National News

Phoenix police say they've arrested a suspect in today's shootings at a community college.

Congressional investigators are recommending that the State Department overhaul the way it handles passport applications.

House Republicans have killed a Democratic effort to release 70 million barrels of oil from the government's emergency stockpile.

Firefighters say a crane fell while putting a steeple on an Oklahoma City church, crushing a car and killing an 80-year-old man who was watching the construction.

Federal regulators say the operator of a collapsed Utah mine violated safety protocols by cutting coal pillars that should have been left standing to prevent cave-ins.

A realtors group says sales of existing homes fell more sharply than expected in June as the housing industry continued to be bruised by the worst slump in more than two decades.

Hurricane Dolly has weakened into a tropical storm, but the dangers are not over for residents of south Texas.

The U.S. Geological Survey says some 90 billion barrels of oil and nearly a third of the world's undiscovered natural gas sits untapped under an area north of the Arctic Circle.

The government reports that the number of newly laid off people filing claims for unemployment benefits bolted past 400,000 last week as companies trimmed their work forces to cope with a slowing economy.

Victims of recent storm and flood damage in the Midwest could get some tax relief under a new bill pending in Congress.