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House passes $45B homeland security spending bill

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on June 6th

By ANDREW TAYLORAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The House on Thursday passed a $45 billion measure boosting the Homeland Security Department's budget by about 2 percent above spending levels imposed by an ongoing round of automatic budgets cuts. The 245-182 vote sent the measure to the

One block: How neighbors saw twister's deadly path

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd

By ALLEN G. BREEDAP National Writer MOORE, Okla. (AP) - Dan Garland could feel the latch on the shelter door begin to turn in his hand. It was as if the storm outside were a living, breathing thing - and it was trying desperately to get in. Huddled beside him in the darkened 5-foot-by-6-foot hole

Fathers, firefighters: Lives lost in West, Texas

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 25th

By Associated Press WEST, Texas (AP) - On April 17, an explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, leveled part of the small town located some 20 miles north of Waco. Most of the victims were first responders from fire departments in West and other nearby towns that were on the scene

In Boston and beyond, thanks and jubilation

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 20th

By STEVE PEOPLES and JAY LINDSAYAssociated Press BOSTON (AP) - They gathered in silence on Boylston Street, just three blocks away from the chaos and carnage caused by twin bombings four days earlier. Some were crying. Boston University student Aaron Wengertsman, 19, wrapped himself in an American

In suburban Boston, thanks and jubilation

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 20th

By JAY LINDSAY and STEVE PEOPLESAssociated Press WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) - Police officers and firefighters stood grim-faced with guns and rifles, lining the street leading to the suburban property where a suspect in twin bombings at the Boston Marathon was believed to be holed up. Reporters and

NY seals 1st state gun laws since Newtown massacre

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 15th

By MICHAEL GORMLEYAssociated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York lawmakers agreed to pass the toughest gun control law in the nation and the first since the Newtown, Conn., school shooting, and now dare other states and Washington to follow "This is a scourge on society," Gov. Andrew Cuomo said

NY seals 1st state gun laws since Newtown massacre

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 15th

NY seals 1st state gun laws since Newtown massacre

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 15th

NY seals 1st state gun laws since Newtown massacre

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 15th

NTSB probe in NYC ferry crash focusing on engines

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 11th

By TOM HAYSAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - An investigation into a commuter ferry crash that injured dozens of people during a morning commute this week is focusing on the ferry's engines and why they may have failed, federal officials said Friday. The Seastreak Wall Street ferry from Atlantic