Nation

Highlights of this day in history: The hydrogen-filled airship Hindenburg explodes and crashes; Psychologist Sigmund Freud and actor-director Orson Welles born; Roger Bannister is the first athlete to run a mile in fewer than four minutes. (May 6)

&…

Seven inmates were killed in the fighting that raged Sunday night and into early Monday at Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville, S.C.

Owning an assault weapon in Deerfield, Ill., could cost you $1,000 per day.

The bus was bound from Phoenix to Dallas when passengers noticed the driver kept dozing off.

Retailer was surprised by ‘outpouring of support,’ but expects that some customers ‘just don’t shop us anymore for anything’

A 1994 rule requires fuel systems that limit fires after a crash. But many aircraft don’t have to meet that standard.

One man is dead after he changed lanes suddenly in front of a tractor-trailer on a suburban St. Louis highway, causing a fiery chain-reaction crash involving at least six vehicles. (Jan. 23)

Group wants to take over most of the state and cut off coastal urban areas.

Allegations that a couple kept their 13 children, including some adults, captive in their California home has surprised their neighbors. Kimberly Milligan says she was told the family had a dozen kids, but she never saw that many children. (Jan. 16)

…