Victims speak out after Colorado massacre trial ends in life
2015-08-09 08:48:24
Families of the murder victims of James Holmes reflected on the Colorado movie massacre trial and said about half of them had opposed the prosecution's decision to seek a death penalty for the 27-year-old.
Across America over the week (July 31- Aug 6)
2015-08-08 05:59:43
Trump won't rule out third-party run
2015-08-07 14:01:02
Billionaire businessman Donald Trump took the spotlight in the first Republican presidential debate, declaring he would not rule out running as a third-party candidate.
Ferguson braces for protests on anniversary of Michael Brown shooting
2015-08-07 14:00:03
One year after the police shooting of an unarmed black teen thrust Ferguson, Missouri, into the national spotlight, the St. Louis suburb is bracing for a weekend of protests over continued complaints of police violence.
Property losses from northern California wildfire nearly double
2015-08-06 11:28:29
The tally of property losses from California's largest and most destructive wildfire this year nearly doubled on Wednesday as the week-old blaze raged through dry scrubland north of Napa Valley wine country.
Police fatally shoot ax-wielding man at Nashville movie theater
2015-08-06 09:48:56
A man wielding an ax at a Nashville-area movie theater who was shot dead by police on Wednesday was found to be carrying a pellet gun, authorities said.
Study-abroad tours in US booming
2015-08-06 09:22:03
Around Times Square, the Empire State Building and Rockefeller Center, it's hard to miss groups of Chinese students wearing shirts with summer tour logos.
US VP speaks with Japanese PM after website exposed spying
2015-08-05 14:45:54
US Vice President Joe Biden spoke with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over phone on Tuesday, the White House said, after the Wikileaks website revealed alleged US spying on Japanese officials and companies.
LA clinic seeks to access Chinese fertility market
2015-08-05 09:49:27
A Los Angeles reproductive clinic is looking to tap a demographic of affluent Chinese women by promoting its egg-freezing treatment on Alibaba's group-buying website Juhuasuan.
Seniors create little corner of China in garden
2015-08-05 09:44:34
After her husband took her grandson to school, Zhang Zaixian, 63, pushed a converted baby stroller to a garden steps away from her apartment on the northern edge of Yale University.
China and US discuss ways to fight terror
2015-08-05 07:39:58
Senior diplomats from China and the United States met in Beijing on Tuesday for the second China-US consultation on anti-terrorism issues as the world's two largest economies vowed to boost cooperation in anti-terror information sharing and law enforcement.
Obama to unveil new climate change plan
2015-08-04 07:42:02
US President Barack Obama will announce on Monday the final version of his plan to tackle greenhouse gases from coal-fired power plants, kicking off what is expected to be a tumultuous legal battle between federal environmental regulators and coal industry supporters.