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 mother whose 4-year-old was being abducted chased the suspect down and crashed her vehicle into his car, triggering a manhunt and the arrest of the suspect, police said.
Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday's evening rush hour, injuring about 50 people, authorities said.
President Barack Obama intends to nominate Army Lt. Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti to succeed Army Gen. James Thurman as the commander of the US Forces in the Republic of Korea.
US President Barack Obama on Friday will seek to turn the spotlight from controversies threatening to swamp his agenda to the economic issues.
US authorities said Thursday that investigators have not ruled out the possibility that last month's fatal blasts at a fertilizer plant in the US state of Texas were caused by an intentionally-set fire.
Rising global temperatures are driving fish species towards cooler, deeper waters, making warm-water species increasingly dominant in global fisheries catches.
Obama chose a White House budget official to lead the Internal Revenue Service and vowed to ensure that the tax-collection agency will not single out any more groups based on their political beliefs.
The US military conducted a missile defense test, with an interceptor missile successfully intercepting and destroying a short-range target missile over the Pacific Ocean.
At least six people were killed when a powerful tornado ripped through a neighborhood including a Habitat for Humanity low income housing area in the north Texas town of Granbury.
The Obama administration imposed a fresh round of sanctions on Syria, targeting four ministers, one airline and one TV station.
US President Barack Obama has named senior diplomat Daniel Russel as assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs.
US delivery provider FedEx said Thursday it would donate 1 million yuan (about $162,000) to help with relief efforts in China after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Sichuan province last month.
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