EUREKA, Calif. – A 5.0-magnitude earthquake hit about 120 miles off the Northern California early Sunday morning, near where a larger temblor prompted a brief tsunami warning last week, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (search). The quake struck at 1:27 a.m. and was centered about 130 miles west of …

The following is a transcribed excerpt of ‘FOX News Sunday,’ June 26, 2005. FOX NEWS SUNDAY’ HOST CHRIS WALLACE: The Sunday Times of London reports that U.S. officials have held two secret meetings with insurgent commanders in Iraq. There were no breakthroughs in efforts to end the violence but more …

NEW YORK – Katie Holmes (search) says she’s more in love with Tom Cruise (search) with each passing day. “I’ve got to tell you, the most extraordinary thing happened to me one day in April when I met Tom,” she told syndicated TV show “Access Hollywood” in an interview set …

At least five deaths have been linked to improper use of portable electricity generators in areas hit by Hurricane Katrina, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Dozens of other people have been injured after inhaling carbon monoxide from generators, said commission spokeswoman Patty Davis. In at least several of …

NEW YORK – Wachovia Corp. (WB) Monday said it would buy Westcorp Inc. (WES) and WFS Financial Inc. (WFSI) for nearly $4 billion in stock to expand its presence in the auto lending business. The No. 4 U.S. bank, striking a deal rumored over the past three weeks, will pay …

WASHINGTON – Afghanistan’s army is not ready to take control of the country’s south, despite reported successes that coalition forces are having against the insurgency there, the U.S. commander in the south said Friday. “The Afghan national army is a work in progress,” said Army Col. Kevin Owens (search), who …

GALVESTON, Texas – Hurricane Rita (search) gained power and headed toward a collision with the nation’s biggest concentration of oil refineries along the Texas coast, raising new fears about the nation’s gasoline supply and prices at the pump. Oil companies on Wednesday began closing refineries, including two of the largest …

PORT ARTHUR, Texas – Nearly four days after Hurricane Rita (search) hit, many of the storm’s sweltering victims along the Texas Gulf Coast (search) were still waiting for electricity, gasoline, water and other relief Tuesday, prompting one top emergency official to complain that people are “living like cavemen.” In the …

WASHINGTON – Conservative lawmakers poised to eliminate key provisions of the landmark 32-year-old Endangered Species Act (search) encountered unexpected support Wednesday: some environmentalists and liberal Democrats said they agree with some of the changes. “There is a recognition that the current critical habitat arrangement doesn’t work, for a whole host …

BRIGHTON, England – Prime Minister Tony Blair (search) said Sunday he had not expected the ferocity of the insurgency in Iraq, but he insisted British troops would stay as long as the Iraqi government needed them. As Blair’s governing Labor Party (search) gathered for its annual conference, the prime minister …