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An explosion and a power outage has prompted evacuations at the University of California, Berkeley Monday.Fire officials said an explosion in a generator vault was reported at 4:45 p.m. (1:45 p.m ET), which led to a campus-wide power outage.

NBC News is covering the latest developments in real time as Congress is paralyzed by a bipartisan standoff that could bring the first government shutdown in 17 years. Check in here for the latest updates.

A late-morning rockslide on a Colorado trail killed five hikers and caused a teenage girl to be flown to a hospital with injuries, authorities said Monday.Police received a call about 11 a.m. (1 p.m.

As the clock ticked down Monday to a government shutdown, top legislators from both sides of the aisle used the opportunity to take pot shots at the political impasse that has divided Washington.

As the clock ticked down Monday to a government shutdown, top legislators from both sides of the aisle used the opportunity to take pot shots at the political impasse that has divided Washington.

A small plane was severely damaged when it crashed-landed Monday morning on a road near Wasilla, Alaska, but the pilot was able to walk away unscathed, authorities said.The plane, a 1976 Piper PA 18-150 "Supercub," was reported down at 8:30 a.m. (12:30 p.m.

Incriminating text messages may be the reason a man shot and killed a Louisiana pastor during a sermon Friday night as 50 to 60 parishioners witnessed the grisly shooting, law enforcement said.Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office in Lake Charles, La.

NBC News is covering the latest developments in real time as Congress is paralyzed by a bipartisan standoff that could bring the first government shutdown in 17 years. Check in here for the latest updates.

An arrow shot through the heart killed a man whose headless and handless body was found stuffed in a metal drum last week in northwest Pennsylvania, authorities said Monday.

The inability of Congress to pass a funding bill could mean a partial government shutdown for the first time in 17 years, leaving some government services shuttered and hundreds of thousands of workers furloughed.