Sikh temple shooting suspect identified as former Army soldier
Click on the image for more photos. The man suspected of opening fire on Sunday in a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., was identified by police on Monday as Wade Michael Page, a 40-year-old former member of the U.S. Army. Seven people were killed, including the suspected gunman, in Sunday's shooting. The six victims [...]Read More ...
Mars rover landing spotted by orbiting spacecraft
A spectacular photo by a spacecraft orbiting Mars has captured NASA's new rover Curiosity as it plunged toward the Martian surface under a giant parachute.Read More ...
Joplin mosque razed in fire; 2nd blaze this summer
A mosque in southwest Missouri burned to the ground early Monday in the second fire to hit the Islamic center in little more than a month, officials said.Read More ...
White House says Assad losing his grip on power
The White House said on Monday the defection of Syria's prime minister showed that President Bashar al-Assad's government was "crumbling from within" and it repeated its call for him to step aside and end the violence gripping the country.Read More ...
Obama’s coming: Close the beach!
President Barack Obama flies to Connecticut on Monday for a star-studded fundraiser at movie mogul Harvey Weinstein's sprawling estate in Westport.
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Hillary Clinton swarmed by bees in Malawi
Some of the buzz around Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to Malawi came right at the end of her trip. A swarm of bees descended on the area as Clinton and her delegation were departing from an airport in the southern African nation after a 6.5-hour visit, the Nyasa Times reported. "There was a [...]
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Wife of man accused of faking his death fears for her life
The wife of a man who was reported missing off a beach and turned up five days later has asked a court to protect her from her husband.Read More ...
Hiroshima marks 67th anniversary of A-bomb attack
The ceremony remembering the bombing was attended by a grandson of Harry Truman, the U.S. president who ordered the bomb dropped on the city of Hiroshima.Read More ...
Social Security costs high-income recipients more than they get
The first person to get a monthly retirement check from Social Security certainly got her money's worth. Ida May Fuller, a retired legal secretary from Ludlow, Vt., received her first monthly check in January 1940. She was 65 years old and lived to be 100. She had paid Social Security taxes for three years.
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Tropical storm Ernesto soaks Jamaica; Florence forms in Atlantic
Ernesto is heading for landfall in Mexico as a new storm forms in the Atlantic.Read More ...
Ohio man faces court for shooting wife of 45 years in hospital
A 66-year-old Ohio man is being arraigned on an attempted murder charge in the shooting of his wife in a hospital intensive care unit.
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Speaking fee for Obama aide raises Iran questions for White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of U.S. President Barack Obama's closest aides was paid $100,000 by a company doing business with Iran just before joining the White House staff, the Washington Post reported on Monday, raising awkward election-year questions for the Democrat trying to get tough with Tehran. White House senior adviser David Plouffe received the speaking fee from Africa's biggest wireless phone operator, MTN Group, for two speeches he made in Nigeria in December 2010, the company and administration officials confirmed. ...Read More ...
Philadelphia Eagles coach's troubled son found dead
Garrett Reid, the troubled 29-year-old son of Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid, was found dead Sunday in a dorm room at the club's Lehigh University training camp, where he spends most of his summers with his father.Read More ...
Chronic 'butter flavoring' exposure linked to harmful brain process
Chronic exposure to an artificial butter flavoring ingredient, known as diacetyl, may worsen the harmful effects of a protein in the brain linked to Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study.
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Software error costs trading company about $440 million in 45 minutes
On Wednesday, a computer software error at Knight Capital Group snowballed into some mayhem in the American stock market. Knight Capital uses algorithmic trading, where stock transactions are controlled by computers rather than people, and a glitch caused that system … Continue reading →
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Tennessee Democrats reject U.S. Senate nominee Mark Clayton
Last Thursday, Democrat Mark Clayton won his party's nomination for U.S. Senate in Tennessee, but Democrats aren't celebrating. From the state party: Mark Clayton is associated with a known hate group in Washington, D.C., and the Tennessee Democratic Party disavows his candidacy, will not do anything to promote or support him in any way, and [...]
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First GOP convention speakers announced
Sen. John McCain, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee are among the first speakers named for this month's Republican National Convention in Tampa.Read More ...
Romney, Republicans again outraise Obama in July
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and the Republican National Committee raised $101.3 million in July, once again outpacing President Barack Obama and Democrats with a big month of financial strength ahead of the November 6 election. Obama's campaign and the Democratic National Committee raised $75 million in July, lagging for the third straight month as Democrats brace to witness Obama become the first incumbent to be outspent in the final stretch of the campaign. ...Read More ...
Thousands of fish die as Midwest streams heat up
Thousands of fish are dying in the Midwest as the hot, dry summer dries up rivers and causes water temperatures to climb in some spots to nearly 100 degrees.Read More ...
Fan killed, 9 injured by lightning strike at race
Tough news out of Pocono as the same storm that shut down the race after 98 of a scheduled 160 laps also sent down a lightning strike that left one fan dead and nine injured.Read More ...
George Will: Dangers of football can't be fixed
As millions watch and celebrate the success of America’s athletes in the Olympic Games in London, ABC News’ George Will turned his attention to the beginning of the NFL season and the ongoing debate over traumatic brain injuries suffered on the football field. In his...
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