A Bride and 4 Others Die in Limo Fire

Investigators are trying to determine why a stretch limousine burst into flames on a San Francisco Bay bridge, trapping and killing five of the nine women inside on a girls’ night out, including a newlywed bride.

It happened late Saturday night as the Lincoln Town Car crossed the San Mateo…

Soccer Referee Punched by Player Dies

MURRAY, Utah (AP) — A 46-year-old soccer referee who was punched by a teenage player during a game and later slipped into a coma has died, police said.

Ricardo Portillo of Salt Lake City passed away at the hospital, where he was being treated following the assault last weekend…

Three Men Charged with Obstructing Boston Bombing Probe

U.S. authorities on Wednesday charged three men with interfering with the investigation of the Boston Marathon bombing, accusing two students from Kazakhstan of hiding a laptop computer and backpack belonging to one of the suspected bombers.

The third man, a U.S. citizen named Robel Phillipos, was charged with…

Commercial Space Travel, Coming Soon?

The rocket-powered supersonic flight of Virgin Galactic’sSpaceShipTwo passen on Monday marked a big milestone for the company, and for the private spaceflight industry as a whole.
The history-making SpaceShipTwo test flight on Monday (April 29) marked Virgin Galactic’s entrance into the final phase of vehicle evaluation…

President Obama Jokes at White House Corespondents Dinner

WASHINGTON– President Barack Obama joked Saturday that the years are catching up to him and he’s not “the strapping young Muslim socialist” he used to be.

Obama poked fun at himself as well as some of his political adversaries during the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner attended by…