U.S. & World News

Police: Bomb kills 15 in northwest Pakistan market

2009-11-10T12:53:25Z

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A police officer says a bomb near a crowded market in northwest Pakistan has killed 15 people.The bombing is the third attack in as many days in or close to Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan's North West...

D.C. sniper mastermind set to be executed Tuesday

2009-11-10T12:49:03Z

AP file photoThis recent but undated photo from the Virginia Department of Corrections shows convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad.RICHMOND, Va. — Unless Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine steps in, sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad will be executed Tuesday for the attacks...

Resolute Fort Hood soldiers ready for return

2009-11-09T14:50:00Z

FORT HOOD, Texas — Pvt. Joseph Foster took a bullet in the leg during the Fort Hood shooting rampage. He pauses when he's asked about the mayhem, then credits a stout heritage with bringing him through the ordeal and leaving...

Hopper: All's 'good right now' despite cancer

2009-11-08T18:55:53Z

It was revealed last month that Hopper had been diagnosed with cancer, although he said Saturday he's been battling it for the past nine years.

Some saw trouble with alleged US army shooter

2009-11-08T18:35:13Z

"I told him, 'There's something wrong with you,'" Osman Danquah, co-founder of the Islamic Community of Greater Killeen, told The AP on Saturday. "I didn't get the feeling he was talking for himself, but something just didn't seem right."

Big Bird's still huge as 'Sesame Street' hits 40

2009-11-07T21:01:03Z

A rapping real-estate agent pitches him on migrating to a new habitat, a rain forest.

Joe Jackson seeks stipend from Michael's estate

2009-11-07T20:49:40Z

Joe Jackson wants money; Michael Jackson's 2002 will, however, only called for money to be paid to his mother, Katherine, his three young children, and various charities.

Florida murder case a glimpse into stresses of caretaking

2009-11-07T20:03:40Z

Yurkanin moved across the country to care for his dying mother, only to do it all over as his father sank into the fog of Alzheimer's disease.

10 percent jobless is Obama's new world

2009-11-07T15:35:18Z

The president has not been helped by reports of flaws in the administration's count of jobs created by the $787 billion stimulus.

Decision day for US health care in the House

2009-11-07T15:31:22Z

In the opening moments of debate, Democrats hailed the legislation as a moral and economic imperative. The legislation would extend coverage to nearly 50 million Americans now uninsured and ban insurance company practices such as denial of coverage based on pre-existing medical problems.

Police: US shooting suspect was angry at company

2009-11-07T14:36:31Z

Jason Rodriguez was taken into custody several hours after the shooting Friday at a downtown Orlando office tower, and police say he will be charged with first-degree murder and other crimes.

Fort Hood, community mourn shooting victims

2009-11-07T14:04:26Z

A chaplain exhorted hundreds of mourners gathered at a candlelight vigil to not give up hope as Fort Hood and its surrounding community looked to each other for comfort after an Army psychiatrist allegedly went on a deadly shooting spree at the military base.

1 dead, 5 hurt in Orlando office shooting; gunman caught

2009-11-06T18:49:07Z

AP Photo/Orlando SentinelEmergency workers transport a victim from a shooting in downtown Orlando on Friday.ORLANDO — Police in Orlando say a gunman has been apprehended after killing one person and injuring five others at a downtown office building where he...

Troubling portrait emerges of Fort Hood suspect

2009-11-06T13:48:31Z

AP Photo/CNNA frame grab from a security video provided by CNN shows Maj. Nadal Malik Hasan in a convience store in Killeen, Texas early Thursday morning.WASHINGTON — His name appears on radical Internet postings. A fellow officer says he fought...

Fort Hood shooting rampage in Texas leaves 13 dead, 30 hurt

2009-11-06T12:16:23Z

Military officials were starting Friday to piece together what may have pushed an Army psychiatrist trained to help soldiers in distress to turn on his comrades in a shooting rampage that killed 13 people and wounded 30 in Texas.

U.S. unemployment nears 10 percent as rebound remains slow

2009-11-06T06:36:17Z

The economy grew at a 3.5 percent annual rate in the July-September quarter, the government said last week, the strongest signal yet that the recession has ended. But that alone won't spur rapid hiring, raising the likelihood of a "jobless recovery."

Suspect in Fort Hood shootings that killed 12 was shot four times, on ventilator

2009-11-06T05:20:28Z

An Army psychiatrist set to be shipped overseas opened fire at the Fort Hood Army post Thursday, authorities said, a rampage that killed 12 people and left 31 wounded in the worst mass shooting ever at a military base in the United States.

Army: 12 dead in attacks at Fort Hood, Texas; 1 shooter killed

2009-11-05T22:11:33Z

AP photoThe Army says 12 people were killed and 31 wounded in a pair of shootings at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas.FORT HOOD, Texas -- The U.S. Army says 12 people have been killed and 31 wounded in...

Florida baby missing for 5 days found alive under bed

2009-11-05T13:43:38Z

AP PhotoInvestigators found 7-month-old Shannon Dedrick in a box at her babysitter's home in Chipley, Fla. CHIPLEY, Fla. — A baby missing for five days was found alive and well under her baby sitter's bed, and Florida authorities said Thursday...

Maine voters reject gay-marriage law

2009-11-04T13:04:31Z

PORTLAND, Maine — Voters in the northeastern state of Maine repealed a state law that would have allowed same-sex couples to wed, dealing the gay rights movement a heartbreaking defeat in the corner of the country most supportive of gay...