President Donald Trump fired off "Rocket Man."

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, the target of that verbal missile launch, shot back a flurry of taunts, calling America's leader "a rogue," "a frightened dog," a "gangster fond of playing with fire."

But it was one word that lighted up social media, sent countless masses thumbing through ...Read more

Former Senate leader Bob Dole hospitalized for low blood pressure

WASHINGTON -- Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., last week for low blood pressure, Fox News reported.

Dole, 94, and his wife, former Sen. Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C., tweeted confirmation of the story....Read more

MEXICO CITY -- As the search for the last possible survivors of this week's powerful earthquake intensified Friday, the scale of damage across central Mexico became more evident.

At least 3,000 buildings in the densely packed capital have suffered damage from the devastating 7.1 quake, Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera said, with a number of ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- Fretting about his possible role in the "Fat Leonard" bribery scandal, in late 2013 the Navy stripped the security clearance of its top spy, destroying the career of Vice Adm. Ted "Twig" Branch.

On Friday, the Navy closed its review with what it called appropriate administrative action for Branch, the former director of Navy ...Read more

CHICAGO--The final of five Wheaton College football players facing criminal charges in a 2016 hazing incident turned himself in Friday to police.

James Cooksey, 22, of Jacksonville, Fla., appeared at the Wheaton police station before 2 p.m. Friday. The other four players posted the required $5,000 bail -- 10 percent of their bonds -- and were ...Read more

ISTANBUL -- At least 21 people are dead after a fishing boat carrying migrants sank off Turkey's Black Sea coast Friday, according to the country's coast guard.

The boat capsized near the coastal town of Kefken in northwestern Turkey. The coast guard said that 40 people had been rescued.

The nationalities of those on board was unclear, as were...Read more

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump is considering a proposal to replace his controversial travel ban on six mostly Muslim countries with a set of "tailored" screening rules and restrictions that will depend on the threat from each country, administration officials said Friday.

The officials said Trump has not made a decision and it wasn't ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- An 11th person has died as a result of stifling heat at a Hollywood, Fla., nursing home that lost power during Hurricane Irma.

Constance Alice Thomas, 94, died Thursday at 8:58 a.m., more than a week after eight people succumbed to stifling heat at the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills.

Among those who died, ...Read more

MIAMI--Dee Thorne wants to change the name of her trailer from "Escapade" to "The Escape Pod."

Without the little trailer they bought in May, she and her husband, David, couldn't have evacuated from their home on Big Pine Key when Hurricane Irma was coming. Without it, they wouldn't have a place to live now that the storm is gone.

Their house ...Read more

A shallow magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck beneath the Pacific Ocean off the Northern California coast Friday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

No tsunami warnings were issued for the coast, according to the National Weather Service.

The temblor occurred at 12:50 p.m. at a depth of 2.5 miles, according to the USGS. Its ...Read more

MEXICO CITY -- Arriving in Mexico City after an absence of a few days is to arrive to a town transformed.

It remains a vibrant, dynamic metropolis, but there is an overwhelming sense of urgency, and disquiet. The city is disjointed several days after Tuesday's earthquake left scores dead and thousands homeless.

Pedestrians wander residential ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Senior aides to President Donald Trump repeatedly warned him not to deliver a personal attack on North Korea's leader at the United Nations this week, saying insulting the young despot in such a prominent venue could irreparably escalate tensions and shut off any chance for negotiations to defuse the nuclear crisis.

Trump's ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- A series of talks by controversial conservative speakers being planned at the University of California, Berkeley by right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos appears to be falling apart as the Sunday kickoff date approaches.

For starters, UC Berkeley officials say only four speakers have confirmed their visit with the university. ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- A man already charged with raping a Kansas City, Kan., woman is now charged with murder in her death in a traffic crash.

Wyandotte County prosecutors said Friday that Orlando Taylor, 35, is now charged with felony first-degree murder in the death of 39-year-old Shannon Keithley.

Keithley died the morning of Aug. 18 while ...Read more