National and World

  • 7 still missing from deadly Texas tornadoes

    Updated: Fri May 17, 2013 5:13 AM

    A North Texas community forged ahead in a massive cleanup, and the search for the missing continued Friday from 16 tornadoes that ripped through the area.

  • Obama vows to end 'scourge' of military sex abuse

    Updated: Fri May 17, 2013 5:15 AM

    President Barack Obama is vowing to eliminate what he calls the "scourge" of sexual assault in the military while cautioning that it will take a long and sustained effort by all military members.

  • Famed 'hatchet hitchhiker' arrested in NJ homicide

    Updated: Thu May 16, 2013 8:26 PM

    A homeless, hatchet-wielding hitchhiker who became an Internet celebrity earlier this year has been arrested in Philadelphia and charged with the murder of a New Jersey lawyer.

  • Authorities arrest man in Idaho in terrorism case

    Updated: Thu May 16, 2013 5:11 PM

    Federal authorities in Idaho say they have arrested an Uzbekistan national on federal terrorism charges.

  • 2nd IRS official to leave amid tea party scandal

    Updated: Thu May 16, 2013 5:09 PM

    As second top Internal Revenue Service official has announced plans to leave the agency amid the controversy over the targeting of tea party groups.

  • Sheriff: ex-NASCAR driver Dick Trickle dead at 71

    Updated: Thu May 16, 2013 4:48 PM

    Authorities in North Carolina say former NASCAR driver Dick Trickle has died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was 71.

  • AP Sources: Crime not ruled out in Texas blast

    Updated: Thu May 16, 2013 2:41 PM

    Authorities have not ruled out criminal activity and are investigating two other possible causes in the explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant that killed 14 people.

  • Victim's brother testifies in Jodi Arias case

    Updated: Thu May 16, 2013 2:40 PM

    The jury deciding the fate of Jodi Arias has heard dramatic and emotional testimony from the brother of the man she murdered.

  • School bus carrying special-needs kids rolls over

    Updated: Thu May 16, 2013 2:43 PM

    State police say a dozen people - including five children - are injured after a school bus carrying special needs children rolled over on a highway near Indianapolis.

  • Obama to tap Werfel as acting IRS head

    Updated: Thu May 16, 2013 2:55 PM

    President Barack Obama will appoint senior White House budget officer Daniel Werfel to be acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, a White House official says.

  • Powerball jackpot quickly jumps to $550 million

    Updated: Thu May 16, 2013 1:29 PM

    The Powerball jackpot has jumped to $550 million, a major climb less than a day after the latest drawing produced no winning ticket.

  • House bill protects homeland security budget

    Updated: Thu May 16, 2013 1:07 PM

    House Republicans have moved to protect the Department of Homeland Security from the big cuts facing other domestic agencies under the party's slashing budget plan.

  • Obama: Time to revisit enacting media shield law

    Updated: Thu May 16, 2013 1:06 PM

    President Barack Obama is defending investigations into government leaks, saying they are necessary for national security.

  • Documents: Ricin letters suspect evaded police

    Updated: Thu May 16, 2013 1:05 PM

    Newly released documents say the man suspected of sending poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama and others appeared to try to evade authorities just days before his arrest.

  • Police: 2nd suspect arrested in parade shooting

    Updated: Thu May 16, 2013 1:04 PM

    Police say they have arrested a second suspect in the shooting that injured 20 people at a parade on Mother's Day.

  • Army chief: Time to fight against sex assault

    Updated: Thu May 16, 2013 1:03 PM

    The Army's top officer is telling soldiers that after demonstrating courage and resilience in 12 years of war, it's time for them to make the fight against sexual assault their primary mission.

  • 6 dead, 7 missing as tornadoes rip through Texas

    Updated: Thu May 16, 2013 11:47 AM

    North Texas residents began to take in the devastation on Thursday wreaked by a series of tornadoes that killed six and injured dozens more in what Hood County Sheriff Roger Deeds described as a “nightmare” scenario.

  • OJ back in court; Day 4 of bid for new Vegas trial

    Updated: Thu May 16, 2013 11:30 AM

    O.J. Simpson is back in a Las Vegas courtroom for Day 4 of his bid for a new trial on his 2008 conviction in a hotel room heist involving two sports memorabilia dealers.

  • Dzhokhar Tsarnaev scribbled note inside boat where he was hiding, sources say

    Updated: Thu May 16, 2013 8:00 AM

    Bleeding and hunted by police, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev scrawled a note inside the hull of the boat where he was hiding saying that the Boston Marathon bombings were retaliation for American action against Muslims, sources told NBC News.

  • Afghanistan: Bomb kills 15, including 2 Americans

    Updated: Thu May 16, 2013 7:50 AM

    The U.S. military says two American service members are among the 15 dead in a car bomb attack in Kabul.

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