Americans celebrated the nation’s 232nd birthday Friday with parades, backyard barbecues and planned fireworks displays. But all was not sunny as nasty weather threatened to dampen East Coast celebrations, and California wildfires spoiled plans on the West Coast. Boy Scouts in Hartford, Conn. rang a replica of the Liberty Bell, …

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea said Friday it gave a list of its nuclear programs to the United States in November, claiming it tried to meet commitments under an international disarmament agreement and accusing the U.S. of not doing its part to deliver aid. North Korea also said that …

This is a rush transcript from “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” January 16, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: Now with South Carolina just three days away, things are getting very interesting. The Huckabee — Huckabee camp, I should …

WASHINGTON – The deeper astronomers gaze into the cosmos, the more they find it’s a bizarre and violent universe. The research findings from this week’s annual meeting of U.S. astronomers range from blue orphaned baby stars to menacing “rogue” black holes that roam our galaxy, devouring any planets unlucky enough …

LOS ANGELES – A small helicopter crashed in the traffic lanes of a busy freeway, killing one person on the aircraft, officials said. The helicopter went down Friday night on the southbound lanes of Highway 110 in south Los Angeles, said Ron Myers, the city’s fire department spokesman. The aircraft …

New Orleans Saints Quarterback Drew Brees is siding with the free market against his bosses, writing in an op-ed Sunday that the NFL team owners’ argument — being heard in the Supreme Court this week — that they are one entity and therefore not violating antitrust laws would put an …

MARJAH, Afghanistan – Two U.S. rockets slammed into a home outside the southern Taliban stronghold of Marjah, killing 12 civilians after Afghanistan’s president appealed to NATO to take care in its campaign to seize the town. Inside Marjah, Marines encountered “death at every corner” on Sunday, their second day of …

The following are eyewitness accounts of a plane crashing into an Austin, Texas, office building where nearly 200 federal tax employees work. Officials identified the pilot as Joseph Stack, a 53-year-old software engineer, who crashed the plane intentionally. Stack was confirmed dead. — IRS Agent William Winnie said he was …

New advice from the American Cancer Society puts a sharper focus on the risks of prostate cancer screening, emphasizing that annual testing can lead to unnecessary biopsies and treatments that do more harm than good. The cancer society does not recommend routine screening for most men, a stance that hasn’t …

A sex offender suspected in the disappearance of Chelsea King served only five years in prison for molesting a girl a decade ago after prosecutors rejected a psychiatrist’s advice to seek a stiffer punishment, court documents state. Prosecutors said in 2000 that John Albert Gardner III’s lack of significant prior …