Several thousand people near Charleston, West Virginia were ordered to stay indoors for safety late Thursday and early Friday after a chemical plant explosion raised fears about air quality.
Drunken-driving deaths fell in 32 states in 2007, the government reported Thursday, but alcohol-related fatalities increased among motorcycle riders in half the states.
An Iowa community college president resigned less than a week after a photo was published appearing to show him pouring beer into a young woman's mouth.
As Hurricane Katrina honed in on New Orleans, Louisiana, three years ago, anxious residents -- unaware that the storm would register as one of the most destructive forces of nature on record -- pondered their options.
A Georgia county's school district has become the third district in the nation in 40 years to lose its accreditation.
The Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery is at the center of combat between preservationists and cemetery officials.
Tropical Storm Gustav's impending arrival in the Gulf of Mexico, potentially as a major hurricane, has prompted Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal to declare an emergency for the state.
Lesbian activist Del Martin, at the forefront of the battle for same-sex marriage in California, died Wednesday in San Francisco. She was 87.
Several thousand people near Charleston, West Virginia were ordered to stay indoors for safety late Thursday and early Friday after a chemical plant explosion raised fears about air quality.
Drunken-driving deaths fell in 32 states in 2007, the government reported Thursday, but alcohol-related fatalities increased among motorcycle riders in half the states.
An Iowa community college president resigned less than a week after a photo was published appearing to show him pouring beer into a young woman's mouth.
As Hurricane Katrina honed in on New Orleans, Louisiana, three years ago, anxious residents -- unaware that the storm would register as one of the most destructive forces of nature on record -- pondered their options.
A Georgia county's school district has become the third district in the nation in 40 years to lose its accreditation.
The Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery is at the center of combat between preservationists and cemetery officials.
Tropical Storm Gustav's impending arrival in the Gulf of Mexico, potentially as a major hurricane, has prompted Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal to declare an emergency for the state.
Lesbian activist Del Martin, at the forefront of the battle for same-sex marriage in California, died Wednesday in San Francisco. She was 87.
The remnants of Tropical Storm Fay spread over a wide swath of the South on Monday, bringing heavy rain and wind as forecasters warned of possible flash flooding and tornadoes from Louisiana to Georgia.
Politicians are known for lame jokes. But when Otis "Bullman" Hensley tried a generations-old Appalachian jest on a woman and two girls at the grocery store, the family thought it was downright criminal.
Sales of existing homes rose in July, surpassing expectations, as buyers snapped up deeply discounted properties in parts of the U.S. hit hardest by the housing bust.
U.S. government scientists are one step closer to publishing a rule aimed at protecting the endangered right whale from ship strikes.
Flooding caused by the former Tropical Storm Fay prompted evacuations in parts of northern Florida on Sunday as what was left of the storm stalled over southern Mississippi.
Ten people, including nine members of a medical team, were killed in the crash of a small plane at an airport in the southeastern Utah town of Moab, authorities said Saturday.
Tropical Storm Fay weakened to a depression Saturday night, but heavy winds and flooding could continue for several days, the National Hurricane Center said.
President Bush will seek formal comment from his Cabinet agencies next week on a plan that could make three of the world's most remote and pristine island chains off-limits to commercial fishing and mineral exploration.
Tropical Storm Fay was in no hurry as it made its way across the northern Florida peninsula Friday, its torrential rains and fierce winds leaving a trail of destruction behind and portending the future for areas in its path.
When it comes to marking up historic signs, good grammar is a bad defense.
The voice on the other end of the phone line spoke in a gentle, hushed tone.
For some Americans, the recent fighting between Georgia and Russia has recalled days of the Iron Curtain, bomb shelters and hiding under desks. Those Cold War memories are especially intense for some iReporters, U.S. veterans who served under the constant threat of nuclear war.
A small plane crashed into a house Friday in North Las Vegas, Nevada, killing three people, Fire Chief Kevin Brame said.
For Erich Scherfen, being on a government terror watch list isn't just a matter of inconvenience. It could end his career.
For some Americans, the recent fighting between Georgia and Russia has recalled days of the Iron Curtain, bomb shelters and hiding under desks. Those Cold War memories are especially intense for some iReporters -- U.S. military veterans who served under the constant threat of nuclear war.
Two days after Tropical Storm Fay first hit Cape Canaveral, Florida, Louise Mills decided to attempt to go to church, having stayed in her condo since it started. That's when she realized she was stranded inside. "As far as we know, we can't leave our condominiums to get to [Florida state road] A1A because the police are blocking it."
