1. President Bush has lifted an executive ban on offshore oil drilling. But the move, by itself, will do nothing unless Congress acts as well. The ban has stood since his father Bush Senior, was president. 2. Authorities in North Carolina have charg...
1. An attack on a remote base in Afghanistan has left nine American soldiers dead, another 15 were wounded. Officials say the attack began early in the morning in a remote area near the Pakistan border with militants firing machine guns, grenades an...
1.Three Americans held hostage by rebels in Colombia for more than five years are heading home to Florida. The men had been recovering at a San Antonio, Texas hospital since being rescued in an undercover operation last week. 2.President Bush s form...
1. California is ordering 2,000 more National Guard troops to help fight the hundreds of wildfires burning across the state. More than 1,100 square miles have already been burned and about 100 homes have been destroyed. 2. President Bush is among th...
1. President Bush has signed a bill overhauling rules on government eavesdropping. The new law also grants immunity to companies that helped the government spy on Americans. The ceremony ended a year-long debate over privacy and civil liberties conc...
1. Prosecutors say new DNA tests clear the family of JonBenet Ramsey in the 1996 killing of the six-year-old beauty queen. The District Attorney's Office says tests point to an unexplained third party. 2. More than 1,000 people have been confirmed i...
1. Firefighters in California are getting no help at all from the weather. Gusty conditions have already helped spread some of the flames. Forecasters say a high pressure system will be keeping things hot and dry for the coming days. 2. Vice Preside...
1. Firefighters are making progress containing the wildfire in Big Sur. Even so, officials expect the blaze to continue burning for weeks. Cooler weather over the weekend helped slow the spread of flames. But temperatures are forecast to climb in th...
1. President Bush is in Tokyo for the summit of the world's industrialized nations. Japan's prime minister wants growing nations like China and India to pledge to cut emissions linked to global warming. President Bush also defended his decision to a...
1. Protesters take to the streets in Japan ahead of the G8 summit of the world's leading industrialized nations. More than 1,000 people gathered in a park, demanding action on global warming and poverty. Four were arrested. 2. Hundreds of National G...
1. Thousands of Americans are celebrating the Fourth of July in the nation's capital. Washington's annual celebration takes place on the National Mall. 2. Former North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms has died at the age of 86. Helms was a favorite of c...
1. In Afghanistan, the Pentagon is extending the tour of more than 2,000 Marines after insisting the unit would come home on time. Military leaders say they need more troops. So now the unit is due home in early November. 2. Hostages released in Col...
1. After years in captivity Colombia's military says it has rescued 15 hostages, among them former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and three US military contractors. They were kidnapped in 2002. 2. Police are looking into whether drugs fuel...
1. Police in Illinois say they have evidence linking this man to eight murders over the past week. They are warning the public that Nicholas Sheley is armed and dangerous. And they are offering a 25-thousand-dollar reward for information leading to...
1. Coastal fog has brought hope of relief to firefighters battling Northern California's wildfires. More than 1,400 fires are still burning in that state. The fires were mostly started by lightning storms but quickly spread because of dry conditions...
