Nation News

A conservative Iranian legislator warned Saturday that his country may pull out of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty after a U.N. resolution censuring Tehran _ a move that could seriously undermine world attempts to prevent Iran from developing atomic weapons. Read More

On the last day of his long, troubled life, Grover Cleveland Chapman packed a black duffel bag, washed out his coffee cup, put it in the dish rack and fetched his Smith & Wesson. Read More

Investigators in Florida alerted Michigan authorities to be on the lookout Saturday for a man accused of shooting four relatives to death after a Thanksgiving dinner in South Florida. Read More

Four people, including two children, were wounded early Saturday at a duplex in what investigators described as domestic shootings. Read More

A minivan packed with children blew a tire, clipped a delivery truck and rolled on a Louisiana interstate Saturday, killing five people and critically injuring another 10, state police said. Read More

Police say they found the body of a 35-year-old Houston teacher in his SUV after the apparently abandoned vehicle was towed to an impound. Read More

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Driving through the verdant timberlands of Oregon's Coast Range, Matt Fehrenbacher pointed out a mountainside where every tree had been clearcut. Read More

A man chased down and shot his wife and their two young sons in northern New Jersey on Saturday _ killing one boy _ before he was fatally shot by an off-duty police officer, police said. Read More

Ski resorts across the country are using the Thanksgiving weekend to jump start their winter seasons, but with every passing year comes a frightening realization: If global temperatures continue to rise, fewer and fewer resorts will be able to open for the traditional beginning of ski season. Read More

Officials at Grand Canyon National Park say a man's body has been found 200 feet below the canyon's South Rim. Read More

Karla Giraldo's face required about 40 stitches after an incident with her boyfriend, a New York state senator. The wife of New York TV personality Dominic Carter had a swollen lip, cut ear, and bruised body after they argued over care for their child. Read More

Family members say an assistant federal public defender found slain in her Oregon home didn't express fear about retribution from her clients. Read More

A minivan packed with children blew a tire, clipped a delivery truck and rolled on a Louisiana interstate Saturday, killing five people and critically injuring another 10, state police said. Read More

An Ohio inmate fighting the state's new execution procedure is asking a federal court to intervene. Read More

(Stations: Please substitute the following for V3043, slugged Louisiana Interstate Crash, which moved at 2:22 p.m. Eastern time. The new version CORRECTS number in van to 15 and number in critical condition to 10.) Read More

A former home of Arizona Sen. John McCain is scheduled to go up for auction next week. Read More

The owners of a sausage shop once blamed for a rotten neighborhood stench said they are trying to regroup now that police have determined the odor was coming from the home of an alleged serial killer. Read More

A school district near Cincinnati is suing a plastics plant, accusing it of continuing to release chemicals in the air that exceed government safety standards. Read More

The two last planes at Maine's Brunswick Naval Air Station lifted off Saturday in blustery winds, ending nearly 60 years of maritime patrol operations at New England's last active-duty military air base. Read More