North America News on War, Hurricanes, Earthquakes & Natural Disasters

Three homicides on New Year's Day: our sister-city began 2009 just as it ended 2008, the most violent year in memory. Extortion, street shootings and beheadings a commonplace--almost daily--reality, set off by a drug cartel war fueling this wave of...

I am new to this community but you have already heard me say numerous times that under Bush we are lving a total lie! Since 9/11 everything was designed with the ultimate goal of controlling us and getting back into...

PORT ANGELES, Wash. -- Port Angeles police believe that a 16 year-old mother gave birth to a live child at a home in this small town on the Olympic Peninsula. Investigators, believing the baby was killed and put out with...

Texas — Fire has struck a homeless shelter in the town of Paris, Texas, and the fire chief says more than one person was killed. Fire Chief Ronnie Grooms confirmed the fatalities to The Associated Press but would not say...

JetBlue Airways Corp. and the Transportation Security Administration have paid $240,000 to an Oakland man who claimed he was discriminated against based on his ethnicity and Arabic writing on his T-shirt. Raed Jarrar alleged that agency and airline officials prevented...

As the economic meltdown deepens, some debt counsellors are reporting a rise in the number of clients threatening divorce, while mental health experts warn tough economic times often lead to higher rates of depression and family violence. Margaret Johnson, owner...

Another federal judge ordered the lawyers to return the document to the government and Walker later ruled that they couldn't use it to file their initial lawsuit because the Justice Department argued such disclosure would harm national security. But now...