Politics Nov 04 What McConnell would and wouldn’t do as Senate majority leader Six seats. That’s all Republicans need to gain control of the Senate. And if that happens this Election Day, Mitch McConnell will be the new majority leader. So what would a McConnell-led Senate look like? It may surprise some to…
Health Oct 27 Nurse allowed to leave New Jersey after Ebola quarantine A nurse who had been treating Ebola patients in West Africa and was quarantined in New Jersey since Friday was given permission to go back to her home state of Maine on Monday.
World Oct 27 President Dilma Rousseff narrowly wins re-election in Brazil Brazilian leftist President Dilma Rousseff barely won re-election over centrist candidate Aecio Neves in Sunday’s election in a country suffering economically.
World Oct 27 Pro-Europe parties in the lead in Ukraine’s parliamentary vote Two parties considered pro-European were in the lead in Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Ukraine, according to partial tallies on Monday.
Nation Oct 23 Meet Hurricane and Jordan, the dogs injured in White House jumper incident The United States Secret Service Thursday tweeted out photos of the two dogs that sustained minor injuries from Wednesday's White House fence jumper.
World Oct 23 Only one gunman in Ottawa attack, Canadian police confirm A gunman shot a Canadian soldier standing at the National War Memorial in Ottawa on Wednesday, according to witnesses and police. More shots were fired inside the parliament building.
Nation Oct 22 Leaked autopsy on Michael Brown shooting refutes earlier report An autopsy report leaked to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch suggests Michael Brown -- the Ferguson, Missouri, teen who was killed by police officer Darren Wilson -- was shot in the hand at close range and might have been reaching for…
Nation Oct 19 Could comet Siding Spring’s tail hit one of NASA’s Mars orbiters? Miles O'brien spoke with Rich Zurek, chief scientist of Mars Program Office at NASA's Jet Propulsion laboratory, about particles in Comet Siding Spring's tail that could collide with NASA's Mars orbiters. The tiny tail particles, about a millimeter in size,…
World Oct 17 How peacekeepers are trying to stop a genocide in the Central African Republic When Christian militias began murdering their Muslim neighbors in the Central African Republic, a small group of peacekeepers kept the killing at bay. But the country remains a tinderbox -- with half a million refugees -- while both sides are…
Economy Oct 15 Stock market shows massive losses The stock market declined sharply Wednesday afternoon, with all three major indexes now experiencing dips that put them into negative territory for the year.