Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) declared a campus emergency shortly before noon on Monday, telling students and faculty to take shelter "after an unidentified, possibly armed man was spotted."
Two men were killed as heavy rains triggered flash flooding in Central Texas, prompting dozens of rescues across a region that has been dealing with a drought, The AP reported on Thursday. The storm system "stretched across much of the nation, from the Great Lakes to the Gulf Coast'
Michael Moore, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, said Thursday that federal authorities will investigate the circumstances behind the death of Kendrick Johnson, a teenager whose bloody body was found inside a rolled-up gym mat at Lowndes High School in Valdosta, Georgia on January 11
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki arrived at the White House to appeal to President Barack Obama for more U.S. assistance combating increased terrorism perpetrated by an emboldened insurgency within his country. Al-Maliki argued that U.S. assistance with additional weapons and help with intelligence are paramount to quell unrest in the country
