Nation

Walmart to stop selling assault rifles

By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins

Walmart will stop selling assault rifles within the next few weeks. The store claims that falling consumer demand -- not politics -- prompted the decision.

Smaller of two panda cubs at National Zoo has died

By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins

Mei Xiang had refused to allow zoo keepers to swap out the cubs since Monday afternoon.

AP: State Department officials routinely sent secrets over email

By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press

The transmission of now-classified information across Hillary Rodham Clinton's private email is consistent with a State Department culture in which diplomats routinely sent secret material on unsecured email during the past two administrations, according to documents reviewed by The Associated…

Immigrant women allege abuse, poor care at U.S. detention centers

By P. J. Tobia

Thousands of the child migrants and refugees that came to the U.S. from Central America last year are still in long-term holding facilities. Now, 1,400 immigrant mothers and their children are being held in three facilities, two in Texas, near…

Pentagon probing alleged distorting of war intelligence

By Robert Burns, Associated Press

The Pentagon's inspector general is investigating an allegation that the military command overseeing the anti-Islamic State campaign distorted or altered intelligence assessments to exaggerate progress against the militant group, a defense official said Wednesday.

Judge sentences James Holmes to life in prison

By Corinne Segal

A judge formally sentenced James Holmes, who shot and killed 12 people and wounded 70 others at a movie theater in Aurora, C.O. in 2012, to life in prison with no parole on Wednesday.

With historic visit, Obama to seek common cause with pope

By Josh Lederman, Associated Press

Obama has made no secret of his affection for the outspoken pope, calling him a "transformative leader" whose influence has transcended the Roman Catholic community.

Blame the improving economy for worst traffic ever in U.S.

By Joan Lowy, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — More jobs and cheaper gasoline come with a big, honking downside: U.S. roads are more clogged than ever now that the recession is in the rearview mirror.

Photos: The power of community in post-Katrina Louisiana

By Corinne Segal

Tyrone Turner, a National Geographic photographer who grew up in New Orleans, documented New Orleans' culture of celebration and the families that have helped it survive in the 10 years since Hurricane Katrina.

Gunman who killed WDBJ reporter, cameraman pronounced dead

By News Desk

State police said the suspected gunman who killed two members of a television news crew when he opened fire on them during a live broadcast, has been pronounced dead.