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If Congress fails to pass a budget, the government would effectively shut down at midnight on Monday.The sting of a government shut down would be felt deeply by some whereas other government entities would continue business as usual.Mail would continue to be delivered.
A man leaving a rooftop party in Manhattan was seriously injured when a landing on the building's staircase collapsed early Sunday morning, causing him to fall through three flight of stairs and leaving dozens of others stranded on the roof.
NEW YORK — With an assist from Michelle Obama, the Girl Scouts of the USA is launching an unorthodox recruitment campaign this week aimed at reversing a long-running decline in participation by girls and adult volunteers.
The media are covering Washington’s latest fiscal crisis basically as a spectacle—the way local news now covers traffic accidents, crime scenes and big storms. But there is a reality underneath the spectacle—the decisions that are made and not made in Washington over the next few weeks will affect what happens in the lives of all of us. Here are some basic facts that can help make sense of all the craziness.
Machinists (IAM) member and ExpressJet flight attendant Sandra Hinojosa was honored last week for her heroism and quick response to avert a potentially catastrophic event on an August United Airlines flight operated by ExpressJet.
A feud between a woman and her mother led to a shootout that ended in their deaths and the killing of two other family members in rural Pennsylvania, according to a relative.
SALMON, Idaho - A veteran smokejumper for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management has died after parachuting from a plane during a training exercise in Idaho, the first such accident in 13 years, an agency spokesman said on Saturday.
A storm packing high winds and heavy rain pummeled the Pacific Northwest on Saturday, leaving tens of thousands without electricity and inundating roads.More than 2 inches of rain was reported in several spots around the Puget Sound region on Saturday.
A former army sergeant nick-named “Rambo” pleaded not guilty Saturday in a New York federal court to charges that he recruited other former soldiers in a murder-for-hire plot to kill a federal officer and import cocaine, according to the Associated Press.
