The Wire

  • FBI searches apartment in ricin letter case

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 4:26pm

    (AP) — Authorities in hazardous materials suits searched a downtown Spokane apartment Saturday, investigating the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin.

  • Witnesses: Car drives into crowd at Va. parade

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 4:22pm

    (AP) — Witnesses in southwestern Virginia said a car drove into a crowd at a parade Saturday and hurt several people, but the nature of their injuries wasn't immediately known.

  • Federer, Nadal to renew rivalry in Rome final

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 4:22pm

    (AP) — Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will renew their rivalry in the Italian Open final Sunday — exactly a week before the French Open starts.

  • McDowell beats Colsaerts at World Match Play

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 4:14pm

    (AP) — Graeme McDowell reached the semifinals of the World Match Play Championship after knocking out defending champion Nicolas Colsaerts, whose day include the bizarre moment of taking a penalty drop inside a restroom.

  • Obama takes Cabinet secretaries out to play golf

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 4:13pm

    (AP) — President Barack Obama has taken two Cabinet secretaries out for a round of golf — in the rain.

  • Reporter remembers fear in Videla's Argentina

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 4:08pm

    (AP) — It was just about a day after Argentine strongman Jorge Rafael Videla had seized power in March of 1976, and the bloodletting was already beginning.

  • Beckham captains PSG in last home game

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 4:08pm

    (AP) — With fans chanting his name, David Beckham began his final home game before retirement as captain of Paris Saint-Germain.

  • Venturi had precious friendship with Byron Nelson

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 4:06pm

    (AP) — Ken Venturi was a 14-year-old with a camera trying to get a picture of Byron Nelson when he first met the golfer who would become a mentor and dear friend.

  • Pimlico infield safe and sound for Preakness

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 3:56pm

    (AP) — In front of one stage, a mother propped her young child on her shoulders while watching the country music group Florida Georgia Line.

  • Witnesses: Car strikes crowd at Va. parade

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 3:55pm

    (AP) — Witnesses in southwestern Virginia say a car has driven into a crowd at a parade. Several people appear to be hurt, but the nature of their injuries wasn't immediately known.

  • Witnesses: Car crashes into parade crowd in Virginia; several are hurt; police on scene

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 3:49pm

    (AP) — Witnesses: Car crashes into parade crowd in Virginia; several are hurt; police on scene.

  • Obama agenda marches on despite controversies

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 3:46pm

    (AP) — Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of wrongdoing close to the Oval Office.

  • Suspect identified in fatal Hofstra home invasion

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 3:46pm

    (AP) — Police have identified the alleged home invader involved in the death of a New York college student early Friday morning.

  • Red Wings beat Blackhawks 4-1, even series

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 3:44pm

    (AP) — Damien Brunner and Brendan Smith scored in the second period and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-1 Saturday in Game 2 to even their Western Conference semifinal series.

  • Suspected US drone in Yemen kills 4 militants

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 3:33pm

    (AP) — Yemeni security officials say a suspected US drone strike killed four al-Qaida militants in the country's south.

  • Wrestling rules changed to keep sport in Olympics

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 3:25pm

    Updated on May 18, 2013 at 3:26pm

    (AP) — Wrestling's governing body hopes rule changes designed to make matches more exciting and easier to understand will get the sport back in the Olympics.

  • First lady to high school grads: live your dreams

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 3:23pm

    (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama has some advice for some Tennessee high school graduates: strike your own path in college and life and work to overcome inevitable failures with determination and grit.

  • Syria's Assad says he won't step down

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 3:21pm

    (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a newspaper interview Saturday he won't step down and will instead "face the storm," raising new doubts about a U.S-Russian effort to get Assad and his opponents to negotiate an end to the country's civil war.

  • French president signs gay marriage into law

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 3:14pm

    (AP) — France will see its first gay weddings within days, after French President Francois Hollande signed a law Saturday authorizing marriage and adoption by same-sex couples and ending months of nationwide protests and wrenching debate.

  • Official: 'Amazing' no one died in train crash

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 3:09pm

    (AP) — Officials described a devastating scene of shattered cars and other damage where two trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in Connecticut, saying Saturday it's fortunate that no one was killed and that there weren't even more injuries.