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Navy Yard gunman told police he was hearing voices 9/17/2013

Washington Navy Yard gunman Aaron Alexis complained to police in Rhode Island last month that people were talking to him through the walls and ceilings of his hotel rooms and sending microwave vibrations into his body.

Federal gun laws didn’t block Navy Yard shooter 9/17/2013

The gunman in the mass shootings at the Washington Navy Yard, Aaron Alexis, had a history of violent outbursts, and was at least twice accused of firing guns in anger.

Russia opposes use of force in resolution on Syria 9/17/2013

Russia insisted Tuesday that a U.N. Security Council resolution governing Syria’s handling of its chemical weapons not allow the use of force.

Colorado flood attention turns to damage tallies as airlifts wane 9/17/2013

The emergency airlifts of flood victims waned Tuesday, leaving transportation officials to gauge what it will take to rebuild the wasted landscape.

New trial ordered in post-Katrina bridge killings 9/17/2013

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered a new trial for five former New Orleans police officers convicted of civil rights violations stemming from deadly shootings on a bridge after Hurricane Katrina.

Senate, House ensnared in health care controversy 9/17/2013

Implacable Republican opposition to Obamacare has Congress once more veering closer to gridlock.

Navy Yard shooting victims had long careers there 9/17/2013

One of the victim's sons is in Army basic training in Oklahoma.

White House criticizes lawmakers opposing gun bill 9/17/2013

Although some Democrats voted in April against a measure that would have required background checks for sales online and at gun shows, Carney said the problem lies 'overwhelmingly' with the Republican Party.

Colorado evacuees return to find more heartbreak 9/17/2013

As many as eight people were believed to be dead, according to state officials, and hundreds were still missing.

Gunman in Navy Yard rampage was hearing voices 9/17/2013

He had been treated since August by Veterans Affairs, the officials said.

New study warns of U.S. long-term debt problems 9/17/2013

The Congressional Budget Office report said government spending on health care and Social Security would double, relative to the size of the economy, in 25 years.

U.N. cites 'clear evidence' of Syria chemical attack 9/17/2013

U.N. inspectors said Monday there is 'clear and convincing evidence' that chemical weapons were used on a relatively large scale in a deadly attack last month in Syria. But their report didn't say which side was to blame.

Concordia put upright 9/17/2013

The crippled Costa Concordia cruise ship was pulled upright early Tuesday after a complicated, 19-hour operation to wrench it from its side where it capsized last year off Tuscany, with officials declaring it a 'perfect' end to a daring and unprecedented engineering feat.

Big storms hit Mexico on both coasts; 34 dead 9/17/2013

The remnants of Hurricane Ingrid and Tropical Storm Manuel drenched Mexico's Gulf and Pacific coasts with more torrential rains Monday, flooding towns and cities, cutting off highways and setting off landslides in a national emergency that federal authorities said had caused at least 34 deaths.

Colorado floodwaters recede, revealing devastation 9/17/2013

Weary Colorado evacuees began returning home after days of rain and flooding, but Monday's clearing skies and receding waters revealed only more heartbreak: toppled houses, upended vehicles and a stinking layer of muck covering everything.

N.C. officer charged with voluntary manslaughter in shooting death of unarmed man 9/17/2013

An unarmed man seeking help after a car crash over the weekend was shot 10 times by the Charlotte police officer who's now charged in his death, investigators said Monday.

Malaysian insurgency leader Chin Peng dies 9/17/2013

The tough former communist guerrilla who led a bloody but failed insurgency against British rule in Malaysia in the late 1940s and early 1950s died Monday in Bangkok after decades in exile. He was 88.

Report: Drug-resistant bacteria are common killers 9/17/2013

For the first time, the government is estimating how many people die from drug-resistant bacteria each year - more than 23,000, or about as many as those killed annually by flu.

CCA, which operates Oklahoma private prisons, found in contempt for prison understaffing in Idaho 9/17/2013

A federal judge says private prison company Corrections Corporation of America is in contempt of court for persistently understaffing an Idaho prison in direct violation of a legal settlement.

Nation Briefs 9/17/2013

New York City mayoral candidate Bill Thompson conceded the Democratic primary race to front-runner Bill de Blasio on Monday, averting a runoff and clearing the way for de Blasio to campaign for the general election.

Daily U.S. Casualties 9/17/2013

Afghanistan: As of Monday, at least 2,134 members of the U.S. military had died as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, according to an Associated Press count.

News Briefs 9/17/2013

A top policewoman in southern Afghanistan died Monday after being shot by unknown attackers, months after her predecessor was also slain.

13 killed in Washington shooting rampage 9/17/2013

A defense contractor employee went on a shooting rampage Monday inside a building at the heavily secured Washington Navy Yard, spraying bullets in the hallways and firing from a balcony onto office workers in an atrium below, authorities and witnesses said. Thirteen people were killed, including the gunman.

After delay, Concordia put upright 9/16/2013

Engineers call the Italian crippled cruise liner project a success.

13 killed in Washington Navy Yard shooting rampage 9/16/2013

Authorities said they were looking for a second possible attacker who may have been disguised in a military-style uniform.

Obama warns GOP against creating 'economic chaos' 9/16/2013

'I cannot remember a time when one faction of one party promises economic chaos if it can't get 100 percent of what it wants,' Obama said, contending that the stance of some conservative lawmakers amounts to just that.

Miss Oklahoma Kelsey Griswold takes third in Miss America pageant 9/16/2013

A graduate of Union High School, Griswold is a senior at Oklahoma City University, majoring in acting. She won the Miss Oklahoma in competition in Tulsa, entering as Miss Bricktown.

