne Herman, District 5, Bob Lucey, District 2, and Kitty Jung, District 3, through the Oath of Office. The Board also unanimously elected their Chair and Vice Chair for 2015.