POLITICS

A 30-foot granite statue of Martin Luther King opened for a public preview at the National Mall in Washington ahead of Sunday's official dedication ceremony.

Hactivist Anonymous plans the next protest at Civic Center Station downtown San Francisco from 5 p.m. Monday, which is the same place and station as the last demonstration.

An El Cajon police officer was shot in the head as a house was set ablaze Sunday afternoon.A gunman was spotted, reportedly setting a fire on a San Diego County house Sunday afternoon around 5 p.m. One of the first two El Cajon police officers who responded to a disturbance call and rushed to the scene was shot in the head by one of shots fired by the suspect.

It was a horrific tragedy amid Sunday's the air show where sky divers and stunt pilots entertained thousands of audience at Selfridge Air National Guard base, when a stunt wing walker plunged 200 feet to his death.

Researchers have reported a major reduction in mass loss in Greenland's longest-observed glacier, Mittivakkat Glacier owing to drastic climatic fluctuations.

Researchers have discovered fossils of microbial organisms that were living on Earth 3.4 billion years ago. Earth's oldest fossils have been found in Australia by a team from the University of Western Australia and Oxford University. The microscopic fossils show convincing evidence for cells and bacteria living in an oxygen-free world over 3.4 billion years ago.

Nitrogen in fertilized soil is released into the air in the form of nitrous acid (HONO), which helps the atmosphere to clean itself, said a new study.

A severe tornado struck the southwestern Ontario town of Goderich causing widespread destruction and killing one person.

Lured by a sum of $2000, a woman from Florida was trying to sell her five-year-old son.

The cause of the tragic air crash that killed Red Arrows pilot Jon Egging could be a bird hitting the aircraft says RAF officer.

Two men were shot in the parking lot of San Francisco's Candlestick Park and a third was brutally assaulted inside the stadium after a preseason National Football League game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Oakland Raiders, police said on Sunday.

Grieving parents, students and friends gathered at Mainland Regional High School in southern New Jersey on Sunday evening to mourn the deaths of four high school football players in a car crash.

Good news for people suffering from infertility. An international team of researchers reports discovering how a human sperm attaches itself to an egg to create new life.

Astronomers who have been searching for extraterrestrial intelligence for decades are suddenly saying such an encounter might not be a happy one.

In a horrifying incident, a 10-month-old baby got shot in the head in a drive-by shooting on Saturday.

A wingwalker at an air show near Detroit fell to his death on Sunday, after he tried to transfer from an aircraft to a helicopter and plunged about 200 feet to the ground, officials said.

Three generations of women from one New York City family died after their SUV flipped several times on I-95 in eastern North Carolina, authorities said on Sunday.

Pope Benedict urged 1.5 million young Catholics at a Sunday mass in an aerodrome to spread the gospel to others on the last day of a four-day visit to the Spanish capital marked by violent protests.

Residents in Florida should be keeping a close eye on Tropical Storm Irene, as it could strengthen into a hurricane and possible hit the state on Thursday, according to the National Hurricane Center, which also said the storm's path is uncertain.

Chemical leak at a Woodland cannery turned fatal as more than 40 employees were hospitalized, at least two of them in serious condition, and nearly 1000 people were evacuated, authorities said.

Pastor Dale Richardson is married with two daughters.

Deryl Dedmon, who is accused of killing a black autoworker, is being held in isolation without bond in Hinds County, Mississippi. The nineteen-year-old allegedly ran over 49-year-old James Craig Anderson June 26 in a parking lot.

Researchers in Britain looked at the effects of temperature on approximately 2,000 species of plants, animals and insects and found that species undergoing the greatest warming have moved the furthest. The results are published in the journal Science, and have helped to reinforce what scientists have long been saying — that there is a link between climate change and shifts in species' global ranges.

The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for portions of central and western Massachusetts as well as northern Connecticut and southern New Hampshire. The warning will be in effect from nine p.m. Sunday.

Getting hints from the remainder of 3.4-billion-year-old rocks, a team of geologists have unearthed possibly the oldest known fossils ever, which may unfold the mysteries around the early development of life on Earth. v

Manhattan prosecutors are likely to ask a judge on Tuesday to drop all or some charges in the sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

Mississippi authorities believe Dedmon and a group of white teens intentionally ran over James Craig Anderson on June 26, in an attempt to kill him because of his skin color. Prior to mowing down Anderson, 49, with a pickup truck, the teens first beat him as he stood in a hotel parking lot that morning, teens told police during an interview. They then ran him down with a large Ford pickup truck and Anderson died the same day.

A white teen facing a capital murder charge in the hit-and-run death of a black man in Mississippi is being isolated from other inmates. Hinds County Sheriff's Department spokesman Lt. Jeffery Scott said the publicity surrounding the case of 19-year-old Deryl Dedmon has resulted in the decision to isolate him, the Clarion Ledger reported.

A mysterious orange goo found on the shore of a remote Alaska village earlier this month has been identified as fungal spores. Whether the spore is among the 7,800 known species of rust fungi is still unknown, NOAA said.