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Police shoot, kill driver after chase near U.S. Capitol

A woman driving a black Infiniti with a young child inside tried to ram through a White House barricade Thursday, then led police on a chase toward the Capitol, where police shot and killed her, witnesses and officials said.

Wife of man attacked by bikers: We were in ‘grave danger’

The driver of an SUV involved in a bloody weekend confrontation with a throng of motorcyclists was put in grave danger and feared for the life of his family inside when he drove through the crowd, striking a biker on the street, his wife said Thursday.

Pills made from poop cure serious gut infections

Hold your nose and don’t spit out your coffee: Doctors have found a way to put healthy people’s poop into pills that can cure serious gut infections — a less yucky way to do “fecal transplants.”

 
Death toll in migrant boat shipwreck near Italy rises to 114

A ship carrying African migrants to Europe caught fire and capsized Thursday off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa, killing at least 114 people as hundreds were dumped into the sea, officials said.

Critics: No way for federal employees to safely blow whistle

Nevada Rep. Joe Heck, a Republican and member of the House Permanent Committee on Intelligence, says if Edward Snowden had a problem with spying by the National Security Agency, he should have reported it to superiors within the government chain of command.

Government reimburses man for ‘mutt-ilated’ currency

A Montana man who painstakingly gathered and reassembled parts of five $100 bills eaten by his golden retriever has been reimbursed by the U.S. Treasury for the “mutt-ilated” currency.

 
Obama, lawmakers fail to break impasse

President Barack Obama brought congressional leaders to the White House on Wednesday, but there was no sign of progress toward ending the government shutdown that has idled 800,000 federal workers and curbed services.

 
Marin County party devolves into bloody chaos

Three people were arrested at a teenage drug party in Marin County that devolved into chaos after a boy had an LSD-induced seizure and other partygoers became violent, authorities said.

 
Greenpeace activists charged with piracy in Russia

Greenpeace said Wednesday that 14 of its activists who were detained after protesting at a Russian oil platform have been charged with piracy, a crime punishable by up to 15 years in prison.

Facebook postings provide clues to killing

A Florida woman had posted on Facebook that her husband missed a date with her and she “felt like ripping his face off” before he killed her and posted a picture of her corpse online, according to police documents.