NEW YORK – Police arrested a man Tuesday on weapons charges in the shooting of two women during a sprawling brawl near Times Square that left two others wounded and police officers injured. Rayvon Guice, 20, was arrested Tuesday on charges of assault and criminal possession of a weapon. Two 19-year-old women were shot — [...]
NEW ORLEANS – The best hope for stopping the flow of oil from the blown-out well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico has been compared to hitting a target the size of a dinner plate with a drill more than two miles into the earth, and is anything but a sure bet on [...]
ELWOOD, Ill. – Vice President Joe Biden hailed America’s fighting men and women Monday as the “spine of this nation,” while President Barack Obama‘s Land of Lincoln tribute got washed out by a severe thunderstorm and high winds. Biden made the more traditional appearance at Arlington National Cemetery on Obama’s behalf, saying the country has [...]
MONTCOAL, W.Va. – Rescue teams planned to search again for four workers missing in a coal mine where a massive explosion killed 25 in the worst U.S. mining disaster in more than two decades, though officials said Tuesday that the chances were slim that the miners survived. The suspended rescue mission would resume after bore [...]
CHICAGO – The Obama administration voiced concern Monday about the Israel’s deadly commando attack on ships carrying pro-Palestinian activists on an aid mission to the blockaded Gaza Strip. White House spokesman Bill Burton, speaking a day before President Barack Obama had been scheduled to host Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for talks at the White House, [...]