1. Egypt's military-backed government authorizes police to use deadly force. The government declares a state of emergency and night-time curfew after a deadly crackdown of ousted President Mohammed Morsi's supporters left more than 500 people dead. 2...
Violence is spreading throughout Egypt as riot police swept away camps of supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi. Two journalists were among the dozens killed. A federal judge has sentenced former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. to 30 months in...
Egyptian security forces cleared supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi from two sit-in camps. Protesters said at least 25 demonstrators died. A fast-moving wild fire destroyed at least a dozen homes. It forces many residents to evacuate from...
1. U.S. Airways and American Airlines say they will use all legal options to fight back against a challenges to their merger plans. The Justice Department joined a half dozen states in filing a lawsuit to block the merger in federal court, saying it...
1. Former Boston crime boss, Whitey Bulger, has been convicted in a string of extreme 11 killings and other underworld crimes. The 83-year-old Bulger faces life in prison for his role in the killings during the 1970s and 80s while he led in the Winte...
1. Egyptian security officials say forces will besiege two protest camps in Cairo supporting the country's ousted president within 24 hours. One official suggested action against the sit-ins could happen as early as daybreak Monday. 2. National Secur...
1. A wildfire in southern California, San Jacinto, mountains has grown to nearly 30 square miles. But the fire fighters say they are making progress. The blaze is almost half contained and several evacuation orders have now been lifted. The fire has...
1. At least three people in two states will split the 448.4-million-dollar Powerball jackpot. Two winning tickets were sold in New Jersey and one was sold in Minnesota. One store owner in New Jersey says he will give his proceeds for selling a winnin...
Three winning tickets for the 448-million dollar Powerball jackpot are out there somewhere. Two of the tickets were bought in New Jersey. The third purchased in Minnesota. A quickly spreading fire has burned 9 square miles in southern California's in...
1. At the trial of the army psychiatrist accused in 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Major Nidal Hasan says the evidence will show he was the shooter. And that he was among imperfect Muslims trying to establish the perfect religion. 2. The US mili...
