Police Shoot Gunman in San Diego Theater

SAN DIEGO— Moviegoers at a San Diego theater ducked for cover as officers stormed in during a film screening and shot and critically wounded a gunman hiding in their midst.
No one else was hurt in the shooting Saturday inside Reading Cinemas Carmel Mountain in northern San Diego, officer David…

NRA Vows to Fight Gun Control Task Force

The National Rifle Association, the strongest pro-gun lobby group in the United States, on Thursday set the stage for a bitter congressional battle over stricter gun controls, accusing vice president Joe Biden of having “an agenda to attack the second amendment”.

Emerging from a meeting with Biden’s gun…

2 Wounded in California School Shooting,Suspect in Custody

TAFT, Calif.     (AP) — A student was shot and wounded at a San Joaquin Valley high school Thursday and a suspect was taken into custody, officials said.

The shooting occurred about 9 a.m. at Taft Union High School, an oil and agricultural community about 120 miles northwest of Los Angeles…

Boston Declares Flu Emergency

(Reuters) – With flu cases in this city up tenfold from last year, the mayor of Boston declared a public health emergency on Wednesday as authorities around the United States scrambled to cope with a rising number of patients.

U.S. health authorities say the flu arrived about a month earlier…

NYC Ferry Crash Injures 57 People

NEW YORK — An investigation was underway to determine why a high-speed commuter ferry slammed into a Lower Manhattan dock Wednesday, tearing open a section of hull and injuring 57 people, two critically.

Fire Department Commissioner Sal Cassano said 11 people were seriously injured after the Seastreak Wall Street ferry…