Posted: 5:55 AM Authorities in suburban Houston say a community college student accused of wounding 14 people in a campus stabbing attack said he had fantasized about stabbing people to death.
Updated: 7:37 AM An order for Exxon Mobil to pay $236 million in damages for groundwater contamination is by far the largest verdict in New Hampshire history, but an industry analyst says it represents only about two days' worth of profit for the energy company.
Posted: 5:48 AM The couple accused of kidnapping their two young sons and fleeing by boat to Cuba has been booked into a Florida jail after being handed over to U.S. authorities.
Posted: 5:40 AM Researchers say that more pollution is likely to mean bumpier flights for trans-Atlantic travelers, explaining that models show increased turbulence over the north Atlantic as carbon dioxide levels rise.
Updated: 5:51 AM Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes will visit Taiwan on a mission that's being paid for the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office.
Updated: 7:34 AM Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Wednesday.
Posted: 10:54 AM Lil Wayne, Ron Howard, Scarlett Johansson and Kim Kardashian are all on the same page when it comes to criminal justice reform.
Posted: 10:41 AM Amtrak says ridership has increased in the first six months of fiscal year 2013, with ridership in March setting a record as the single best month ever in Amtrak's history.
Posted: 10:29 AM Microsoft is skewering Google again with scathing ads. The latest marketing assault says as much about the dramatic shift in the technology industry's competitive landscape as they do about the animosity between the two rivals.
Updated: 11:02 AM She was Britain's first female leader, a strong woman who battled her way to the top of a male-dominated political system - but don't call Margaret Thatcher a feminist.
Posted: 9:58 AM The top U.S. military commander in the Pacific says North Korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons and long-range ballistic missiles represents a clear and direct threat to the United States and its allies in the region.
Posted: 9:48 AM Iran's state TV is reporting that a 6.1 magnitude earthquake has jolted a town in the country's south.
Posted: 9:47 AM Amtrak says ridership has increased in the first six months of fiscal year 2013, with ridership in March setting a record as the single best month ever in Amtrak's history.
Posted: 9:18 AM Microsoft is skewering Google again with scathing ads. The latest marketing assault says as much about the dramatic shift in the technology industry's competitive landscape as they do about the animosity between the two rivals.
Posted: 9:07 AM Testimony is set to resume in the Jodi Arias murder trial as the prosecutor works to undermine the credibility of a defense witness who he accuses of being biased.
Posted: 8:59 AM Lil Wayne, Ron Howard, Scarlett Johansson and Kim Kardashian are all on the same page when it comes to criminal justice reform.
Posted: 8:52 AM NATO says one of its aircraft has crashed in eastern Afghanistan. A local Afghan official says it was a helicopter that came down because of technical problems.
Posted: 8:47 AM North Korea is urging all foreign companies and tourists in South Korea to evacuate because it says the rival Koreas are on the eve of a nuclear war.
Posted: 8:44 AM Senate Democrats have a lunchtime meeting scheduled today to get a progress report on negotiations toward a compromise on extended background checks for firearms purchases.
Posted: 8:43 AM Parts of Colorado could get up to 20 inches of snow today, as a spring storm moves east.
Updated: 8:40 AM The British government says former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's funeral will be held April 17.
Posted: 8:37 AM The operator of Japan's crippled nuclear power plant says it has detected a fresh leak of radioactive water from one of the facility's storage tanks.
Posted: 8:33 AM Police in Connecticut say they arrested a man who pulled out a rifle-like BB gun as President Barack Obama's motorcade passed by him.
Updated: 11:57 AM Kentucky Derby weekend is full of parties and events in the Louisville area, but for those who want to celebrate in a nature setting, a state park 160 miles west of the action has an option.
