Posted: 10:39 PM The House Judiciary Committee is looking into whether Attorney General Eric Holder lied under oath during his testimony earlier this month on the Justice Department's seizing of journalists' records.
Posted: 8:26 PM New York City police say two threatening letters sent to Mayor Michael Bloomberg contained traces of the deadly poison ricin.
Updated: 3:05 PM Hurricanes that form in the Gulf of Mexico tend to catch gulf residents off guard – often forming in the month of June – and can develop into surprisingly strong storms, says a Texas A&M University at Galveston professor.
Updated: 11:17 AM From a family of bobcats to songbirds and raptors, The Wildlife Center refuge in northern New Mexico says it is seeing a rise in starving and thirsty animals, the result of prolonged drought that is drying up food and water supplies.
Posted: 1:25 PM Tennessee's attorney general says a state employer could fire a worker who violates company policy by storing firearms and ammunition in vehicles parked on employers' property despite a new state law.
Updated: 11:28 AM University of North Dakota graduate Karen Nyberg has returned to space.
Posted: 10:00 AM Tropical Storm Barbara is nearing hurricane strength in the Pacific and a hurricane warning has been issued for a portion of Mexico's coast.
Updated: 10:27 AM A New Mexico man faces multiple charges after police say he was having sex with a woman while driving drunk and crashed, ejecting the woman from the vehicle.
Posted: 8:00 AM The Storm Prediction Center says a severe weather outbreak is possible in the Southern Plains on Wednesday as more storms take aim at the area.
Updated: 4:50 PM Officials say a derailment, explosion and fire in suburban Baltimore happened after a CSX cargo train crashed into a trash truck.
Updated: 8:41 PM Passengers aboard Royal Caribbean's Grandeur of the Seas said they heard "big explosions" after a fire broke out early Monday morning, charring the stern of the ship and forcing an early end to the cruise.
Updated: 5:10 PM A private research group finds Americans more confident in the U.S. economy than at any point in the past five years, thanks to surging home values, a brighter job market and record-setting stock prices.
Updated: 8:33 AM Authorities say a man has been arrested after crashing his car through a fence at Tulsa International Airport.
Updated: 7:32 AM Emergency officials say nearly 4,000 homes and businesses in five counties were affected by last week's deadly tornadoes.
Updated: 10:28 AM Americans planned to gather at cemeteries, memorials and monuments nationwide to honor fallen military service members on Memorial Day, at a time when combat in Afghanistan approaches 12 years and the ranks of World War II veterans dwindles.
Posted: 3:46 PM A person familiar with the situation tells the Associated Press that Jets running back Mike Goodson is expected to return to practice Tuesday despite his legal troubles.
Posted: 8:28 AM President Barack Obama is scheduled to speak at the U.S. Naval Academy's graduation.
Updated: 9:31 AM Blake Shelton has a date and location for his benefit and fellow Oklahoman Carrie Underwood is writing a large check to help benefit those affected by this week's storms in their home state.
Updated: 9:30 AM Charges that an Army sergeant secretly photographed and videotaped women at West Point are part of a military-wide pattern of sexual misconduct, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said Thursday.
Updated: 9:30 AM Gov. Rick Perry says he's disappointed with the Boy Scouts of America allowing openly gay boys to be accepted as Scouts.
Posted: 5:41 AM An accused Mexican drug cartel member has pleaded guilty in the killing and wounding of two U.S. agents in Mexico.
Posted: 5:33 AM U.S. Navy Lt. Commander Doug Burns was on a night reconnaissance mission searching for enemy trucks when he was shot down by anti-aircraft fire and taken prisoner during the Vietnam War.
