Nation Jan 04 First images of doomed El Faro cargo ship released Federal investigators released the first images Sunday of the submerged wreckage of American cargo ship El Faro that went missing after it crossed paths with a Category 4 hurricane in October.
World Jan 01 Dubai investigates New Year’s Eve fire that engulfed hotel Investigators in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, launched a probe to determine the cause of a fire that broke out at The Address Downtown luxury hotel Thursday, a couple of hours before the city's New Year's Eve fireworks display.
Arts Jan 01 ‘Unforgettable’ singer Natalie Cole dies at 65 Singer Natalie Cole, the daughter of jazz great Nat “King” Cole, died Thursday night, her family confirmed. Cole’s family said in a statement that the singer died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles from complications from long-standing health…
World Jan 01 PHOTOS: How we said hello to 2016 2015 was many things to different people, but 2016 offers a clean slate, a new year to resolve our shortcomings. Here’s how revelers around the globe bid good riddance to 2015 and marked the start of 2016.
Arts Dec 30 WATCH: Aretha Franklin brings Obama to tears with rousing performance of ‘Natural Woman’ Among the performances Tuesday night at the 38th Annual Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C., there was one that brought President Barack Obama to tears.
Nation Dec 30 Death toll rises to 20 as severe floods threaten Midwest Widespread flooding in the South and Midwest has killed at least 20 people, while the winter storm continues to swell waterways along the Mississippi River to heights nearing the records of the disastrous flood of 1993.
Health Dec 18 Deaths from drug overdoses reach record-high levels in 2014 Nearly 50,000 people died from drug overdoses in the U.S. in 2014, a new record driven by the deaths of heroin addicts and people misusing prescription painkillers, new federal statistics showed.
Nation Dec 16 Judge declares mistrial in first Freddie Gray officer case After nine hours of deliberation over the past two days, jurors were dismissed after a deadlock Tuesday in the trial of one of six police officers charged with the death of Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old black man who sustained a…
Nation Dec 04 FBI investigating San Bernardino shooting as ‘act of terrorism’ One of the two shooters accused of fatally shooting 14 people at a holiday party San Bernardino, California, on Wednesday posted online messages that pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group, a U.S. law enforcement offical told the Associated Press.
Nation Dec 03 VIDEO: San Francisco police shoot and kill stabbing suspect Five San Francisco police officers fatally shot a man Wednesday, a scene that was apparently captured by an eyewitness and uploaded to Instagram, the San Francisco Examiner reported.