SpaceX Rocket Explodes After Lift Off

Nasa said on Sunday morning that “something went wrong” with the launch of a SpaceX supply mission to the International Space Station (ISS), and confirmed that “the vehicle has broken up”.

A video posted to Instagram appeared to show the vehicle exploding. Reports said pieces could be seen falling into…

NY Manhunt 1 Fugitive Killed, 1 Still at Large

Law enforcement officers shot and killed a man who is believed to be one of two prisoners who broke out of a maximum security prison in New York three weeks ago and the second escapee is still at large near the Canadian border, police said on Friday.

A man thought…

Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Gay Marriage

The Supreme Court declared Friday that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the United States.
Gay and lesbian couples already could marry in 36 states and the District of Columbia. The court’s 5-4 ruling means the remaining 14 states, in the South and Midwest…

Supreme Court Upholds Obamacare

The U.S. Supreme Court handed President Barack Obama a major victory on Thursday by upholding tax subsidies crucial to his signature healthcare law, with Chief Justice John Roberts saying Congress clearly intended for them to be available in all 50 states.

The court ruled on a 6-3 vote…

Boston Bomber Speaks, "I am Sorry"

Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Wednesday apologized for the deadly 2013 attack at a hearing before a U.S. judge formally sentenced him to death for killing four people and injuring 264 in the bombing and its aftermath.

The 21-year-old ethnic Chechen, who had not testified during…