- 'No-fly' Muslim takes case to court of public opinion
Mustafa Elogbi is by nature a private person. But when he finally arrived home in Oregon after an ordeal at the hands of U.S. security officials that cost him six weeks and thousands of dollars, he chose the spotlight.
Rogue bullet shot across Mexico border hits El Paso woman
A woman has become the first victim of bullets flying across the border from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, into El Paso, Texas, the Associated Press reported.
Ex-'Amazing Race' producer found dead in UgandaAn American television producer has been found dead in mysterious circumstances while working in Uganda, his brother-in-law told msnbc.com on Wednesday.
Student loans are a ticking 'debt bomb'It’s a vicious cycle. Many families in this country cannot afford the skyrocketing cost of higher education without student loans. But many graduates can't find a job to pay off the loans.
5 dead following shooting at Ga. spaA gunman opened fire at a spa in an Atlanta suburb on Tuesday, leaving five people dead in what authorities described as a murder-suicide.
Feds: Activist sought hit man to kill fur-wearer
An Ohio woman has been charged with soliciting a hit man to fatally shoot or slit the throat of a random fur-wearer, federal authorities said.
Lent made easy: Get your ‘ashes to go’
In an effort to reach parishioners too busy to sit through an Ash Wednesday service, some ministers are bringing the ashes to them.
Boy brings unloaded gun to Ohio day carePolice say a 5-year-old boy in Ohio brought an unloaded handgun to the day care he attends after finding it in the grass at his apartment complex.
Mine boss charged with fraud after deadly blastFederal prosecutors have charged the superintendent of a southern West Virginia mine with conspiracy to defraud the federal government.
Chicago sheriff: Mental health cuts mean more prisoners
Chicago’s Cook County Jail, a harsh holding cell stuffed with up to 11,000 prisoners at any given time, is about to become even more crowded, according to The Chicago News Cooperative.






