The group of Muslims planning to build a 13-story Islamic center and mosque near ground zero appears plagued by divisions that raise questions about the future of the project.

Transocean Ltd., the owner of the doomed rig leased by BP, says BP's internal investigation into the explosion and Gulf  oil spill covered up the critical factor leading to the tragedy: the  well design.

The slow moving remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine caused water rescues, evacuations and commuting headaches in central Texas, just as a new tropical storm formed in the deep Atlantic.

For a city already struggling with high unemployment, widespread foreclosures and deep budget cuts, here was another crisis: Wind-whipped fires tearing through row after row of homes, some of them abandoned.

The number of homes destroyed by a wildfire ripping through foothills near Boulder has hit 136, authorities say.

An angry crowd greeted Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck with boos, whistles and chants of "justicia!" Wednesday night at a community meeting intended to calm residents after the fatal police shooting of a knife-wielding man.

The Dalai Lama has given $50,000 from his personal trust to support research into the science behind kindness and compassion at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Seldom visible in the Yemeni mountains, the elite U.S. commandos training the Yemen's military represent the Obama administration's quest to fight terrorism without inflaming anti-American sentiment.

A federal judge Wednesday ordered a mental evaluation for an ex-soldier accused of taking hostages at gunpoint at a Georgia military hospital while he demanded psychological treatment.

Elderly heiress Huguette Clark's attorney has responded to an effort by her relatives to oust him by ridiculing them as Johnny-come-latelies. Msnbc.com's Bill Dedman reports.