Gunman Kills Three Students at Univ. of North Carolina

A gunman who had posted anti-religious messages on Facebook and quarreled with neighbors was charged with killing three young Muslims in what police said on Wednesday was a dispute over parking and possibly a hate crime.

Craig Stephen Hicks, 46, a full-time paralegal student from Chapel Hill, was…

Its 6 Months Without Pay For NBC's Brian Williams

 NBC announced Tuesday that it is suspending Brian Williams as “Nightly News” anchor and managing editor for six months without pay for misleading the public about his experiences covering the Iraq War.
The network’s decision came less than a week after Williams apologized for saying on the air that…

Drew Peterson is At it Again

A former Chicago-area police officer in prison for murdering his third wife was charged on Monday with trying to hire a hit man to kill the prosecutor in his case.

The Illinois Attorney General’s Office charged Drew Peterson, 61, with felony crimes of solicitation of murder for hire…

Brian Williams Puts Himself in Time Out

Brian Williams said he is temporarily stepping away from the “NBC Nightly News” amid questions about his memories of war coverage in Iraq, calling it “painfully apparent” that he has become a distracting news story.
In a memo Saturday to NBC News staff that was released by the network, the…

Brian Williams Can't Remember if His Helicopter was Shot Down

NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams said on Wednesday he was sorry for “making a mistake” when he said he was on a helicopter that was hit and forced down by rocket fire during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, after soldiers complained it was not true.

Williams made the claim…