Red Cross Pushing To Enter War-Torn Area In Syria
Posted: 6:27 AM The Red Cross is trying to gain access to a war-ravaged neighborhood in the Syrian city of Homs but it could be days before aid teams are allowed in, a spokesman said Sunday.
Posted: 6:27 AM The Red Cross is trying to gain access to a war-ravaged neighborhood in the Syrian city of Homs but it could be days before aid teams are allowed in, a spokesman said Sunday.
Posted: 6:08 AM The stories from tornado survivors across the South and Midwest were remarkable: schoolchildren took cover under desks, people hunkered down in a church basement or hid out in a bank vault. One family even piled on top of one another for protection.
Posted: 4:50 AM The captain of the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner was not wearing his glasses on the evening of the accident and asked his first officer to check the radar for him, the officer's lawyer said on Saturday.
Posted: 4:45 AM The U.S. Internal Revenue Service's new software system for handling electronic tax returns has experienced problems during the tax filing season, angering some taxpayers whose refunds have been delayed.
Posted: 4:42 AM As tornado-hit communities searched for victims and removed debris on Saturday, they also got word that their misery isn't over: A cold front moving in from the north is likely to dump snow on the hardest hit regions on Sunday, the National Weather Service said in an alert.
Updated: 9:34 PM Mitt Romney has won a double-digit victory in Washington state's Republican presidential caucuses.
Updated: 6:46 PM A hospital official says an Indiana toddler found in a field after Friday's violent tornadoes has died.
Posted: 4:02 PM At least five people are injured, and officials are surveying damage as a tornado struck the Charlotte area, and strong storms hit other parts of North Carolina.
Updated: 3:55 PM Two paratroopers who were killed in an attack on their base in Afghanistan are being described as outstanding leaders who set a good example for the soldiers around them.
Posted: 2:59 AM BP and a committee representing 100,000 fishermen, sickened cleanup workers and others suing over the 2010 Gulf oil spill have reached an estimated $7.8 billion agreement to settle the lawsuit, company officials said late Friday.
Updated: 2:50 AM A warm spell and a low-dipping jet stream are fueling the monster storms that are spawning tornadoes Friday across a wide swath of the country, weather experts said.
Posted: 9:22 PM First lady Michelle Obama turned the hardwood floor at the Time Warner Arena in Charlotte into an elementary school gym.
Posted: 8:19 PM A high school valedictorian in Miami has been ordered by a federal immigration judge to leave the country.
Posted: 8:14 PM Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum says radio host Rush Limbaugh was "being absurd" when he suggested a college student record sex tapes and share them in exchange for contraception.
Updated: 2:47 PM Across the South and Midwest, survivors emerged Saturday to find blue sky and splinters where homes once stood, cars flung into buildings and communications crippled after dozens of tornadoes chainsawed through a region of millions, leveling small towns along the way.
Updated: 1:52 PM President Barack Obama will travel to Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday to speak about the economy.
Posted: 9:51 PM U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Eagles ruled Thursday in Greensboro jury selection will begin April 12th for the federal trial about John Edwards' alleged misuse of campaign funds. A planned January start was delayed while Edwards was treated for a heart condition.
Updated: 6:25 AM The conservative media publisher and activist was behind investigations that led to the resignations of former Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York and former U.S. Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod.
Posted: 12:17 PM The Senate has defeated a Republican effort to roll back President Barack Obama's policy on contraception insurance coverage.
Updated: 10:13 PM The storm system that spawned tornadoes in several midwestern states resulting in nine deaths produced more deadly storms as it moved into Tennessee
Updated: 4:21 PM Authorities say 6 people have been killed in the Illinois town of Harrisburg and 3 more in Buffalo, Missouri, when storms slammed the state.
Updated: 10:36 PM The former Massachusetts governor defeated Rick Santorum, who had waged a hard-fought battle for the state.
Updated: 8:10 PM Take A Look At This! A cow gets antsy, a terrifying plane ride, and a Marine strikes it rich.
Posted: 5:20 PM The Dow Jones industrial average has closed above 13,000 for the first time since May 2008, four months before the financial crisis.
