Boston Bomber: The case of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has gone to the jury after a day of impassioned closing arguments by prosecutors and his lawyer. Assistant U.S. Attorney Aloke Chakravarty told the jurors yesterday, “This was a cold, …

The Airline Knew: Lufthansa Airlines revealed that it knew about co-pilot Andreas Lubitz’s previous bout with deep depression six years ago when he took a hiatus from flight school. Lufthansa owned the Germanwings jet that Lubitz is believed to have …

The Co-Pilot: Investigators say today that the co-pilot of the Germanwings jet that crashed in the French Alps had an illness he was hiding from his employers, possibly depression. Prosecutors say they found a note at the home of Andreas …

Deliberate Air Crash: The co-pilot of the Germanair flight that crashed in the French alps Tuesday deliberately drove the plane into the ground, investigators say. Brice Robin, the chief prosecutor in Marseilles said, “The interpretation we can give at this …

South Pacific: The category 5 Cyclone Pam has left widespread destruction in the island nation of Vanuatu. The eye of the storm passed right over Vanuatu’s capital city Port Vila. Winds were up to 170 MPH and some reports say …

Ferguson: Two St. Louis County police officers were shot during demonstrations outside the Ferguson, Mo. police station last night. The shooting broke what had been a night of tense but mostly peaceful protests in the hours after Ferguson’s police chief …

Boston Bomber: Victims described a street of carnage yesterday in the second day of trial for accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Jeffrey Bauman, 27, lost both is legs. “I saw most of the blood coming out of my left …

Border: President Obama is asking for $2 billion to deal with the flood of illegal immigrants, many of them unaccompanied children, coming across the border in Texas. Since October, more than 52,000 children have been apprehended after crossing the border …

Iraq: The government is using helicopter gunships to hit Sunni Islamic militants in Tikrit, the hometown of the late dictator Saddam Hussein. A major advance involving tanks and thousands of troops may be underway. Meanwhile the US is flying drones …

World: Sunni militants in Iraq have taken over the northern city of Tikrit, the hometown of the late dictator Saddam Hussein, and are on the move toward Baghdad as government troops crumble in their path. Their aim is to establish …