Tropical Storm Fay was moving across northern Florida at a walking pace Thursday night, dropping heavy rain and threatening to stick around for at least another day in a state already struggling with flooding.
Military leaders have suspended some activities at biological research laboratories to review safety rules for some of the world's deadliest germs and toxins, including how they are shipped through FedEx and other civilian carriers.
In an unusual move, an attorney for anthrax suspect Bruce Ivins, who committed suicide last month, is speaking up for the government, saying it should not be blamed for his death.
The two men who claimed to have found the carcass of Bigfoot have surfaced to say: Hey, it was just a joke.
The condition of a kite-surfer thrown airborne into a Fort Lauderdale building by strong winds this week has improved, a hospital spokeswoman said Thursday.
Gene Upshaw, the executive director of the NFL Players Association and a Hall of Fame guard with the Oakland Raiders, has died, the association said on its Web site Thursday.
A federal judge on Wednesday permanently barred Arizona from using a state law to prosecute an online merchant who sells shirts that list names of thousands of troops killed in Iraq.
Tropical Storm Fay, stalled near Cape Canaveral, Florida, soaked portions of east-central Florida late Wednesday, and the National Hurricane Center said it could dump 30 inches of rain in some areas of the state.
The condition of a kite-surfer thrown airborne into a Fort Lauderdale building by strong winds this week has improved, his mother said Wednesday.
New York's famous skyline may be getting a new addition: Wind turbines.
Today was my first day in elementary school.
More than 200,000 children were spanked or paddled in U.S. schools during the past school year, human rights groups reported Wednesday.
Electric and hybrid vehicles may be better for the environment, but the California Legislature says they're bad for the blind.
A mental patient died after workers at a North Carolina hospital left him in a chair for 22 hours without feeding him or helping him use the bathroom, said federal officials who have threatened to cut off the facility's funding.
James Robinson is a retired Air National Guard brigadier general and a commercial pilot for a major airline who flies passenger planes around the country.
A soldier who survived a Taliban attack that killed nine U.S. troops in Afghanistan last month described a scene of "pure chaos" in which he watched buddies die.
Wholesale inflation soared in July, leaving U.S. prices rising at the fastest pace in nearly three decades. While recent declines in oil and other commodity prices raise hopes inflation may have peaked, some economists worry about the widespread nature of the July price surge and caution it will take more time for that pressure to ease on Wall Street and Main Street.
At least seven possible tornadoes were reported Tuesday in eastern Florida as Tropical Storm Fay battered parts of the state with high winds and heavy rain, the National Hurricane Center said.
The Bigfoot in the freezer is made of rubber, a Web posting asserted Tuesday.
Flooding receded Tuesday in South Texas and main highways reopened after a deluge of as much as 13 inches of rain. The drenching weather shifted to the northern end of the state and Oklahoma.
A man who contends he got a 9-foot tapeworm after eating undercooked fish has sued a Chicago restaurant.
Tropical Storm Fay made landfall in southwestern Florida early Tuesday, coming ashore at Cape Romano just south of Marco Island, the National Hurricane Center said.
A group of boaters was forced to scramble to the safety of a rocky ledge after waters from a bursting Grand Canyon dam surged, one of the rafters told CNN on Monday.
Having completed his Olympics gold rush, U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps is now poised to make another haul -- this time of the endorsement variety.
Authorities halted the evacuation Sunday night of a few hundred people who were initially thought to be in danger after rain breached an earthen dam at the Grand Canyon.
A pair of Georgia men faced more than a half-hour of skeptical questions from reporters Friday as they defended their claim that they stumbled upon the body of Bigfoot while hiking in a remote North Georgia forest.
Hundreds of vacant homes remained under threat Saturday from a raging fire that has wreaked havoc on a California air force base.
A group of Native Hawaiians claiming to be the state's legitimate rulers occupied the grounds of a historic palace for two hours before being arrested by state officers in the second recent takeover of its kind.
An early Saturday morning fire killed five children and two adults, but three youths were able to escape and were being treated for burns.
Scrapers and bulldozers began Friday filling a deep canyon to make way for a border fence in the southwestern corner of the United States after 12 years of planning, environmental reviews and legal challenges.
