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NTSB: Crash train was recommended for phaseout
The subway train that plowed into another, causing a crash that killed seven and injured scores of others in the nation's capital, was part of an aging fleet that federal officials had sought to phase out due to safety concerns, an investigator said Tuesday.
City lowers death toll in Metro crash Monday
District of Columbia officials have lowered the number of fatalities in Monday's subway system accident to seven, instead of the nine reported earlier.
Judge orders Guantanamo detainee freed
The discovery of suicide martyr videos seemed certain proof that Abd al Rahim Abdul Rassak was part of al-Qaida. A closer look at his video, though, showed he was actually being tortured by al-Qaida.
60,000 inmates sexually abused every year
A federal commission on prison rape has concluded that the risk of being attacked depends greatly on the type of prisoner, and where the inmate is locked up.
Obama wants new council to help auto industry
President Barack Obama is creating a White House council to handle issues that affect American communities and workers tied to the automotive industry.
Another window opens on Nixon presidency
Another window is opening on Richard Nixon's presidency with the release of hundreds of tape recordings and thousands of documents from that time.
House Democrats to open hearings on health bill
House Democrats are pushing forward with a partisan health care bill even as a key Senate Democrat labors to achieve an elusive bipartisan compromise on President Barack Obama's top legislative priority.
Obama to hold Rose Garden news conference
President Barack Obama will hold his first Rose Garden news conference Tuesday.
Obama, citing his smoking woes, signs tobacco law
Lamenting his first teenage cigarette, President Barack Obama ruefully admitted on Monday that he's spent his adult life fighting the habit. Then he signed the nation's toughest anti-smoking law, aiming to keep thousands of other teens from getting hooked.
Obama offers prayers for victims of commuter crash
President Barack Obama says the thoughts and prayers of the first family go out to the victims of the commuter train crash in Washington, D.C., that killed six people and injured scores of others.