Recent National News Stories
- Government shutdown: Senate passes bill to reopen gov't, avoid default
- Wounded soldier's salute touches thousands
- Government shutdown: Vote on GOP plan delayed
- William D. Swenson, Afghan war vet, awarded Medal of Honor
- Email, chat contact lists collected by NSA: Washington Post
- Rebecca Sedwick suicide: 2 girls arrested in Florida bullying case
- Government shutdown: Reid, McConnell optimistic on deal
- Libyan al Qaeda suspect arrives in US; indicted for 1998 bombings
- SpaceX Grasshopper rocket completes highest leap to date
- Government shutdown: Spending stumbling block to budget deal
- Ex-US Rep. Gabby Giffords attends New York gun show
- DC crowd pushes through barriers to WWII memorial
- Washington college revelers clash with officers
- New Mexico authorities say 2 boys from youth camp back home
- New Mexico authorities say 4 boys from youth camp back home
- Congress lumbers while threatened default looms
- NYC police arrest relative in 'Baby Hope' killing
- Ariz., other states reopening national parks
- Government shutdown: Accelerated efforts, but no agreement yet
- 2 rabbis arrested in alleged kidnap, torture cases
- Obama signs bill to pay military death benefits
- Government shutdown: Boehner offers a short-term debt extension
- Toyota not liable for woman's death - jury
- Scott Carpenter, 2nd US astronaut in orbit, dies at 88
- Kwame Kilpatrick, ex-Detroit mayor, sentenced to 28 years for corruption
- Ariel Castro may have died during auto-erotic asphyxiation
- Ariel Castro's son speaks out, hopes crimes lead to changes
- Riders stuck on Universal Fla. roller coaster
- Government shutdown threatens veteran benefits
- Obama nominates Janet Yellen to succeed Bernanke at Fed
- Cop faces judge in NYC biker assault case
- Mars candy company heiress involved in fatal crash
- Government shutdown: Obama plans to talk to GOP again
- Government shutdown: Obama, Boehner trade barbs, hints of compromise
- SUV gang assault: Undercover NYPD officer in custody
- President Obama to nominate Janet Yellen to replace Ben Bernanke
- Family: Man who set self on fire was mentally ill
- Debt limit overtaking shutdown as US crisis focus
- SUV gang assault: NYC biker says he didn't mean to make SUV stop
- NYC biker attack: Cops failed to intervene as bikers beat SUV driver
- Government shutdown: Weekend yields little resolution
- Government shutdown: House passes bill to pay furloughed workers
- Pentagon to recall most furloughed workers
- National Mall fire: Man who set himself ablaze dies, says DC police
- Capitol shooting suspect's family questions use of deadly force
- Government shutdown: Prospect for quick end is remote
- NYC biker attack: 3rd man in custody; injured biker's family speaks out
- NYC biker attack: Suspect appears in court
- NYC motorcycle attack: 1 arrested, 2 sought
- Capitol shooting suspect was 'depressed,' mom says
- Government shutdown puts clinical trials on hold
- Government shutdown: President Obama cancels Asia trip
- Boston Marathon suspect's lawyers want prison restrictions lifted
- Unruly passenger escorted off NY bound plane
- Government shutdown: President Obama, lawmakers hold meeting
- Italy's Berlusconi weakened by political about-face
- Jacksonville airport bomb scare: $1 million bail for suspect
- Jerry Sandusky's request for new trial denied
- 5 hikers killed by Colorado rock slide on easy trail
- Chicago train crash leaves dozens injured
- Yarnell Hill fire: Radio problems cited in deaths of 19 firefighters
- Obama says Iran deal possible after historic phone call with Rouhani
- United Airlines pilot dies after mid-flight heart attack
- Navy Yard shooting: FBI criticized for releasing surveillance footage
- Navy Yard shooting: Surveillance video released of gunman
- Utah man arrested for threats to shoot people at Salt Lake City mall
- Washington Navy Yard shooter lied about previous arrest, debts
- Snake in cabin grounds Australian airline flight
- Kenya mall attack: San Diego woman among American survivors
- Boston Marathon bombing: Suspect's lawyers want more time
- Washington Navy Yard shooting: President Obama speaks at memorial service for victims
- Chicago park shooting injures 13, including child
- Washington Navy Yard shooting: Gunman had 30 minutes in building
- Boston homeless man returns lost bag filled with money
- Washington Navy Yard shooting: Suspect's mom apologizes
- Washington Navy Yard shooting: Gunman had mental problems
- Sandusky wants child molestation conviction overturned
- Washington Navy Yard shooting: 13 people killed, including gunman
- Deadliest mass shootings around the world
- Los Angeles man survives 40-foot fall in Glacier National Park
- Voyager 1 becomes 1st ever to leave solar system - NASA
- ICE smartphone app allows people to track down child predators
- Diana Nyad speaks out: 'I swam all the way'
- Diana Nyad's navigator denies cheating claims
- Florida man pleads guilty to giving pregnant ex abortion drug
- Feds plan to release secret spy court details
- Diana Nyad's Cuba-to-Florida swim: Speed, nourishment questioned
- George Zimmerman detained after domestic incident
- Connecticut fair ride loses power; 12 children hurt
- Ariel Castro interrogation tapes released by FBI
- Houston school stabbing: Student charged with murder
- Fort Hood shooting: Maj. Nidal Hasan sentenced to death
- Ariel Castro commits suicide in prison cell, corrections officials say
- 19-month-old boy fatally shot in Brooklyn
- Electric Zoo festival canceled after 2 drug-linked deaths
- David Frost, veteran journalist known for Nixon interview, dies
- Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg officiates at same-sex wedding
- Snowden leaks documents that confirm Osama bin Laden's death
- Arizona girl, 6, killed as 8-year-old brother drove car
- Fast-food workers stage protest for higher pay