The school system in coastal Baldwin County — 60 miles by 25 miles of Alabama farmland framed on two sides by waterfront towns — was short on teachers, especially in co...

Hurricane Ike spared Louisiana a direct hit, but its winds and waters killed two people as coastal areas were inundated with a storm surge that crawled some 30 miles inland...

Today is Sunday, Sept. 14, the 258th day of 2008. There are 108 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Sept. 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key was in...

This isn't just any wheelchair-accessible path — it's part of the Appalachian Trail.The 2,175-mile trail's fourth wheelchair-accessible location opened to the publ...

Authorities report that Hurricane Ike has killed two people in Louisiana and likely two in Texas.Terrebonne Parish coroner senior investigator Gary Alford says a 16-...

Veteran firefighter Searcy Jackson III was among the first to arrive at the steaming wreckage of the Metrolink commuter train Friday. Surrounded by blood and agony, he and ...

Authorities report that Hurricane Ike has killed two people in Louisiana and likely two in Texas.Terrebonne Parish coroner senior investigator Gary Alford says a 16-...

A list of people killed in Friday's Metrolink train disaster and information known about them. Families of two male victims and one female have not been notified and the co...

It's a rainy day for the Manhattan restaurateur who sued a supermodel claiming she intentionally damaged his designer umbrella, said to be worth $5,000.State Supreme...

A police spokeswoman says writer David Foster Wallace has been found dead in his Southern California home. He was 46.Jackie Morales, a records clerk with the Claremo...

A van carrying high school cheerleaders rolled on a southern Arizona interstate, and two other vehicles crashed behind the wrecked van. Two people were killed, and 14 were ...

No charges will be pursued in the case of a Lubbock television station reporter arrested last year after trying to gauge security at two Amarillo hospitals, according to an...

As of Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008, at least 519 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan i...

A family's two pit bulls burst into the house from the backyard to attack a 4-month girl, mauling her to death even as her grandmother tried to escape with the baby into an...

As of Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008, at least 4,155 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.<...

Hurricane Ike created a wave of price spikes at gas stations across the country Saturday.Fears that the massive storm would cut off supply lent to wide disparities i...

Authorities have raised the confirmed death toll in the Los Angeles commuter rail disaster to 25 and expect it to rise.A spokeswoman for the USC Medical Center says ...

Rescuers in boats, helicopters and high-water trucks fanned out along the flood-stricken Texas coast Saturday in a monumental effort to reach tens of thousands of people wh...

Authorities say they've finished the grim search for victims of the Los Angeles commuter train collision and the death toll stands at 24.It took nearly a day to sift...

Authorities say two people in Texas and Louisiana have died from Hurricane Ike, while the U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a teenager who was swept out to sea by a large w...

The Baltimore Ravens-Houston Texans game has been rescheduled to Nov. 9 after Reliant Stadium was severely damaged by Hurricane Ike.The Texans' home opener, was orig...

The head of the nation's Veterans Affairs system said Saturday it still could be months before inpatient surgeries resume at a southern Illinois hospital. But rehabbing the...

A tanker truck driver has been found guilty of vehicular homicide for a fiery crash in 2005 that killed four people, including the mother of Tampa Bay Lightning center Jeff...

Even as they plucked people from rooftops and wrecked neighborhoods on Saturday, emergency responders grumbled over how many brushed off dire warnings and tried to ride out...

Rescue crews in high-wheel trucks, helicopters and boats ventured out to pluck people from their homes Saturday in an all-out search for thousands of Texans who stubbornly ...

Authorities have raised the confirmed death toll in the Los Angeles commuter rail disaster to 24 but they don't believe they have removed the last body from the wreckage.Families wait for any word on missing train riders, Thomas Watkins

Norma Haverstock had been sitting in the first car of the Metrolink train that crashed Friday, but she decided to get off at the Chatsworth station to chat with her co-work...

A commuter train engineer who ran a stop signal was blamed Saturday for the nation's deadliest rail disaster in 15 years, a wreck that killed 25 people and left such a mass...

Ray Wilkinson sat with his feet propped on the railing of his front porch Saturday, calmly dragging on a Marlboro Light as reporters asked whether he considered himself bra...