The woman whose husband was killed in a knife attack while attending the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, and who was herself critically wounded in the attack, is back in the United States, according to her doctors.
Tropical Storm Fay formed Friday over the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean Sea, the National Hurricane Center said.
Here's a mind-bending idea: The U.S. military is paying scientists to study ways to read people's thoughts.
A tiny Texas school district will allow teachers and staff members to carry concealed firearms to protect against school shootings, provided the gun-toting employees follow certain requirements.
James Hoyt delivered mail in rural Iowa for more than 30 years. Yet Hoyt had long kept a secret from most of those who knew him best: He was one of the four U.S. soldiers to first see Germany's Buchenwald concentration camp.
A policeman and a former corrections officer say that on Friday they will unveil evidence of what they claim is their biggest find ever: the body of Bigfoot.
Low water levels on the Mississippi River are causing problems, just weeks after one of the worst floods ever on Ol' Miss.
Cinderella, Snow White, Tinkerbell and other fictional fixtures of modern-day childhood were handcuffed, frisked and loaded into police vans Thursday at the culmination of a labor protest that brought a touch of reality to the Happiest Place on Earth.
Times are tough for the Nebraska man who once weighed more than 1,000 pounds, but Patrick Deuel says he's trying to keep a positive outlook.
An Alabama judge who once wore the Ten Commandments embroidered on his robe has been accused of violating judicial ethics for ordering a group in his courtroom to hold hands and pray.
At 94, Barbara Podoski finally gets to tell the story of how she punched a German sergeant in the face during World War II, when she was a secret U.S. interrogator.
The wife of televangelist Joel Osteen did not assault a flight attendant during an angry tirade over a stain on her first-class seat, a jury ruled Thursday.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that if Russia doesn't step back from its "aggressive posture," it will adversely affect U.S.-Russian relations for years.
Traffic deaths in the United States declined last year, reaching the lowest level in more than a decade, the government reported Thursday.
By 2050, minorities will be the majority in America, and the number of residents older than 65 will more than double, according to projections released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
A grotesque comparison of a steamy love affair to a New York City street has won a Washington man this year's grand prize in an annual contest of bad writing.
Famed chef Julia Child shared a secret with Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg and Chicago White Sox catcher Moe Berg at a time when the Nazis threatened the world.
U.S. retail sales fell in July, the weakest performance in five months, as shoppers shunned autos and other big ticket items.
Officers armed with military rifles, some with laser sights, have been stopping and questioning passers-by in a neighborhood plagued by violence that's been under a 24-hour curfew for a week.
A woman who grew to be 7 feet, 7 inches tall (2.31 meters) and was recognized as the world's tallest female died Wednesday, a friend said. She was 53.
Two recent stories are a prime example of how important it is for the media to confront the reality of rumors in the age of the Internet.
A high school principal who set off a furor after being quoted as saying that teenage girls formed a pact to get pregnant has resigned, weeks after his comments were publicly questioned by the mayor.
The U.S. Federal Reserve has auctioned another $25 billion in loans to U.S. banks and given them more time to pay the money back in an effort to combat a serious credit squeeze.
The federal government will temporarily stop granting licenses to new bus companies after a crash in Texas killed 17 people.
A dog stood guard over her owner's body for up to six weeks after the man committed suicide on the remote northeastern Colorado plains, authorities said.
An 8-year-old Florida boy had just scrambled up a creek embankment ahead of his father and older brother during a day hike in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park when he confronted an 86-pound male black bear.
One of the largest and most photographed arches in Arches National Park has collapsed.
Federal authorities have ordered a company tied to a Texas bus crash on Friday that killed 17 people to cease operation, saying it poses an "imminent hazard."
It wasn't the man on the hog who found himself being greedy.
At least 20 people were hurt, four of them critically, when a bus crashed Sunday night about 5 miles south of Las Vegas, Nevada, a state trooper said.
A casino bus full of tourists overturned in northwestern Mississippi on Sunday, killing three people and injuring several others.
Anthony J. Russo, a researcher who helped leak the Vietnam-era Pentagon Papers to the media and prompted wider public questioning of the war, has died, police said.
Standing just 150 feet from the platform on which President Lincoln delivered his most famous speech, one of the few remaining "witness trees" to the Battle of Gettysburg has been severely damaged by a storm, National Park Service officials said.
The Army scientist suspected in the 2001 anthrax attacks was remembered for his humor, intelligence and compassion at a memorial service Saturday.
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