11.07.2009 3:19 AM EST
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — A chaplain exhorted hundreds of mourners gathered at a candlelight vigil to not give up hope as Fort Hood and its surrounding community looked to each other for comfort after an Army psychiatrist allegedly went on a deadly shooting spree at the military base.
11.07.2009 3:15 AM EST
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Employees at an engineering firm recognized their former co-worker when he drew a handgun from under his shirt, police said, and shot his first victim dead in the reception area. He then walked into the office and unloaded several more rounds, wounding five other employees at the company that fired him two years ago.
11.07.2009 3:44 AM EST
PATCHOGUE, N.Y. (AP) — The high school buddies who trolled the streets looking for Hispanics to attack called it "beaner hopping."
11.07.2009 4:19 AM EST
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Investigators cracked a youthful burglary ring that preyed on Hollywood's rich and famous, often brazenly walking into their unlocked homes to make off with cash, jewels and family heirlooms, authorities said.
11.07.2009 5:22 AM EST
As word spread that a gunman had opened fire at Fort Hood leaving a trail of carnage, a chilling realization swept across the U.S. Muslim community: He has an Islamic name.
11.07.2009 4:58 AM EST
MIAMI (AP) — Ida has become a tropical storm again, with top winds of 45 mph (72 kph), as it swirls in the Caribbean on a track that could bring it to the U.S. Gulf Coast next week.
11.06.2009 10:26 PM EST
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — Pfc. Marquest Smith, on his way to Afghanistan in January, was completing routine paperwork about a bee-sting allergy when the sounds erupted.
11.06.2009 8:53 PM EST
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — Two years after the remains of a toddler who came to be known as "Baby Grace" were dumped in Galveston Bay, the child's stepfather was convicted of capital murder in her beating death.
11.06.2009 5:55 PM EST
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — State investigators raided ACORN offices on Friday, taking away computer hard drives and documents as part of a probe into alleged embezzlement and tax fraud when the organization's national headquarters was based in New Orleans.
11.06.2009 11:49 PM EST
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A tentative contract agreement has been reached that could end the public transit strike that has idled Philadelphia's subways, buses and trolleys for four days, Gov. Ed Rendell said late Friday.