Authorities have raised the official death toll in the Los Angeles commuter rail disaster to 23 but they're certain the number will rise.Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa s...

Forecasters warned of "certain death," a possible 25-foot surge of water that would wash across the Texas and Louisiana coast, wiping away towns in a white-capped, churning...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry says no one is allowed on Galveston Island in the aftermath of Ike except emergency personnel.Ike made landfall at Galveston as a Category 2 hu...

Rescue crews in high-wheel trucks, helicopters and boats ventured out to pluck people from their homes Saturday in an all-out search for thousands of Texans who stubbornly ...

The Swiss architects of the iconic Bird's Nest stadium at the Beijing Olympics are bringing their innovative style to New York City with a translucent glass skyscraper desi...

A spokeswoman for the Metrolink commuter rail service says the probable cause of the collision that killed at least 18 people was the failure of a Metrolink engineer to sto...

Rescue crews navigated flooded and debris-strewn streets Saturday to search for those who insisted on staying and riding out a fierce Hurricane Ike, which shattered skyscra...

Rescue crews in high-wheel trucks, helicopters and boats ventured out to pluck people from their homes Saturday in an all-out search for thousands of Texans who stubbornly ...

Ike has weakened to a tropical storm over eastern Texas, but winds remain near 60 mph and heavy rains and tornadoes are still a threat.The National Hurricane Center ...

A jogger grabbed Julie Harmia as she was walking home from a bus stop, shoved his hand into her mouth, dragged her to a vacant lot and raped her.As he left he said: ...

Being homeless in this upper crust enclave is not exactly like living on the street in other places. There are handouts of $2,000 and bottles of Dom Perignon, lucky finds o...

The death toll from the head-on collision of a commuter train and freight train rose Saturday as crews retrieved an 18th body and said they could see several more in the wr...

A famous Texas nightclub where Frank Sinata and Bob Hope once performed is no longer — thanks to Hurricane Ike.The 79-year-old Balinese Room — a popular dance an...

Howling ashore with 110 mph winds, Hurricane Ike ravaged the Texas coast Saturday, flooding thousands of homes and businesses, shattering windows in Houston's skyscrapers a...

A Los Angeles County coroner's official says several more bodies remain in the wreckage of the Los Angeles commuter train that collided with a freight train in addition to ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency says search and rescue teams are at the ready in Houston, poised to go to the aid of those stranded by Hurricane Ike.But a FE...

A woman has died after a tree fell on her home as Hurricane Ike roared into an area north of Houston.Montgomery County Sheriff's Lt. Dan Norris said the woman was in...

The mayor of Los Angeles says 18 people have been confirmed dead in the collision of a commuter train and freight train.Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Saturday that...

A man accused of shooting four women and then setting their house on fire to cover up the crime surrendered to police Saturday.Rolando Terrell turned himself in to I...

Officials in one southeast Texas county say they are trying to rescue families trapped by devastating floods from Hurricane Ike.Orange County Judge Carl Thibodeaux s...

Howling ashore with 110 mph winds, Hurricane Ike ravaged the Texas coast Saturday, flooding thousands of homes and businesses, shattering windows in Houston's skyscrapers a...

Federal Aviation Administration officials gathered Friday to promote new flight and navigational technologies that reduce fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions while also d...

Experts say Hurricane Ike's storm surges are less severe than originally predicted and the worst is probably over.Hydrologist Benton McGee from the U.S. Geological S...

Emergency crews found more victims early Saturday in the mangled wreckage of a commuter train that smashed head-on into a freight train, raising the death toll to 17 in the...

Long before her windows started humming and the lanky pine trees began swaying, new mother Claudia Macias had second thoughts about her family's decision to ride out Hurric...

Officials along the Louisiana coast are reporting serious flooding from Hurricane Ike.Now that the winds are calming, rescue teams are starting to venture out and an...

Long before her windows started humming and the lanky pine trees began swaying, new mother Claudia Macias had second thoughts about her family's decision to ride out Hurric...

