KILLEEN, Texas -- A civilian police officer is being praised for taking down a man suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood when she shot him in the torso. Police officials say after arriving at the scene of Thursday's gunfire, Sgt. Kimberly Munley saw the suspect and started firing... more
ORLANDO -- One person is dead and five are injuredin a mass shooting at an office building in downtown Orlando. Bodies were found on the 12th and 8th floor of Legions Place, a 16-floor building north of Colonial Drive. Only the 12th floor has been cleared. The shooter has not been found, said Deputy... more
WASHINGTON -- The family of the suspected Fort Hood shooter Says "the actions of their cousin are despicable and deplorable." Kim Fuller, a spokeswoman for Nidal Malik Hasan's family says relatives in Northern Virginia are reaching out to law enforcement Friday to offer insight. more
ENID, OK -- While listening to Bill Carpenter describe what happened to his SUV Wednesday night, you'd think he had been attacked during a safari. But he and his wife Deena were driving home from church on U.S. 81 in Enid when they hit an elephant. more
OKLAHOMA CITY -- An Oklahoma County judge ruled that cameras will be allowed inside the courtroom for the trial of a metro pharmacist accused of murder. News Channel Four, along with several other media outlets, filed the motion to televise the trial of 58-year-old Jerome Ersland. Ersland is charged... more
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Trimming salary in a 2-for-1 deal, the Kansas City Royals sent infielder/outfielder Mark Teahen to Chicago for two players Friday and declined options on three others. more
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A circus elephant that escaped and was hit by a sport utility vehicle in northwestern Oklahoma is apparently back with its owner. more
SUBLETTE, Kan. (AP) — A partnership between the state and private groups will bring much-needed repairs to the short-line Cimarron Valley Railroad. more
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — A former Ogden man who is suspected in the deaths of a woman and her toddler son has been returned to Riley County from Texas. more
HOUSTON (AP) — The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. this week has risen by nine this week to 1,078. more
HOUSTON (AP) — The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. this week rose by nine this week to 1,078. more
DALLAS (AP) — A Southern Methodist University educator has been selected by President Barack Obama to be a regional administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency. more
CONWAY, Ark. (AP) — The owner of a plant that has made school buses in Conway for decades says that will end soon, affecting up to 477 jobs at the facility. more
Imam Awni Qudah gestures while he talks about the Quran at the Islamic Society of Annapolis in the wake of the shootings at Fort Hood that left 13 dead and 38 wounded. Arabs and Muslims in Maryland and across the nation are condemning the attack and extending condolences to those affected. Some... more
Mayor-elect Kim Bracey, 45, made history Tuesday when voters elected her the first black... more
Amid defection, Democrats fight to secure enough votes more
School districts in Baltimore City and Baltimore County are speeding up construction projects that have been on hold for years, including the possible construction of the first new city school in a decade more
Baltimore County police have charged an Overlea man in the stabbing of an off-duty Baltimore police officer early Thursday at a strip club in the Dundalk area. more
Iwas 7 or 8 years old, reading my way through my kiddie encyclopedias, when I infuriated my Sunday... more
The great military historian John Keegan reminds readers of the old axiom that a general's worst... more
As he makes his early rounds, Police Chief-designate Charlie Beck is lending his support to an... more
In a 2005 speech at Ft. Bragg, N.C., President George W. Bush laid out his latest justification... more
The U.S. Supreme Court recognized in 2005 that it is unconstitutionally cruel to execute people... more
With the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the tape of Ronald Reagan's famous... more
