Nation News

Hawaii, California and Las Vegas are among American tourist destinations vying fiercely for a vast and largely untapped new market segment. Read More

Officials say a Washington Metro system subway train crashed into the back of another at a rail yard, injuring three workers. Read More

Four children ages 2 to 14 were among five people killed when a minivan packed with kids rolled on a Louisiana interstate, and seven others remained in critical condition, state police said Sunday. Read More

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A car raced through a red light and slammed into a minivan broadside, killing four family members including both parents and their two young children in west-central California, authorities said Sunday. Read More

Areas from the West Coast to the Midwest were bracing for snow Sunday. Read More

An assistant federal public defender found strangled in her Oregon home was strong and athletic and would not have been easily overpowered, family members say. Read More

A search is on in eastern Kansas for a man authorities want to question after a shooting that left three people dead and another wounded. 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

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

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

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

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