Massive Hurricane Ike ravaged southeast Texas early Saturday, battering the coast with driving rain and ferocious wind gusts as residents who decided too late they should h...

Emergency crews found more victims early Saturday, boosting the death toll to 17, as they delicately picked apart the mangled wreckage of a commuter train that collided hea...

Emergency crews found more victims early Saturday in the mangled wreckage of a commuter train that smashed head-on into a freight train, raising the death toll to 17 in the...

Los Angeles fire officials say at least 17 people have been killed in the collision of a Metrolink commuter train and a freight train in the San Fernando Valley.Los ...

A massive Hurricane Ike ravaged southeast Texas early Saturday, battering the coast with driving rain and ferocious wind gusts as residents who decided too late they should...

A massive Hurricane Ike ravaged southeast Texas early Saturday, battering the coast with driving rain and ferocious wind gusts as residents who decided too late they should...

Hurricane Ike was projected to move toward Houston on Saturday as a Category 2 hurricane with 110 mph maximum sustained winds. Heavy rainfall, intense winds, and severe thu...

Leslie Burnstein heard screams of agony as she ran through a haze of smoke toward the twisted train wreckage where dozens of bloodied passengers were still trapped inside t...

Leslie Burnstein heard screams of agony as she ran through a haze of smoke toward the twisted train wreckage where dozens of bloodied passengers were still trapped inside t...

In a wood-paneled basement filled with boxes of nuts, bolts and screws, a college journalism class is under way.Naked wooden beams and ductwork hang overhead. The in...

Investigators are reviewing at least 30 unsolved murder cases for possible links to an unidentified serial killer suspected in at least 11 slayings since 1985.The un...

Los Angeles fire officials say at least 12 people have been killed in the collision of a Metrolink commuter train and a freight train in the San Fernando Valley.Dr. ...

A massive Hurricane Ike ravaged southeast Texas early Saturday, battering the coast with driving rain and ferocious wind gusts as residents who decided too late they should...

Nearly 3 million people are without power in the Houston area as Hurricane Ike slams the Texas coast.It will likely be a while before electricity returns. CenterPoin...

Massive Hurricane Ike ravaged southeast Texas early Saturday, battering the coast with driving rain and ferocious wind gusts as residents who decided too late they should h...

Los Angeles fire officials say at least 12 people have been killed in the collision of a Metrolink commuter train and a freight train in the San Fernando Valley.Dr. ...

A massive Hurricane Ike ravaged southeast Texas early Saturday, battering the coast with driving rain and ferocious wind gusts as residents who decided too late they should...

Twelve years after terrorists' gunfire killed 17-year-old American David Boim at a bus stop in a West Bank town near Jerusalem, U.S. courts are still trying to settle wheth...

About 4.5 million people are without power in the Houston area as Hurricane Ike slams the Texas coast.It will likely be awhile before electricity returns. CenterPoin...

The eye of hurricane Ike has powered onto land in Galveston, Texas, and the storm is punishing the shoreline with 110 mph winds.The National Hurricane Center says th...

A police spokeswoman says writer David Foster Wallace has been found dead in his home....

About 4.5 million people are without power in the Houston area as Hurricane Ike slams the Texas coast.It will likely be awhile before electricity returns. CenterPoin...

A quiet neighborhood on the city's northwest tip was transformed Friday into a scene of incredible devastation when a commuter train carrying hundreds of people home during...

A massive Hurricane Ike menaced the darkened Texas coast early Saturday, ensuring a sleepless night for thousands who huddled and waited to find out if a gamble to face the...

A commuter train carrying 222 people collided head-on with a freight train during the Friday afternoon rush, killing at least 10 people, injuring dozens and trapping an unk...

Hurricane Ike bore down on the Texas coast late Friday with driving rain, crashing waves and fierce gusts, threatening to rattle the skyscrapers of America's fourth-largest...

Hurricane Ike bore down on the Texas coast late Friday with driving rain, crashing waves and fierce gusts, threatening to rattle the skyscrapers of America's fourth-largest...

A commuter train carrying 222 people collided head-on with a freight train during the Friday afternoon rush, killing at least 10 people, injuring more than 100 and trapping...