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.
Asiana Airlines confirmed basic information on its website about Flight 214 which crashed while landing at the San Francisco International Airport.
Bolivian President announced Saturday his country will offer humanitarian asylum for US National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden if asked.
Asiana Airline Flight 214 from Seoul, South Korea crashed at 11:30 am on July 6 in San Francisco Airport. Two victims are both Chinese nationals.
UN chief expresses sorrow at air crash victims
Chinese airlines to offer help
Airport landing system off when jet crashed
Boeing issues condolence message over crash
Most Chinese students accounted for
A driverless freight train carrying tankers of petroleum products derailed at high speed and exploded into a giant fireball in the middle of a small Canadian town early on Saturday.
Venezuela will give "humanitarian asylum" to former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, who is believed to be in the transit area of a Moscow airport, President Nicolas Maduro said Friday.
Nicaragua willing to grant Snowden asylum
A test of the only US defense against long-range ballistic missiles failed on Friday, the third consecutive failure involving the interceptor system managed by Boeing Co.
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said Friday his government would be willing to grant political asylum to Edward Snowden, the US intelligence whistler.
New York's Lincoln Center is bringing Journey to the West to life in a raucous stage production scored by Damon Albarn of the British pop group Blur.
A gunman shot two neighbours and then killed himself in the US state of Texas Thursday night.
Less than three months after bombs ripped through the heart of Boston, residents and visitors face heavy security as they celebrate Independence Day at an open-air concert and fireworks display on the banks of the Charles River.
Joey Chestnut downed 69 franks and devoured his own record in the men's Fourth of July hot dog eating contest while Sonya Thomas defended her title in the women's competition.
Visitors to the National Archives view the Declaration of Independence, preserved under glass and special lighting, ahead of the Fourth of July Independence Day holiday in Washington, July 3, 2013.
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