1. Health and human devices secretary Kathleen Sebelius told a House panel the sign-up trend for president Obama's health-care initiative is turning positive. She said the number of people who signed up for private insurance coverage was three times...
Tens of thousands of people and world leaders gathered in Johannesburg, South Africa to remember Nelson Mandela. President Obama praised Mandela as the man who changed the world and inspired him to run for president. South Africa shows we can change,...
1. President Obama eulogized former South African President Nelson Mandela at a memorial service in Johannesburg earlier Tuesday, calling Mandela the last great liberator of the 20th century. Obama compared him to Mahatma Ghandi, Martin Luther King J...
Nearly a hundred heads of state, including President Barack Obama are expected to gather Tuesday in South Africa to honor Nelson Mandela. Among those listed in the program are Obama, U.N. Secretary-Genegral Ban Ki-Moon and Cuban President Raul Castro...
1. The big snow and ice storm heading up the east coast is making a mess for anyone on the go. Sunday, the storm dropped heavy snow and ice on eastern and mid Atlantic states. 2. Scores of world leaders are arriving South Africa for Tuesdays memorial...
1. Parts of Texas are under icy glacier and at the same time most of Virginia is experiencing storm that has already brought rains, sleets, snows and freezing rain. A mix of freezing rains, sleets and snows stretched from the mid-Atlanta through sout...
1. Arctic air is moving across the middle of the country sending temperatures plummeting. Temperatures in the northern Wisconsin could reach a low of 25 below. Wind chills in the Dakotas could reach -40. And all of that bitter cold is moving east. 2....
1. 911 calls from the Sandy Hook school shooting were made public today following a court order sought by the Associated Press. Dispatchers asked about the safety of the children and urged panicked callers to take cover as gunshots are heard in the b...
The man at the controls of a commuter train that detrailed in New York has admitted to nodding off just before the accident. A rail union official says the engineer experienced a type of highway hypnosis as the train approached the curve at nearly 3...
1. Detroits Mayor says bankruptcy for the city will be hard, but ultimately, can help. A judge ruled Detroit is eligible to shed billions in debt through bankruptcy. Unions, pensioners and retirees fear they will lose money and vowed to appeal. 2. Th...
Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board say they don't know whether Sunday's deadly train accident was caused by faulty brakes or human error. The commuter train was traveling 82 miles per hour as it entered a turn in New York Cit...
1. The National Transportation Safety Board says a train that derailed in New York City was travelling 82 miles per hour as it approached a 30-mile per hour zone. Investigators plan to question the engineer and conductor. Sundays crash killed four pe...
1. 4 passengers are dead and more than 16 injured after a metro north commuter train ran out the track in Bronx Sunday morning. Some passengers say the train may have been driving too fast around the so-called Devil's curve. 2. Fast and Furious actor...
1. President Obama is spending a quiet day with his family at the White House this Thanksgiving. In a holiday edition of this weekend radio and internet address he gave thanks to military and their families for the sacrifices they make to keep Americ...
1. Snow and ice are playing havoc with Holiday travel plan across the US, disrupting traffic in the air and down the roads. The storm sprung out of the west and is blamed for at least 11 deaths. 2. President Obama wrapped up a 3 days west coast tour...
