White House returns to normal operations after lockdown

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Secret Service says the White House has returned to normal operations after being placed on lockdown early Monday afternoon. Secret ServiceRead More

Obama marks Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — President Barack Obama laid a wreath Monday at the Tomb of the Unknowns to honor members of the military who diedRead More

NASA: Mars can be seen with naked eye in night sky

NASA has said that for a short time, Mars will be visible with the naked in the night sky. Monday night, Mars will be 46Read More

Mediterranean shipwreck survivors haunted by cries of kids

POZZALLO, Sicily (AP) — It was the cries of children — and the moment they decided they must save themselves — that haunt the survivorsRead More

Vigil planned at Cincinnati Zoo in tribute to slain gorilla

CINCINNATI (AP) — Animal rights activists plan a Memorial Day vigil for the gorilla killed at the Cincinnati Zoo after a 4-year-old boy slipped intoRead More

Striking Verizon workers to return Wednesday; deal inked

NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 40,000 striking Verizon employees will return to work Wednesday after reaching a tentative contract agreement that includes 1,300 new callRead More

In Haiti, cradle of rich visual heritage is being reinvented

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Youvensky Despeignes used to spend hours a day at home drawing pencil-and-ink abstractions on cheap notebook paper, his aspirations as aRead More

Shootings at Houston auto shop leave gunman, customer dead

HOUSTON (AP) — A man came into a Houston auto detail shop and began shooting, killing a man known to be a customer and puttingRead More

Hardly a dog’s life for Obama’s pets Bo and Sunny

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s hardly a dog’s life of just eating and sleeping for President Barack Obama’s pets, Bo and Sunny. The pair of PortugueseRead More

Veterans sites in California, Kentucky, Virginia damaged

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Memorials to veterans in a Los Angeles neighborhood and a town in Kentucky, as well as a Civil War veterans cemeteryRead More