SEATTLE - Two snowboarders who spent two nights stranded on Mount Rainier after getting lost in a snowstorm are on their way down. National Park spokeswoman Lee Snook says the two are snowshoeing out with rescuers who reached them Tuesday morning. Lee says 21-year-old Derek Tyndall and 20-year-old Thomas Dale... more »
LONGMIRE, Wash. - A Mount Rainier climbing ranger has died during efforts to rescue four injured climbers from Waco, Texas.
Mount Rainier National Park spokesman Kevin Bacher says 34-year-old Nick Hall fell 3,000 feet Thursday from the 13,700-foot level of the 14,411-foot mountain. He was dead when other rangers... more »
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will travel to the Oklahoma City area on Sunday. Obama will see firsthand the federal, state and local response to... more »
NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans officials are celebrating the renovation of a downtown theater as another milestone in the city's recovery from Hurricane Katrina. A... more »
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Filmmaker and actor Tyler Perry has surprised middle school students in Ohio by showing up at a musical concert and donating $100,000... more »
NEW YORK - The New York Police Department is investigating allegations made by actress Amanda Bynes that she was sexually assaulted by officers arresting her... more »
PORTLAND, Ore. - An Oregon high school student is being charged with attempted murder after the authorities say he planned to attack his high school... more »