Nation Aug 30 A new Titanic recovery expedition is planned. The U.S. is fighting it, saying wreck is a grave site The challenge has nothing to do with the fatal implosion of the Titan submersible in June. It hinges instead on a federal law and a pact with Great Britain to treat the wreck as a memorial to those who died…
Nation Aug 15 Mother pleads guilty to felony child neglect after 6-year-old son used her gun to shoot teacher The January shooting shocked the nation and roiled this shipbuilding city near the Chesapeake Bay.
Nation Jul 20 Tornado severely damages N.C. Pfizer plant as heat and floods engulf other regions The Pfizer plant stores large quantities of medicine that were tossed about, said Nash County Sheriff Keith Stone.
World Jun 20 No sign of missing submersible yet after sweeping search, Coast Guard says Rescuers were racing against time to find the submersible before the oxygen supply runs out for five people who were on a mission to document the wreckage of the Titanic.
World Jun 19 Search underway for missing submersible that carries people to view the Titanic “We are deploying all available assets to make sure we can locate the craft and rescue the people on board,” said Rear Adm. John Mauger, a commander for the U.S. Coast Guard.
Politics Jun 08 Pat Robertson, religious broadcaster and GOP political influencer, dies at 93 For more than a half-century, Robertson was a familiar presence in American living rooms. Money poured in as he solicited donations, his influence soared, and when he moved directly into politics by seeking the GOP presidential nomination in 1988, he…
Nation May 27 Analysis: How Memorial Day came to have a history of contentious meanings Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members. But it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and a long weekend of retail discounts.
Nation Apr 10 Virginia grand jury indicts mother of 6-year-old who shot teacher Prosecutor Howard Gwynn said in a news release that a grand jury sitting in Newport News on Monday charged the boy's 25-year-old mother with felony child neglect and a misdemeanor charge of endangering a child by reckless storage of a…
Nation Feb 17 Power outage cancels, diverts flights at New York's Kennedy Airport A power outage in a terminal of New York's Kennedy International Airport has stretched into a second day. The outage has stranded passengers and forced flights to be canceled or diverted to other airports.
Nation Jan 30 Virginia school reopens with new security weeks after young student shot teacher The school reopened after being closed for more than three weeks following the Jan. 6 shooting. Police have said the boy brought a handgun to school and intentionally shot his teacher, Abby Zwerner, as she was teaching her first-grade class.