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Jury selection moves to second phase in Trayvon Martin murder case
1 of 3. George Zimmerman stands as the judge leaves the courtroom as jury selection continues in his second-degree murder trial in Sanford, Florida, June 18, ...
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Cancellation of Arab American Film Festival a Troubling Sign
This is where we are today, as a country and a society. You can't even hold an Arab American film festival in Dearborn, Michigan, a center of the Arab American community in this country. The festival was supposed to run this month, but last month the Arab American Chamber of Commerce pulled the plug on it. What a shame! Young filmmakers from across the US and the world would have come ...
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Griffin shipwreck Scientists say timber in Lake Michigan centuries old
Diver Jim Nowka of Great Lakes Exploration Group inspects a wooden beam extending from the floor of Lake Michigan that experts believe may be part of the Griffin, a ship that sank in ...
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Conn. chimpanzee victim appeals lawsuits dismissal
The state claims commissioner on Friday approved the state's motion to dismiss Charla Nash's claim, saying the law at the time allowed private ownership of chimpanzees and didn't require officials to seize legal animals. The state generally is immune to lawsuits, unless allowed by the claims commissioner. Nash's lawyer, Charles Willinger Jr., told The Associated Press Tuesday ...
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Tornado briefly touches down on Denver International Airport runways
A live-streamed web cam of a construction project at the Denver International Airport Tuesday afternoon shows dark, cloudy skies. The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for the area, forcing passengers to take cover in airport ...
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Watch Bronx Principal Accused of Making Bomb Threats
Shocking claims from teachers at a school in the blocks and they say their principal. Threatened to blow to school with them inside homework and Bronx intermediate school 232 -- -- tight eye ...
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U.S. lawmakers urge careful review of American-US Airways deal
WASHINGTON, June 18 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 7:21pm EDT WASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters) - Two U.S. lawmakers with antitrust oversight have urged the Obama administration to carefully review a planned merger of American Airlines and US Airways Group to ensure that it will not lead to higher prices for air travelers. US Airways announced on Feb. 14 that it planned to buy American Airlines ...
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MLB Los Angeles Dodgers at New York Yankees ppd. rain
Tuesday's game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees has been postponed due to rain in New York. The game will be made up Wednesday at 1 p.m. EDT as part of a split doubleheader, with the second game scheduled for 7:05 ...
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Feds target contacts of DEA agents killer
DEA ) agent - prohibiting U.S. residents from conducting financial or commercial transactions with them and freezing any assets they have under U.S. ...
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Mississippi leans on Google to crack down on illegal products
Reuters © An employee rides her bike past a logo next to the main entrance of the Google building in Zurich July 9, 2009. REUTERS/Christian ...
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Senators to Obama Arming Syrian rebels not enough
WASHINGTON -; A bipartisan trio of key senators is demanding that President Barack Obama take more decisive action to stem the military advance by Syrian President Bashar Assad's ...
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Officials Man mauled by bear outside Wis. cabin
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says the man was attacked in his yard near Shell Lake on Monday night. DNR carnivore specialist David MacFarland says the man's dog apparently initiated contact with the ...
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What it takes to become an Army Ranger
There are many different requirements, standards and tests for the wide variety of Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine and commando units - ranging from infantry and combat engineer to pararescue and special ...
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Man pleads guilty to smuggling snakes on planes
Prosecutors say the 63-year-old eco-tourism guide bought the seven live snakes in August 2012 in a market in Lima, Peru, and smuggled them in his jacket on flights from Lima to Miami and then to ...
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IRS worker No political bias against tea party
WASHINGTON -; An Internal Revenue Service manager and self-described conservative Republican said the close scrutiny of tea party groups' tax forms originated in his Cincinnati IRS office and not in Washington, according to a full transcript of his interview by congressional investigators released ...
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Lil Wayne steps on American flag during God Bless Amerika video shoot
Photo credit: Lil Wayne (Getty Images) Lil Wayne insists that he didn't really mean to stomp all over the American flag during a video shoot, despite evidence to the contrary. While filming a music video for the song "God Bless Amerika," the 30-year-old raps in front of an American flag that drops to the ground, at which point he walks all over Old Glory for the better part of a ...
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From the Archives Sally Ride becomes first American woman in space
On June 18, 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman in space as she and four colleagues blasted off from Kennedy Space Center aboard the space shuttle Challenger for a 147-hour mission. NBC's Robert Bazell Reports from Cape Canaveral, ...
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Accused Fort Hood gunmans request for a trial delay denied
Nidal Hasan, charged with killing 13 people and wounding 31 in a November 2009 shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas, is pictured in an undated Bell County Sheriff's Office photograph. An Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 and wounding nearly three dozen others at a Fort Hood, Texas, military post in 2009 has been denied a trial delay by a judge.Major Nidal Hasan, 42, who has been allowed ...
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Manning trial focuses on whether tweets meet evidence standards
By Medina Roshan, Reuters FORT MEADE, Md. - The court-martial of the U.S. soldier accused of providing reams of classified documents to WikiLeaks in a case illustrating the challenge of keeping secrets in the digital age must decide whether tweets and Web pages can be admitted as evidence.Lawyers for Private First Class Bradley Manning, 25, who is accused of providing more than 700,000 files to ...
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Worlds oldest manatee gets a check-up
Veterinarians check the health of the world's oldest manatee and say that studying these sea mammals is a great learning experience for scientists. WFLA's John Rogers ...
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Hillary Clinton’s officially unofficial campaign – and 2014 gun control politics
MSNBC host Toure ("The Cycle"), Buzzfeed's McKay Coppins and The Atlantic's Garance Franke-Ruta debate whether the early steam building behind Hillary Clinton 2016, including an endorsement from Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Missouri, is wise - or shades of 2008; then the trio examine Vice President Biden's strong words on gun control and the role the issue may play come ...
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Baked Alaska Crazy weather swings from ice to fire
By Becky Oskin, LiveScience In Alaska, houses are built to keep warm air in and cold air out, not the other way around. So with a record-setting heat wave scorching the state, residents are sweltering amid temperatures soaring past 90 degrees Fahrenheit. Southcentral Alaska hit four all-time highs yesterday (June 17), ranging between 88 F in Seward to 94 F in Talkeetna, according to the ...
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CBO 8 million to gain legal status in Senate bill
Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday, adding the bill would push federal deficits lower in each of the next two decades. The eagerly awaited report by Congress' non-partisan scorekeeping agency said the legislation would increase federal spending in the form of benefits for those gaining legal status, but those expenses would be more than offset by a rise in the labor force, increasing ...
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Hoffa mystery still fascinates after 4 decades
Jimmy Hoffa is an overgrown farm field where the normal calm of chirping crickets is being drowned out by a beeping backhoe, the chop of an overhead news helicopter and the bustle of reporters and onlookers. Over nearly four decades, authorities have pursued multiple leads into Hoffa's death that yielded nothing. Yet the mystery endures, fueled by a public fascination with mobsters and ...
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California prosecutors Man threw ex-wife off cruise ship in Italy
By Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News A man was arraigned on indictment for murder on Monday by a California grand jury for throwing his ex-wife over the side of a cruise ship, according to the Orange County District Attorney.The indictment against Lonnie Loren Kocontes, 55, includes one felony count of murder for financial ...
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