With concealed weapons now legal in all 50 states, the National Rifle Association’s focus at this week’s annual meeting is less about enacting additional state protections than on making sure the permits already issued still apply when the gun owners travel across the country.
The woman accused of throwing a shoe at Hillary Clinton during an April 10 speaking engagement in Las Vegas pleaded not guilty late Wednesday to misdemeanor charges and was ordered to remain in federal custody.
The captors of an American soldier held for nearly five years in Afghanistan have signaled a willingness to release him but are unclear which U.S. government officials have the authority to make a deal, according to two individuals in the military working for his release.
An Afghan security guard opened fire on a group of foreign doctors at a Kabul hospital on Thursday morning, killing three American physicians and wounding a U.S. nurse, officials said.
Singer Chris Brown’s trial on an assault charge was put on hold for months Wednesday after prosecutors declined to grant immunity to his bodyguard, who would be a key witness in the case.
Since a father and son took their 10 flipping, twirling dogs from the center ring of a circus to the stage of a reality show, where they won the TV competition “America’s Got Talent,” people pack their performances at large venues and they have been tapped to star in short films bankrolled by Ellen DeGeneres’ pet food company, one of which is set to screen at the Cannes Film Festival.
A small town in southwest Wyoming has been evacuated after an explosion and fire at a natural gas pipeline hub.
After sustaining serious injuries in a Utah paragliding accident, Eric Hill, contestant on ‘The Bachelorette” slipped into a coma and later died.
A sinkhole in Florida that was recently covered has expanded overnight by another 5 to 8 feet.
Bradley Manning, former U.S. soldier who is serving 35 years in prison for turning over classified files to WikiLeaks, can change the name Bradley to Chelsea to reflect her desire to be treated as a woman, a Kansas judge ruled.
Deer in the Czech Republic’s Sumava National Park remain wary of crossing the border with Germany even though the physical fence came down a quarter century ago, new studies show.
Eight North Carolina kidnapping suspects were indicted by police and the ninth turned herself over to the FBI.
Canadian pop-star Justin Bieber apologized for visiting a Japanese war shrine Wednesday out of ignorace for the “militaristic history of external aggression” represented by the tribute.
Trips down memory lane are now available on Google’s digital maps. The new twist on time travel is debuting Wednesday as part of the “Street View” feature in Google’s maps, a navigational tool that attracts more than 1 billion visitors each month.
When Nevada Republicans dropped statements on marriage from the party’s platform, the state became the second — behind Indiana — to move away from opposing same-sex unions. It may be part of a broader campaign to get the GOP to appeal to younger voters by de-emphasizing social issues.
