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Four deaths at the Atlanta VA Medical Center mark the latest in a series of problems plaguing Veterans Affairs, prompting outrage from officials and congressional scrutiny of the largest integrated health care system in the country.
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- Sandy-damaged NYC aquarium reopens this weekend
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Playful sea lions and trusty penguins are welcoming visitors back to the New York Aquarium for the first time since the Coney Island marine haven was damaged by Superstorm Sandy.
- Teen in devastated Okla. town handing out hugs
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The people of the Oklahoma town where a deadly tornado struck could use just about everything _ cleaning supplies, food, water, shelter.
- Suspects in Denver bar slayings plead not guilty
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Three men accused of fatally stabbing five people at a Denver bar that authorities say was set on fire to cover up the killings have pleaded not guilty.
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- Healthy 5-pound gorilla born at central Ohio zoo
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A baby gorilla has been born to first-time parents at an Ohio zoo.
- Elite NYC school apologizes for past abuse
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The Horace Mann School, one of New York City's most prestigious private schools, has apologized for more than three decades of sexual abuse perpetrated by some of its teachers and administrators, according to a letter posted on its website Friday.
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- Key figures in racial profiling lawsuit in Ariz
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Key figures in a lawsuit that alleges that an Arizona sheriff's office has racially profiled Latinos in its immigration patrols. A judge ruled Friday that Arpaio's office systematically racially profiles Latinos:
- Journalist and author Haynes Johnson dies at 81
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Haynes Johnson, a pioneering Washington journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the civil rights movements and migrated from newspapers to television, books and teaching, died Friday. He was 81.
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- Officials scale back search for abducted Iowa teen
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Authorities are scaling back their search for a missing Iowa teenager abducted from a rural school bus stop this week.
- Parolee indicted in theft of Gold Rush jewelry box
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A parolee was indicted by a federal grand jury in the theft of a valuable Gold Rush-era jewelry box from the Oakland Museum of California, authorities said Friday.
- Judge: Ariz. sheriff's office profiles Latinos
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A federal judge ruled Friday that the office of America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially profiles people.
- Journalist and author Haynes Johnson dies at 81
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Haynes Johnson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who migrated from newspapers to television, books and teaching, died Friday. He was 81.
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- I-5 bridge survivor: 'I can't believe we're alive'
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Bryce Kenning saw the void before him in an explosion of dust, and there was nothing he could do.
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- LA sanitation ends plans for dump near Joshua Tree
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A regional garbage collection agency has tossed out plans to build a mega-landfill for Los Angeles' trash less than two miles from Joshua Tree National Park in the remote Southern California desert.
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