White House expects Senate confirmation of Hagel
The White House says it expects the Senate to confirm Chuck Hagel to be the next defense secretary despite his struggles at a contentious confirmation hearing.
The White House says it expects the Senate to confirm Chuck Hagel to be the next defense secretary despite his struggles at a contentious confirmation hearing.
Mark Hummels had been on life support at a Phoenix hospital after Wednesday morning's shooting that killed a Scottsdale-based company's CEO.
Koch died early this morning in New York of congestive heart failure. He was 88.
U.S. employers added 157,000 jobs in January and hiring was stronger over the past two years than previously thought.
Atlanta police said they have reports of two people shot at at Price Middle School, near the Lakewood Heights neighborhood south of downtown Atlanta on Thursday afternoon.
Authorities say the rental car that 70-year-old Arthur Douglas Harmon was likely driving was also found nearby early Thursday in a parking lot.
Authorities say at least two people have been killed and about 20 injured in a massive freeway crash in Detroit involving at least two dozen vehicles in icy, snowy conditions.
A Senate committee is planning Thursday to examine a Republican proposal to put conditions on the looming Medicaid expansion.
Phoenix police say someone shot several people in an office complex.
Authorities say the shooting happened on the school bus Tuesday and the standoff continued early Wednesday.
The former Arizona congresswoman was the first witness at Congress's initial hearing on gun violence since the Newton, Conn., elementary school massacre in December.
The issues involve air bags that don't properly inflate and windshield wipers that can get stuck.
Some are waiting for the heat to come back on or for insurance money to come through. Others are waiting for loans to be approved.
BP agreed in November to plead guilty to charges involving the deaths of 11 workers aboard the drilling rig that exploded and for lying to Congress.
The announcement of the possible change came Monday after years of protests over the policy.
A woman in an upstate New York home was found with 67 dead cats and 99 living cats.
Many of Barack Obama’s fellow Democrats might frustrate his efforts when it comes to debating gun control options.
Analysts estimate the upward trend in mobile data use among smartphone users will outpace network capacity in the next three years, meaning connection speeds could soon slow to a crawl.
Abrams is set to direct the next installment of "Star Wars," which Disney has said will be "Episode 7" and due out in 2015.
The Labor Department says weekly unemployment benefit applications dropped 5,000 to a seasonally adjusted 330,000.
The S&P has risen for the past six days.
The decision opens hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite commando jobs after more than a decade at war.
The Nevada Democrat told reporters Wednesday the Senate would pass the bill "as quickly as possible."
A law enforcement official says Texas authorities have at least one person in custody in connection to the Lone Star College campus shooting in Houston, and local authorities think there could potentially be a second shooter.
A Las Vegas police officer killed his wife and child, set his house on fire, and committed suicide inside the home.
