National
Top Stories
-
Charlotte remembers 1963 desegregation 'eat-in'
-
Trace volcano ash reaches small Alaska city
-
How the Conn. train crash will affect commuters
-
Jamie Dimon under pressure ahead of investor vote
-
Small Fla. city wonders who won Powerball jackpot
-
Somali reaction to al-Shabab sentences mixed
-
NY 'frisk' judge calls criticism 'below-the-belt'
-
Officer who shot NY student faced harrowing choice
-
Metro-North: Conn. train outage expected for days
Tens of thousands of commuters are bracing for a difficult trip around southwest Connecticut and to New York City beginning Monday as workers repair the Metro-North commuter rail line crippled by a derailment and crash.
-
US gas prices up 11 cents over past 2 weeks
The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline has jumped 11 cents over the past two weeks.
-
Suspect in NY bias shooting is charged with murder
The man who police say hurled homophobic slurs at a gay man on a Manhattan street before firing a single fatal shot to his head has been charged with murder as a hate crime.
National
-
NATIONAL
Making mentally ill defendants ready for trial
The judge ascended the bench. He looked down at cafeteria-style tables marked "Prosecuting Attorney" and "Defense Attorney." To his left, two men sat in a box marked "Jury." The witness stand was marked "Witness."
-
NATIONAL
Coast Guard to take testimony on Shell grounding
The Coast Guard will kick off hearings Monday on how a Royal Dutch Shell PLC drill barge used for Arctic Ocean exploratory drilling ended up aground off a remote Alaska island.
-
NATION/WORLD
Small Fla. city wonders who won Powerball jackpot
Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million - the highest Powerball jackpot in history.
-
NATIONAL
Coast Guard to take testimony on Shell grounding
The Coast Guard will kick off hearings Monday on how a Royal Dutch Shell PLC drill barge used for Arctic Ocean exploratory drilling ended up aground off a remote Alaska island.
-
NATION/WORLD
Official: Va. driver likely had medical condition
Authorities believe the driver who plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Virginia mountain town parade suffered from a medical condition and did not cause the crash intentionally, an emergency official said Sunday.
-
NATIONAL
Hofstra student killed by police during break-in
Officials say a New York college student was accidentally killed by a police officer as she was held in a headlock by an intruder pointing a gun at her head during a break-in at an off-campus home.
-
NATION/WORLD
1 winning ticket sold in Fla. on Powerball
A lottery official says 1 winning ticket has been sold in Florida for a record Powerball jackpot of more than $590 million.
-
NATIONAL
1 of 2 fires north of LA contained
One of two wildfires burning in the hills and mountains around Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles was fully contained Saturday and authorities were getting an upper hand on the second one.
-
NATIONAL
Police call fatal NYC shooting a hate crime
A gunman used homophobic slurs before firing a fatal shot point-blank into a man's face on a Manhattan street alive with a weekend midnight crowd, a killing New York's police commissioner called an "anti-gay" hate crime.




