The Wire

  • Up to 60 injured after car drives into Va. parade

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 5:22pm

    (AP) — An emergency official says about 50 to 60 people were injured after car drove into a group of hikers at a parade in a small Virginia town.

  • Emergency official: 50 to 60 injured in Va. parade crash, 3 flown by helicopter; no fatalities

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 5:19pm

    (AP) — Emergency official: 50 to 60 injured in Va. parade crash, 3 flown by helicopter; no fatalities.

  • Red Wings beat Blackhawks 4-1, even series

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 5:14pm

    (AP) — In case they weren't aware already, the Chicago Blackhawks now know they're going to have to earn it if they want to get past Detroit.

  • 20 flights without bags after Egypt airport strike

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 5:12pm

    (AP) — Egyptian officials say baggage handlers in Cairo's airport have gone on strike to protest a colleague's death, leaving passengers on 20 international flights from Europe and Arab countries waiting several hours for luggage.

  • Reporter remembers fear in Videla's Argentina

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 5:11pm

    (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.

  • First lady to high school grads: Live your dreams

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 5:08pm

    (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.

  • Member of Pakistani cricket star's party killed

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 4:58pm

    (AP) — Police say gunmen on a motorcycle have shot and killed a senior member of a leading Pakistani political party.

  • Police call fatal NYC shooting a hate crime

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 4:54pm

    (AP) — Police say a gunman used anti-gay slurs before fatally shooting a 32-year-old man in New York City's Greenwich (GREN'-ich) Village.

  • Assad: Syria transition talks are internal matter

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 4:52pm

    (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a newspaper interview Saturday he won't step down before elections and that the United States has no right to interfere in his country's politics, 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.

  • Will Power grabs early lead in race for Indy pole

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 4:47pm

    (AP) — Australia's Will Power found extra speed during Saturday morning's practice, then posted a four-lap qualifying average of 228.844 mph to tentatively grab the Indianapolis 500 pole.

  • Spezza to return to Senators lineup for Game 3

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 4:44pm

    (AP) — Jason Spezza doesn't have much time to return to form if the Ottawa Senators want to extend their season.

  • Suspect identified in fatal Hofstra home invasion

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 4:37pm

    (AP) — A wanted man with a criminal history dating back nearly 15 years was identified by police Saturday as the masked home invader involved in the death of a Hofstra University student early Friday morning.

  • Beckham captains PSG in last home game

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 4:37pm

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

  • Witnesses: Car drives into crowd at Va. parade

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 4:37pm

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

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

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 4:36pm

    (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.

  • FBI searches apartment in ricin letter case

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 4:26pm

    Updated on May 18, 2013 at 5:20pm

    (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.

  • 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.

  • Venturi had precious friendship with Byron Nelson

    Posted on May 18, 2013 at 4:06pm

    Updated on May 18, 2013 at 4:07pm

    (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.