Another female police officer in Afghanistan shot 9/16/2013

Gunmen shot the top female police officer in a troubled southern Afghan province Sunday, leaving her facing possible paralysis just months after her predecessor was killed, government and hospital authorities said. It was the latest in a series of attacks on prominent women in Afghanistan, where just 1 percent of the police force is female.

Syrian official: A 'victory' for Assad 9/16/2013

A high-ranking Syrian official called the U.S.-Russian agreement on securing Syria's chemical weapons a 'victory' for President Bashar Assad's regime, but the U.S. warned Sunday 'the threat of force is real' if Damascus fails to carry out the plan.

Floods transform Colorado's landscape 9/16/2013

The cars that normally clog Main Street in Lyons on the way to Rocky Mountain National Park have been replaced by military supply trucks. Shop owners in Estes Park hurriedly cleared their wares in fear that the Big Thompson River will rise again. A plywood sign encouraged residents mucking out their homes to 'Hang in there.'

New Mexico braces for more rain as cleanup begins 9/16/2013

Another round of rainfall moved across New Mexico on Sunday, renewing the threat of heavy runoff from already saturated soils and flooding in low areas as residents faced a major cleanup effort from damage left in the wake of days of relentless rain.

Firm returns health-care grant 9/16/2013

A company that has for decades helped people enroll in Medicaid says it won't be able to sign up people for insurance under the new Affordable Care Act because there is too much scrutiny over a so-called navigator program.

Alabama church marks 50th anniversary of bombing 9/16/2013

Hundreds of people black and white, many holding hands, filled an Alabama church that was bombed by the Ku Klux Klan 50 years ago Sunday to mark the anniversary of the blast that killed four little girls and became a landmark moment in the civil rights struggle.

Glendale, Calif., school district monitors students' social media 9/16/2013

A Southern California school district is trying to stop cyberbullying and a host of other teenage ills by monitoring the public posts students make on social media outlets in a program that has stirred debate about what privacy rights teenage students have when they fire up their smartphones.

Summers withdraws from Fed contention 9/16/2013

Lawrence Summers, who was considered the leading candidate to succeed Ben Bernanke as Federal Reserve chairman, has withdrawn from consideration, the White House said Sunday.

Daily U.S. Casualties 9/16/2013

Afghanistan: As of Sunday, at least 2,134 members of the U.S. military had died as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, according to an Associated Press count.

News Briefs 9/16/2013

The No. 2 cleric in Nigeria's Anglican church has been released more than a week after being kidnapped in the Niger Delta, a police spokeswoman said Sunday.

Miss New York crowned 2014 Miss America 9/15/2013

Nina Davuluri becomes the first contestant of Indian heritage to win the pageant.

Floods transform Colorado’s ‘Gore-Tex Vortex’ 9/15/2013

Days of rain and floods have transformed the outdoorsy mountain communities in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain foothills affectionately known as the “Gore-Tex Vortex” from a paradise into a disaster area with little in the way of supplies or services — and more rain falling Sunday.

Police: Ohio mobile home fire kills man, 5 kids 9/15/2013

The fire was reported shortly before 8 a.m. Sunday in a mobile home park in Tiffin, about 50 miles southeast of Toledo. Firefighters got all six people out in about 12 minutes, but all were pronounced dead at a hospital, Tiffin Fire Chief William said.

Investigators: 36K got improper disability pay 9/15/2013

Social Security made $1.3 billion in potentially improper disability payments to people who had jobs when they were supposed to be unable to work, congressional investigators said in a report Friday.

Former Egyptian President Mubarak back in court, grinning and waving 9/15/2013

An Egyptian judge on Saturday named top security officials to testify in the retrial of former President Hosni Mubarak on charges related to the killings of about 900 protesters during the 2011 uprising that led to his ouster.

Hurricane Ingrid forms off Mexico's Atlantic coast 9/15/2013

Ingrid became the second hurricane of the Atlantic storm season off Mexico on Saturday, prompting the evacuation of several thousand people while Tropical Storm Manuel threatened to cause flash floods and mudslides on the opposite side of the country.

Syria weapons deal averts U.S. military move for now 9/15/2013

A diplomatic breakthrough Saturday on securing and destroying Syria's chemical weapons stockpile averted the threat of U.S. military action for the moment and could swing momentum toward ending a horrific civil war.

Rescues accelerate in Colorado as hundreds are still stranded after flooding 9/15/2013

The rescue of Coloradoans stranded by epic mountain flooding accelerated Saturday as debris-filled rivers became muddy seas that extended into towns and farms miles from the Rockies.

All-white sororities at University of Alabama get attention 9/15/2013

Several prominent leaders in Alabama weighed in Friday on allegations that all-white sororities at the University of Alabama passed over two prospective black members because of pressure from alumnae, and in one case, an adviser.

Hot spots could slow search for cause of New Jersey fire 9/15/2013

Continuing hot spots could hamper investigators trying to figure out the cause of a fire that charred four blocks of bars, pizza shops and T-shirt stands - perhaps 50 businesses in all - on a Jersey shore boardwalk that still was trying to recover from superstorm Sandy.

World's oldest man dies in NY at age 112 9/15/2013

The world's oldest man, a 112-year-old self-taught musician, coal miner and gin rummy aficionado from western New York, has died. He was 112.

News Briefs 9/15/2013

Al-Qaida-affiliated rebels battled more moderate Syrian opposition fighters in a town along the Iraqi border on Saturday, killing at least five people in the latest outbreak of infighting among the forces opposed to President Bashar Assad's regime.

Daily U.S. Casualties 9/15/2013

Afghanistan: As of Saturday, at least 2,134 members of the U.S. military had died as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, according to an Associated Press count.