World Sep 01 Military Orders Added National Guard Presence in Gulf Coast Some 22,000 National Guard troops will join forces already deployed along the Gulf Coast in an effort to bring security and calm to the region in what officials predict may be the largest military response to a natural disaster in…
Health Aug 31 FDA Official Steps Down Over Morning-after Pill Decision A top Food and Drug Administration official resigned Wednesday in protest of the agency's recent decision to delay a ruling on whether to allow over-the-counter sales of an emergency contraception pill.
Politics Aug 31 U.S. to Release Oil From Reserve to Aid Refiners Hit by Hurricane Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said Wednesday that the administration will release oil from the federal petroleum reserves to help refiners affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Nation Aug 31 Hundreds of Iraqis Die in Stampede Near Shiite Shrine More than 650 and possibly as many as 1,000 people died Wednesday during a religious procession toward a Shiite shrine in Baghdad when rumors that a suicide bomber was about to attack caused a stampede on a bridge.
Politics Aug 30 Judge Orders Base Closing Commission to Delay Recommendations A federal judge issued an order Tuesday barring the independent base closing commission from forwarding its recommendations to the president due to a legal fight over the proposed transfer of aircraft from a Connecticut Air National Guard facility.
World Aug 30 Hurricane Katrina Carves Path of Death and Destruction A day after Hurricane Katrina slammed the Gulf Coast, leaving broken buildings and flooding in its path, the governor of Mississippi reported Tuesday that as many as 80 people may have died in one county alone.
Politics Aug 29 Sunnis Protest Draft Constitution Thousands of Sunnis who are angry that negotiators completed the new Iraqi constitution without the support of their sect protested in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit on Monday.
World Aug 29 Katrina Hits Louisiana, Threatens New Orleans and Biloxi Hurricane Katrina, a powerful Category 4 storm packing 145-mph winds, slammed into the coast of Louisiana Monday morning, bringing torrential rains, spawning possible tornadoes and threatening devastation to the cities of New Orleans and Biloxi.
Nation Aug 26 Pentagon Suffers Dual Setbacks in Plan to Reorganize Air Defenses The Pentagon's plan for reorganizing the nation's Air Force suffered two major blows Friday as the base closing commission voted to keep open two bases that officials wanted to shutter.
Economy Aug 26 Greenspan Warns of Growing Risks to U.S. Economy Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Friday that trends toward trade protectionism and larger budget deficits pose risks to the flexibility and vitality of the U.S. economy.