
A glance at Carnival's decisions for disabled ship
Since an engine-room fire left the Carnival Triumph powerless in the Gulf of Mexico four days ago, Carnival Cruise Lines officials have been faced ...
Key moments in disabled Carnival ship's voyage
A disabled Carnival cruise ship carrying 3,143 passengers and 1,086 crew members was slowly being towed across the Gulf of Mexico to shore Thursday, ...

Carnival cancels 12 more cruises on troubled ship
Carnival Cruise Lines has canceled a dozen more planned voyages aboard the Triumph and acknowledged that the crippled ship had been plagued by other ...

Stranded cruise passengers facing dirty conditions
The head of Carnival Cruise Lines said Tuesday his company was working hard to ensure the thousands of passengers stranded on a disabled ship in the ...

Mom says Ala boy saw shooting of standoff suspect
The mother of an Alabama boy held hostage in an underground bunker for days said her son witnessed officers fatally shooting his kidnapper.
4 Ala football players charged with fraud, robbery
Online jail records show four University of Alabama football players have been arrested on charges including credit card fraud and robbery.
Arrested fugitive is Ala. football signee's father
Authorities say a man who was arrested after 16 years as a fugitive for allegedly shooting his estranged wife while she was holding their 18-month-old ...

DA: Motive for Ala. bunker standoff still unclear
Authorities may never know why a south Alabama man killed a school bus driver and held a little boy hostage for six days in an underground bunker, a ...
Ala judge dismisses shooting suit against college
A judge on Friday dismissed a family's lawsuit against the University of South Alabama over a campus police officer's fatal shooting of a naked ...

Experts warn of long recovery for boy in bunker
The boy who was freed from an underground bunker is acting like a typical 5-year-old by all accounts, playing with toys and running around, but ...

Military tactics, arms, helped rescue Ala. hostage
Within hours after an armed, angry man shot a school bus driver and kidnapped a 5-year-old boy, workers feverishly unloaded boxes packed with ...
Notre Dame adds DL Vanderdoes, signs 24 recruits
Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly wasn't about to quibble with recruiting experts who called the recruiting class he signed Wednesday his best. "I love ...

Signing Day: Ole Miss muscles in on power programs
Alabama. Ohio State. Michigan. Florida. Notre Dame. Mississippi? Ole Miss muscled in on the powerhouses that usually dominate national signing day, ...

FBI: Ala. captor rigged bunker, waged 'firefight'
As FBI and police negotiators sought for days to coax an Alabama man into freeing a kindergartner held hostage in an underground bunker, the captor ...

FBI: Ala. man was in 'firefight' with SWAT agents
The Alabama man who held a 5-year-old boy captive for nearly a week engaged in a firefight with SWAT agents storming his underground bunker before he ...

Exhibitions plumb artistic responses to disaster
Coke Wisdom O'Neal looked at the soggy, stained and discolored photographs strewn about his Brooklyn studio by the salty floodwaters of Superstorm ...

Gun background checks drop 10 percent in January
The number of federal background checks for firearms sales declined in the U.S. last month, as retailers continue to run out of guns to sell during ...
LB prospect commits to Bama, with Auburn tattoo
Five-star linebacker prospect Reuben Foster says he'll play for Alabama after a recruiting process that left him torn between the state's two rivals ...

Police: Announcement coming on Ala. hostage
Authorities say they will be making a major announcement in the case of a 5-year-old who is being held hostage in an underground bunker in Alabama.

Details emerge about man at center of Ala standoff
As an Alabama standoff and hostage drama marked a sixth day Sunday, more details emerged about the suspect at the center, with neighbors and officials ...

Ala. town mourns for bus driver amid standoff
The Alabama bus driver slain at the beginning of a multi-day hostage drama was known for his acts of kindness, from fixing someone's tractor to ...

Authorities release photo of accused Ala. abductor
After four anxious days, only the slimmest of details has come to light in a police standoff with an Alabama man who is accused of holding a ...