Prosecutors: Evidence Germanwings co-pilot hid illness

Prosecutors: Evidence Germanwings co-pilot hid illness
Harry Reid retiring: Democrats who could replace him
Greeks gone wild: Can schools solve the fraternity problem?
Inside the elaborate, often unglamorous world of presidential hotel stays
Senate OKs Republican balanced-budget plan, following House
Police seek two people unaccounted for after New York explosion
Shopping center near Pentagon evacuated over bomb threat: police
Woman charged with scamming Boston bombing victims fund
Is Moore, Okla., the ‘tornado alley of tornado alley’?
Co-pilot deliberately slams plane in Alps; families ask why
Photos: Building collapse in New York City's East Village
Icelandic whaling: Conservationists split over efficacy of Obama’s sanctions
Explosion rocks NYC neighborhood
Germanwings tragedy: How post-9/11 safety measures factored into crash

Posted: 27 Mar 2015 09:24 AM PDT

Police have searched the homes of co-pilot Andreas Lubitz in two cities.

Harry Reid retiring: Democrats who could replace him

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Greeks gone wild: Can schools solve the fraternity problem?

Posted: 25 Mar 2015 06:53 AM PDT

After at least seven fraternities have been suspended for offensive, dangerous and in some cases potentially criminal behavior this month, some schools are asking what they can do to get a handle on Greek life.

Inside the elaborate, often unglamorous world of presidential hotel stays

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President Barack Obama has visited scores of foreign countries in his six years in the White House, conducting high-stakes diplomacy amid high-priced luxury at some of the world's poshest destinations.

Senate OKs Republican balanced-budget plan, following House

Posted: 27 Mar 2015 08:01 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans muscled a balanced-budget plan through the Senate early Friday, positioning Congress for months of battling President Barack Obama over the GOP's goals of slicing spending and dismantling his health care law.

Police seek two people unaccounted for after New York explosion

Posted: 27 Mar 2015 10:26 AM PDT

By Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two people remained unaccounted for on Friday in the wake of an apparent gas explosion that destroyed four New York City apartment buildings and injured 19 people, police said. The blast appeared to have been gas-related, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said. Private gas and plumbing work was going on in one of the buildings, and Con Edison utility inspectors on the scene an hour earlier had determined the work was not satisfactory. "We are looking into two individuals who are apparently unaccounted for," said a New York Police Department spokeswoman.

Shopping center near Pentagon evacuated over bomb threat: police

Posted: 27 Mar 2015 11:29 AM PDT

A shopping center near the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense in Arlington, Virginia, was evacuated on Friday after an anonymous bomb threat was made, an Arlington County Police Department spokesman said. Lt. Kip Malcolm said police were searching the premises and had not found any device. The entrance to the Metrorail station near the shopping center was closed due to police activity as well, according to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. The retail area, known as the Pentagon Centre, is located at 1201 South Hayes Street and is near the Pentagon.

Woman charged with scamming Boston bombing victims fund

Posted: 27 Mar 2015 02:37 AM PDT

(Reuters) - A Boston woman has been indicted with fraudulently obtaining $8,000 from the fund set up for victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, and thousands more from other fundraising, officials said on Thursday. Investigators found that Joanna Leigh, 41, was at the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013 when two bombs exploded, killing three people and injuring more than 260, but they argued that she was not injured, the Boston Police Department said in a statement. Leigh was indicted earlier this month by a Suffolk County grand jury on five larceny counts and a charge of making a false claim to the government, the police department said. It said Leigh received $8,000 from The One Fund Boston, which raised nearly $80 million in the aftermath of the attack.

Is Moore, Okla., the ‘tornado alley of tornado alley’?

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 05:29 PM PDT

Residents are wondering why their community has been a frequent target of twisters.

Co-pilot deliberately slams plane in Alps; families ask why

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 05:34 PM PDT

PARIS (AP) — Passengers with moments to live screamed in terror and the pilot frantically pounded on the locked cockpit door as a 27-year-old German co-pilot deliberately and wordlessly smashed an Airbus carrying 150 people into an Alpine mountainside.

Photos: Building collapse in New York City's East Village

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 01:15 PM PDT

A building burns after an explosion on 2nd Avenue on March 26, 2015 in New York City. The seven alarm fire drew firefighters from across the city. A number of injuries have been reported. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Icelandic whaling: Conservationists split over efficacy of Obama’s sanctions

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 05:07 AM PDT

The Icelandic Hvalur whaling company's killing of endangered fin whales has been denounced by the United States and the European Union. Is it time for greater action?

Explosion rocks NYC neighborhood

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 12:53 PM PDT

The blast causes a fire and partial collapse at an apartment building in Manhattan.

Germanwings tragedy: How post-9/11 safety measures factored into crash

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 09:21 AM PDT

After Sept. 11, many airline carriers strengthened cockpit doors and made it more difficult for anyone to get inside once the pilot activated the lock switch — which prevented the captain of Flight 4U 9525 from regaining control.