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Senate Votes to Allow Debate on Gun Legislation

WASHINGTON , DC — The Senate Thursday cleared the way for the debate on the first piece of major gun control legislation to be considered in that chamber in two decades.With families of victims of the...

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Boston Marathon

BOSTON —   3 Dead from Explosions at Boston Marathon, No Suspect in Custody, Police Confirm. Source : ABCNews The post Boston Marathon appeared first on MAYORS & CITIES.

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Mississippi Man Is Arrested in Sending of Suspicious Letters

JACKSON— Today at approximately 5:15 p.m. CDT, FBI special agents arrested Paul Kevin Curtis, the individual believed to be responsible for the mailings of the three letters sent through the U.S....

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One Suspect in Boston Bombing Is Dead, Second Is at Large, Police Say

NEW YORK — One of the two suspects wanted in Monday’s deadly Boston marathon bombing was killed in a dramatic standoff with police officers in Watertown, Mass. A manhunt was under way for the second...

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Boston Bombing Suspect Is in Police Custody

NEW YORK — The teenage suspect in the marathon bombings, whose flight from the police after a furious gunfight early Friday morning sparked an intense manhunt that virtually shut down the entire Boston...

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Senate Approves Bill to Address Air Traffic Delays

WASHINGTON, DC — Driven by bipartisan concerns over mounting airport delays, the Senate reached agreement Thursday night to give the secretary of transportation enough flexibility to bring the nation’s...

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U.S. Economy Grew at 2.5% Rate in First Quarter

NEW YORK — The American economy sped up in the first quarter of this year, with output expanding at an annualized pace of 2.5 percent, according to a Commerce Department report released Friday. Much of...

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Former President Mubarak of Egypt Is Freed From Prison and Flown to Hospital,...

EGYPT — Egypt’s military-appointed government removed former president Hosni Mubarak from a Cairo prison on Thursday, a day after an Egyptian court ruled that he could no longer be incarcerated,...

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Mayor Bob Filner of San Diego Agrees to Resign

SAN DIEGO — Mayor Bob Filner of San Diego agreed to resign on Friday under a barrage of sexual harassment complaints, offering an apology to his accusers while still denying the allegations and blaming...

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Tokyo Wins Bid to Host 2020 Summer Olympic Games

TOKYO — Tokyo was selected on Saturday to host the 2020 Olympic Summer Games, beating out Istanbul and Madrid in a major victory for a country still recovering from a nuclear plant meltdown. Tokyo,...

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