A massive explosion sent flames roaring through a neighborhood in the hills south of San Francisco on Thursday night, destroying more than 50 homes, leaving at least one person dead and injuring dozens.
A woman suspended from her job and escorted from a Kraft Foods plant in northeast Philadelphia returns with a handgun, killing two people and critically injuring a third, police say.
Allen Dale June, one of the 29 original Navajo Code Talkers who confounded the Japanese during World War II by transmitting messages in their native language, has died. He was 91
A federal judge in Southern California rules that the U.S. military's ban on openly gay service members is unconstitutional.
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After a rocky start, the federal BP claims manager is now retreating from his targets and acknowledging that the process will take longer than he had pledged.
The U.S. military almost launched fighter jets and discussed a possible shoot-down when an errant Navy drone briefly veered into restricted airspace near Washington last month, a senior military official said.
A spokesman for Iran's mission to the U.N. says the American hiker who will be freed this weekend is the only woman among the three.
Authorities in the San Antonio area searched Thursday for a man who drove into a flooded road, making him the fourth person swept away by floodwaters from the remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine.
Arizona's education chief says the federal government has launched an investigation into whether the state discriminates against teachers who are nonnative English speakers.