UC Santa Barbara students attend a candlelight vigil following Friday's series of drive-by shootings that left 7 people dead in the Isla Vista section of Santa Barbara May 24, 2014.
A Marin County firefighter works to put out a spot fire that jumped a fire line on the Rim Fire near Groveland, California, August 22, 2013.
US stocks closed higher on Thursday after Nasdaq suspended trading of all stocks for about three hours.
Bradley Manning, sentenced to 35 years in military prison for the biggest breach of classified US documents in US history, said in a statement on Thursday he is female and wants to live as a woman named Chelsea.
Running out of money to fight wildfires at the peak of the season, the US Forest Service is diverting $600 million from timber, recreation and other areas to fill the gap.
In the coming week, Washington will play host to an array of events marking the 50th anniversary of the march and speech.
Beijing encourages competitive Chinese companies to invest in Jamaica, Premier Li Keqiang said on Wednesday.
US soldier Bradley Manning was sentenced on Wednesday to serve 35 years in a military prison for turning over more than 700,000 classified files to WikiLeaks in the biggest breach of secret data in the nation's history.
The National Security Agency's surveillance network has the capacity to reach around 75 percent of all US Internet communications in the hunt for foreign intelligence, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The Argentine government Tuesday approved a contract to purchase railway equipment from a Chinese firm, said a government gazette.
Police say the suspect in a shooting at an Atlanta-area elementary school is 20 years old and faces several charges, including aggravated assault on a police officer.
Bradley Manning, the soldier convicted of giving classified US files to WikiLeaks, will be sentenced on Wednesday.
A school official says police have a suspect in custody after reports of a gunman at an Atlanta-area elementary school.