Police Say Officer Mistakenly Killed Hofstra Student in Hostage Standoff
A 21-year-old Hofstra University student who was killed in a home invasion on Friday was mistakenly ... The Nassau County police identified the gunman as Dalton Smith, 30, a Hempstead, N.Y., resident with an extensive criminal record who was ...

Blasts Kill Dozens of Iraqis as Sectarian Tensions Boil
BAGHDAD — At least 66 people were killed in bomb blasts in Iraq on Friday, officials said, making it one of the bloodiest days this year as the country struggles to contain spiraling sectarian violence. Two bombs exploded in Baquba, the ...

DC transportation exhibit offers history lesson
WASHINGTON (AP) — The schoolchildren piled into the rail car in downtown Washington and looked up and down as the lights flickered and the floor rumbled. "We're here!" one of the young passengers shouted, all of them heading for the door like seasoned ...

Hofstra student was killed by police, authorities say
N.Y. – A Hofstra University student being held in a headlock at gunpoint by an intruder was accidently shot and killed by a police officer who had responded to the home invasion at an off-campus home, police said Saturday. Junior public ...

Psychiatrist retires commuted to Ketchikan
KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — After 34 years of working at Ketchikan's Gateway Center for Human Services, including 10 years as medical director, Wandal William Winn is calling it a day. "I'm at a phase of practice where I need to cut back," said the now semi ...

Wave of car bombs, shooting in mainly Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad kill 21, officials say
BAGHDAD — Car bombs hit Shiite neighborhoods of the Iraqi capital for the second day in a row on Thursday, part of a series of attacks across the country that left 21 people dead and raised concerns over a return to sectarian bloodshed.