Battles Over Open Government Cast Shadow on 'Sunshine Week'
In the middle of Sunshine Week promoting transparency in government, open-government advocates say the apparent demotion of a high-level Department of Homeland Security employee for whistle-blowing...
Five Dead in Small Plane Crash at California's Long Beach Airport
AP
Five people were killed today when a small twin-engine plane crashed and burst into flames at California's Long Beach Airport, officials said. Steve Yamamoto of the Long Beach Fire Department...
Police Bust Major Online Pedophile Ring in Europe
Police in Europe have arrested more than a hundred people in what officials are calling the largest online child-sex ring ever discovered. At least 230 children, some as young as 7 years old, were...
Shocking Connecticut Home Invasion Trial Begins Second Round
Connecticut Department of Correction / AP
The brutal crime destroyed a family and left a Connecticut jury in tears. And soon its hellish details will be heard in court again, this time for the trial of Joshua Komisarjevsky, the second man...
5 Reasons Radiation Exposure in Japan May Be Worse Than You Thought
Japanese officials pleaded for calm today, but for the first time they acknowledged that radiation levels near the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant are being recorded at levels that can be dangerous to...
Trial Begins in Massacre at Buffalo Anniversary Party
Jury selection is set to begin in the trial of a man accused of opening fire outside a restaurant in Buffalo, N.Y., in a fatal shooting that shocked the upstate city. Riccardo McCray, 23, has been...
Thousands Evacuate Amid Tsunami Warnings Along West Coast, Hawaii
Thousands of people were ordered to evacuate their homes in Hawaii and along the U.S. West Coast today amid warnings that tsunami waves generated by a powerful earthquake in Japan were rolling toward...
Florida Education Bill Revives Evolution Debate
A controversial bill in the Florida Senate that would require teachers to offer a "thorough presentation and critical analysis of the scientific theory of evolution" has kicked up the latest battle...
Punishing Rains, Flooding Expected Across Northeast
AP
The northeast is bracing itself for flooding today ahead of powerful thunderstorms expected to bring torrential rains and high winds to a region already soggy from the last blow. The tropical-like...
Troubled 'Spider-Man' Musical Reportedly Delayed Again
Mark Lennihan, AP
"Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" reportedly has been delayed yet again amid news that director Julie Taymor may be leaving the long-suffering musical. The New York Times said the show may not open...
Defector Says Missing NC Boy Was Killed by Black Hebrews Cult Leader
ABC
Police fear a missing 6-year-old North Carolina boy is dead after a former member of a polygamist cult said the child had been killed by the group's leader in a fit of rage. Jadon Higganbothan,...
$25 Million in Stolen Harry Winston Gems Found in Paris Sewer
Francois Mori, AP
Police in France have recovered $25 million worth of jewelry in a Paris rain sewer, two years after they were stolen from a Harry Winston store, one of the most brazen heists in recent memory. The...
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