Tag: Nation

In this photo taken Dec. 13, 2012 JD Brunson poses for a photo outside a restaurant in Columbia, S.C. If Congress and President Barack Obama don't agree on spending cuts by Jan. 1, a package of across-the-board cuts would take effect that would hit the military heavily. Brunson, 47, whose 56-year-old husband retired as a master sergeant after 24 years in the Air Force, says they contribute $41 per month to their military health insurance. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Military families worried by US fiscal cliff cuts

Susanne Schafer · December 14, 2012 11:22 pm

Official: Ryan Lanza, Conn. gunman’s brother, not believed to have any involvement in rampage

Washington Examiner · December 14, 2012 11:00 pm

Memphis Police Department Director Toney Armstrong, left, and Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr., center, speak with reporters outside the Regional Medical Center after two police officers were involved in a shooting on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012 in Memphis, Tenn. One officer was killed and another officer was wounded. The wounded officer was being treated at the medical center. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)

Police say 1 officer fatally shot, 1 hurt in Tenn.

Adrian Sainz · December 14, 2012 10:49 pm

Police: No developments in Maine toddler case

Glenn Adams · December 14, 2012 10:38 pm

APNewsBreak: Texas cancer probe draws NCI scrutiny

Paul Weber · December 14, 2012 10:37 pm

Va. gov invokes Tech slayings, offers his prayers

Washington Examiner · December 14, 2012 10:29 pm

Woman’s sex romp exposes workers’ comp fraud

Washington Examiner · December 14, 2012 10:26 pm

FILE - In this July 21, 2012 file photo, from left: Tylecia Amos, 14; Shatyra Amos, 15; Michael Walker, 17; and Mykia Walker, 16, carry flowers to lay at a makeshift memorial across the street from the Century Theater parking lot, in Aurora, Colo. Twelve people were killed when a gunman entered an Aurora, Colo., movie theater, released a canister of gas and then opened fire during opening night of the Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises." James Holmes, a 24-year-old former graduate student at the University of Colorado, has been charged in the deaths. (AP Photo/Barry Gutierrez, File)

Some of the deadliest mass shootings around world

The Associated Press · December 14, 2012 10:25 pm

Napolitano issues condolences in school shooting

Alicia Caldwell · December 14, 2012 10:16 pm

Family of slain Border Patrol agent sues federal officials over botched gun investigation

Washington Examiner · December 14, 2012 10:02 pm

Parole board: Spare obese condemned Ohio killer

Andrew WelshHuggins · December 14, 2012 9:49 pm

Man gets life sentence in student dragging death

Jacques Billeaud · December 14, 2012 9:16 pm