All USA Update
Flood zone insurance: a reprieve but, likely, not for longCongress gave businesses and homeowners living in flood zones a reprieve to halt skyrocketing flood insurance rates. But with flood zones expanding and the federal program $24 billion in debt, the relief is likely to be short lived.
Search continues for survivors of massive Seattle-area mudslideA rain-drenched mudslide swept across a highway north of Seattle, killing several people, destroying homes, and causing evacuations. Search-and-rescue efforts continued Sunday.
Teen couple struck by California train: Tragedy points to growing problemA couple walking to a dance along railroad tracks in California were hit by a train, with Mateus Moore dying to save his girlfriend, Mickayla Friend. Pedestrian train accidents are rising nationwide.
FBI agent cleared of wrongdoing in killing of Ibragim TodashevAn FBI agent shot and killed Ibragim Todashev last May during questioning about one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects. Leaked reports from a Florida prosecutor and the federal Justice Department suggest that no charges will be filed.
Is Time Warner Cable CEO's $80 million 'golden parachute' too much?Time Warner Cable's CEO, on the job since Jan. 1, could get $80 million for work on the Comcast merger. But Dodd-Frank law gives shareholders a (nonbinding) vote on whether it's excessive.
NOAA Spring Outlook: Floods for some, but drought could spreadThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its annual Spring Outlook report Thursday. Both flooding and drought are on the menu. Who needs to worry?
Spring equinox has arrived (today, officially)! Someone better tell winter.The vernal equinox may have arrived, but it sure doesn’t feel like spring in many parts of the country. When is winter going to take the hint and vamoose?
Seattle crash underscores NTSB's urgent concerns over helicopter safetyJust this January, the National Transportation Safety Board outlined helicopter safety as a major advocacy priority, citing 'an unacceptably high number of helicopter accidents.'
Obama's Climate Data Initiative: Congress gridlocked? Empower the public.The Obama administration's Climate Data Initiative, unveiled Wednesday, is a bid to provide the public with as much federal data as possible about climate change.
Medal of Honor: 24 given overdue award 'to set the record straight'President Obama awarded the Medal of Honor to 24 Army veterans, three still living, who served in World War II, Korea, or Vietnam and were overlooked for the award because of discrimination.
Sex assault trial begins for Naval Academy football playerThe court-martial of former US Naval Academy football player charged with aggravated sexual assault and falsification of official statements opened Tuesday morning.
I am not Bitcoin's founder: Man denies Newsweek claimNewsweek magazine returned to print this month with a cover story identifying Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto of Temple City, Calif., as the founder of Bitcoin. Mr. Nakamoto now has a lawyer for the matter.
Los Angeles earthquake: 4.4-magnitude temblor 'a rude awakening'Los Angeles earthquake detectors on Monday morning picked up one of the biggest quakes to strike the area since the devastating Northridge quake of 1994. But damage is minimal.
St. Patrick's Day: How did it become a flashpoint for gay rights?St. Patrick's Day parades in two cities have become battlegrounds for gay rights. Now, the mayors in New York and Boston – which have two of the largest parades – have joined the cause.
Fred Phelps, founder of 'rabid' Westboro Baptist Church, said near deathFred Phelps of Westboro Baptist Church is in a hospice facility, with a son saying he is near death. The son also says Phelps was excommunicated from the virulently antigay church last year.
SXSW car crash: Another case of police high-speed pursuit gone awry?Austin police pursued Rashad Charjuan Owens after he avoided a police traffic stop. Owens soon crashed into a crowd of people at the South by South West festival, killing two and injuring 23. Should the police have pursued Owens?
Is Scott Brown running in New Hampshire? He tweets a big hint.Scott Brown, the former Republican senator from Massachusetts who recently moved to New Hampshire, is leaving Fox News, he tweets. He told Capitol Hill insiders earlier he was planning to run for the Senate again.
Make deportation policy 'more humane,' Obama instructs DHSPresident Obama, under pressure from Hispanic leaders, ordered the secretary of Homeland Security to find a way to act more humanely on deportations, 'within the confines of the law.'
Florida cinema shooting: Man who killed texter had been texting, tooCurtis Reeves, the former police captain accused of murdering a man during an argument in a movie theater over texting, had sent a text message just before the shooting, new documents show.
War on drugs: Eric Holder endorses reduced sentences for nonviolent offendersAttorney General Eric Holder expressed support Thursday for a proposal by the US Sentencing Commission to amend its recommended sentences. The guidelines are part of a bigger recalibration of the war on drugs.
