1. The California Supreme Court overturns a ban on gay marriage, making it the second state where gay and lesbian residents can marry. The justices say domestic partnerships already allowed are not a good enough substitute for marriage. 2. Wildfires...
1. Rescue teams have reached the epicenter of China's massive 7.9 magnitude earthquake. Chinese media report fewer than 100 people have been saved in Sichuan Province. Nearly 15, 000 have died and the number is expected to go even higher. 2. Authori...
1. Authority investigators are looking for one or more arson suspects linked to several wildfires burning across central portion of the state. A witness told investigators someone in a car was spotted dropping something into an open field and fires...
1. Rescue workers in central China are frantically searching for survivors in rubble like this. Heavy rain continues to fall in the area after a 7.9-magnitude earthquake killed about 10,000 people. Chinese officials say there is a push to clear road...
1. President Bush says the federal government will offer all possible assistance it can to states affected by the latest round of severe weather. Tornadoes and storms are being blamed for at least 23 deaths in three states including at least 14 in Mi...
1. Aid is starting to flow into Myanmar a week after a cyclone left at least 60,000 dead or missing. The countrys military regime is taking over distribution of humanitarian supplies but keeping foreign disaster experts out of the country. 2. Hezboll...
1. Military rulers in Myanmar will allow a single U.S. cargo plane to enter the country bearing relief supplies for cyclone victims. Myanmar's government has been criticized for letting cyclone victims die rather than accept aid from other countries....
1. It was a day of fierce fighting on the streets of Beirut as Shiite Hezbollah supporters and Sunnis battled it out. At least four people died. The Hezbollah leader is accusing the Lebanese government of declaring war on his group after shutting dow...
1. Barack Obama got the support of at least 4 Democratic convention super delegates on his day off today. That's building on his momentum from yesterday's North Carolina primary win. Meantime, Hillary Clinton was in West Virginia, vowing to stay in...
1. One hundred eight-seven delegates are at stake as voters in North Carolina and Indiana cast ballots in the Democratic presidential primaries. Neither Hillary Clinton nor Barack Obama has made vote predictions about the outcome. And it may not sett...
1. Myanmar's foreign minister says the death toll in his country could reach more than 10,000. That after a powerful cyclone hit early Saturday with winds up to 120 miles an hour leaving hundreds of thousands of people homeless. 2. Barack Obama and H...
1.More than 350 people are reportedly dead in Myanmar after a powerful cyclone hit the country's southwest coast. Five regions have been declared disaster zones. Thousands of homes have also been destroyed. 2.The horse racing world is reeling after...
1. In the Midwest, it's a data pickup after violent weather marked by tornadoes. In Arkansas, seven people are dead, pushing this year's storm death toll in the state to more than two dozen people. Meteorologists say more than 25 tornadoes may have t...
1. A powerful storm system sweeping across the middle of the country has been packing tornadoes and heavy winds, killing at least seven people in Arkansas including a teenager crushed by a tree while she slept. 2. Minnesota lawmakers have a deal on c...
1. Polices say they found the body of a woman recently convicted of running a DC prostitution ring .Deborah Jeane Palfrey was found hanging in a shed near her mothers Florida home this morning. The 52-year-old left a suicide note, but details arent b...
