The report, called the National Climate Assessment, was sponsored by the federal government but written by scientists, who conclude that global warming is here and can be seen with hotter, drought-filled summers, colder winters and more severe storms...
The kidnapped girls have been held captive for nearly a month now 53 managed to escape but 276 remain missing. Britian and the U.S. are offering to help. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney says it'll come in the form of counter-terrorism and info...
Researchers at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio say nearly 2,000 kids six and under visit emergency rooms each year in the U.S. from injuries resulting from falling through or climbing on an improperly placed baby gate. Cowles: There...
Some 4,000 people, mostly families and children, were watching Sunday at the Dunkin'Donuts Center in Providence a stunt, in which eight Ringling Brothers performers hang from a metal frame like a human chandelier when something went wrong. (Witness)...
A unified front from German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Obama both leaders in the White House Rose Garden telling Russia it can avoid further sanctions. (President Obama) But we've also been clear that if the Russian leadership does not ch...
Officials describe a big blast at the Escambia County Jail in Pensacola, Florida just before midnight last night [Wednesday], causing the building to partially collapse with some 600 prisoners inside at the time. Two confirmed dead. Over 100 injured....
The NBA is investigating a recording said to be of Clippers owner Donald Sterling telling his girlfriend not to bring black people to games which has sparked anger and frustration across the league and a call for action. (Johnson) We wanted to make s...
A new high-tech procedure is giving blind patients their sight. After FDA approval last year, four people in the U.S. have undergone surgical implantation of a 'bionic eye.' The artificial retina system includes a small video camera and a transmitter...
Police in Milford, Connecticut say it was some sort of fight between a male and female student that led to a stabbing of the female student in a hallway at Jonathan Law High School. (Mello) The student was transported to Bridgeport Hospital where she...
Democratic lawmakers in Connecticut are pushing a bill that would force all day care providers to only serve skim or 1% milk to children two and older. Essentially banning 2% or whole milk unless a child has a doctor's approval. The move apparently a...