Posted: 4:10 AM A Florida mother who fatally shot her four children before killing herself Tuesday called three of the kids who had sought help from a neighbor back to the house before firing the fatal shots, authorities said.
Updated: 9:06 PM Court records show George Zimmerman had a pair of black eyes, a nose fracture and two cuts to the back of his head after the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
Posted: 8:15 PM The first effective vaccine for whooping cough was developed in 1940. Before that, the respiratory infection killed thousands each year -- and it may be making a comeback.
Updated: 8:14 PM George W. Bush is backing presumptive Republican White House nominee Mitt Romney.
Posted: 3:34 PM PORT ST. JOHN, Fla. (AP) - More than a month before a Florida mother fatally shot her four children and then herself, authorities were called to the woman's home because of fights and allegations of inadequate supervision.
Posted: 4:00 AM The eldest daughter John Edwards is set to take the stand in her father's defense.
Posted: 3:56 AM On one of the many days Leo Dunson wanted to die, the Iraq veteran put a gun to his temple and pulled the trigger. The loaded weapon misfired. For the troubled former soldier, it was another inexplicable failure, like his divorce or inability to make friends after returning from the war.
Posted: 3:45 AM His nomination all but assured, Mitt Romney is set to inch closer to clinching the GOP presidential nomination with a presidential primary in Oregon.
Updated: 3:42 AM The parents of a young Georgia woman battling a flesh-eating bacterial infection said Monday they’ve learned to read lips and are now able to communicate with their daughter despite a breathing tube in her throat.
Posted: 7:49 PM The Roger Clemens perjury retrial is in recess. The government's star witness took the stand today and testified about the life-changing moment when, he says, he first gave Clemens a "booty shot" of steroids.
Updated: 8:04 PM A former Southern Arkansas University student accused of bringing stolen horses from the school into Oklahoma has been bound over for trial.
Posted: 2:17 PM Ron Paul says he is done spending money on his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.
Updated: 7:24 AM A government official says 15 people have been killed and six critically injured in a plane crash in northern Nepal's Himalayas.
Posted: 4:12 AM Three high-ranking executives at JPMorgan Chase are expected to leave their jobs this week after a trading blunder cost the bank $2 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.
Posted: 9:53 AM A Ugandan army official says Ugandan forces have captured a senior commander of Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army after a brief fight with rebels near the Congo-Central African Republic border.
Posted: 8:52 AM The class of 2012 is leaving college with something that many graduates since the start of the Great Recession have lacked: jobs.
Updated: 8:41 AM Officials say the death toll from a massive mudslide triggered by heavy rain and hail in a poor mountainous region of northwestern China has risen to 44.
Posted: 12:25 PM Mitt Romney is telling students at a Christian university that marriage is between one man and one woman.
Posted: 10:33 AM A man murdered during a business meeting in New York City was a top official in a Florida dietary supplement company that has been the target of thousands of consumer complaints.
Posted: 10:29 AM Britain's Defense Ministry says an acoustic device that can be used as a "sonic weapon" will be deployed during the London Olympics.
Posted: 6:31 AM The head of Syrian's main opposition group says the twin suicide car bombings that killed 55 people in Damascus appeared to be the work of al-Qaida forces he says are linked to the regime of President Bashar Assad.
Posted: 5:05 AM Republican Mitt Romney is trying to return the focus of his campaign to the sluggish economic recovery.
Posted: 8:32 AM The number of people applying for U.S. unemployment benefits ticked down last week after dropping sharply the previous week, evidence that hiring could pick up this month.
Posted: 6:10 AM An eyewear website operator who prosecutors say left dozens and possibly hundreds of customers fearing for their lives is scheduled to be sentenced in federal court in New York.
Posted: 6:06 AM Mitt Romney says he stands by his opposition to gay marriage.
