The military trial of the man accused of the 2009 shooting at Fort Hood will start Tuesday with the army psychiatrist set to represent himself. Major Nidal Hasan is charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated...
1. US diplomatic posts in 19 cities in Muslim and Middle-Eastern nations are now set to remain closed through Saturday. The decision came as the State Department issued a global travel alert warning that al-Qaida or its allies might attack US governm...
1. Los Angeles police have arrested a man on suspicion of intentionally driving into crowds at the Venice Beach Boardwalk. One woman died, 11 others were injured. Police say 38-year-old Nathan Campbell has been booked for investigation of murder and...
1. The man convicted of holding 3 women captive in his Cleveland house for more than a decade and raping them repeatedly has been sentenced to life without parole plus 1,000 years. Ariel Castrol was sentenced Thursday. He had pleaded guilty to 937 co...
1. Same sex marriage is now legal in Minnesota and Rhode Island. Both states began issuing marriage licenses on Thursday. 2. Ariel Castro goes to court in Cleveland on Thursday, to be sentenced for kidnapping three women, raping them and holding them...
President Barack Obama is on Capitol Hill today trying to reassure fellow Democrats. He said they're on the right side of history on his health care law and immigration reform, key issues heading into next year's elections. O.J.Simpson has been grant...
1. Bradley Manning has been acquitted of aiding the enemies for giving the classified secrets to WikiLeak. But he was convicted of 19 other charges including espionage, theft, computer fraud and other military infractions. Mannings sentencing hearing...
Right now, they are just talking procedure, but President Barack Obama says the relaunch of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks is a promising step forward. Senior Israeli and Palestinian negociators are on their way to Washington for the first direct ta...
1. Preliminary discussions are set to begin today in Washington on how the Israelis and Palestinians can resume talks that broke down in 2008. 2. At least 37 people are dead in southern Italy after a tour bus smashed into several cars in heavy traffi...
1. Authorities say a second body has been pulled from New York's Hudson River. A bride-to-be and her fiance's best man went missing after a boat crash near the Tappan Zee Bridge Friday night. A friend operating the boat has been charged. 2. Pope Fran...