1. President Barack Obama heads to Tucson today to attend a memorial service for the victims of Saturday's deadly rampage. Thousands are expected to attend the public memorial at the University of Arizona's basketball arena. Six people were killed in...
1. Doctors say theyve left a breathing tube in Representative Gabrielle Giffords to protect her airway, but the congresswoman is drawing breaths on her own. She's alert and responding to doctors. The doctors now think Giffords may have been shot in t...
1. The man accused of killing six people and severely wounding Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is expected to make his first court appearance today. Prosecutors have charged 22-year-old Jared Loughner with one count of attempted assassinatio...
1. A surgeon says Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords is able to communicate after being shot in the head yesterday. The doctor says Giffords responded to doctors' commands. The gunshot went through the left side of her head. Surgeons worked to...
1. President Barack Obama says the latest jobs report shows the economy is heading in the right direction. The report shows the country's unemployment rate dropped to 9.4 %, the lowest level since May of 2009. 2. Republicans in the House are one step...
1. At least five people are dead and Democratic congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is in critical condition following a shooting that happened outside a Tucson, Arizona, supermarket as Giffords was meeting with constituents. Hospital officials say Giff...
1. Republican John Boehner has assumed the gavel as speaker of the House, drawing the curtain on the history-making Nancy Pelosi era. Pelosi, a Democrat, was the first woman to rise to the speaker's post. 2. The man who served as White House press se...
1. An angry online posting from the 17-year-old who opened fire at a Nebraska high school is offering clues about the violence. Authorities say Robert Butler killed an assistant principal and wounded the principal before fatally shooting himself. But...
1. The 112th Congress will be sworn in today with incoming House Speaker John Boehner taking the gavel from Nancy Pelosi. House Republicans say the first order of business would be to repeal the health care bill that was passed just last year. 2. The...
1. The Navy has permanently removed a senior officer from command of an aircraft carrier over raunchy comedy videos he made and showed to the crew. The Navy says Captain Owen Honors showed extremely poor judgment in the videos. 2. House Speaker Nancy...
1. The main highway between southern and central California remains closed in both directions. Blowing snow and ice from another winter storm have made driving conditions treacherous. Officials closed Interstate 5 after cars began sliding into lanes....
1. A top House Republican says GOP lawmakers will go after President Barack Obama's healthcare law piece by piece to see if they can make it crumble. Michigan Congressman Fred Upton says he thinks Republicans can garner enough Democratic support to o...
1. High winds are being blamed for a chair lift accident on Maine's tallest ski mountain. Several people fell and were hurt. Winds were about 40 miles per hour at the time, and there were about 220 people on the lift. 2. Its still a struggle to fly o...
1. Federal investigators have opened a criminal probe into whether Delaware Republican Christine O'Donnell broke the law by using campaign money to pay personal expenses. O'Donnell set a state record by raising more than 7 million dollars in her unsu...
1. Flights and trains are slowly resuming across the Northeast, but the lines are still long and a lot of flights are still canceled. Thousands of travelers are trying to get home after a massive blizzard dumped more than two feet of snow in parts of...
