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One suspect has been arrested in a suspected stabbing attack at a Houston-area community college campus, where 14 people were injured Tuesday morning. Robert Raza, a spokesman with Cy-Fair EMS, confirmed to Fox 26 News that there were 14 total victims at the Lone Star College Cy-Fair Campus, 12 of whom were taken to hospitals.

CYPRESS, Texas (AP) , A sheriff's official says one person has been arrested in a suspected stabbing attack at a Houston-area community college campus. Alan Bernstein of the Harris County Sheriff's Office...

California lawmakers have submitted legislation that would require group insurance to cover gay and lesbian infertility treatments just as they do heterosexual. The problem is, the law would apply to anyone, regardless of gender.

BEIRUT , Al Qaeda's branch in Iraq said it has merged with Syria's extremist Jabhat al-Nusra, a move that shows the rising confidence of radicals within the Syrian rebel movement and is likely to trigger renewed fears among its international backers.

The U.S. Navy will next year deploy a working shipborne laser to shoot down drones and disable small vessels, officials said Monday at the services' annual Air-Sea-Space Expo, touting the futuristic weapon as a cost-saving measure.

STANLEY, N.C. (AP) , A North Carolina man tearfully begged authorities to hurry to his house to rescue his daughter and her cousin, who were buried when the walls of a 24-foot deep pit he dug on his property collapsed. Jordan Arwood, 31, was operating a backhoe Sunday night in the pit when the walls collapsed and he called 911.

A Massachusetts man is facing charges after he killed a bear in his backyard. Richard Ahlstrand, of Auburn, was was refilling his bird feeder Friday night when he found himself face-to-face with a 400-pound bear. "I didn't have time to aim through the sights, but I aimed in the direction of the head on this thing and I pulled the trigger before it got to me. It just dropped," Mr.

WASHINGTON (AP) , Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is recommending that military commanders be stripped of their ability to reverse criminal convictions of service members, a move that comes in response to a congressional uproar over an Air Force officer's decision to overturn a guilty verdict in a sexual assault case, U.S. officials said Monday.

The United States will join 29 other naval powers for a massive sea drill to practice mine-sweeping and ship-escort maneuvers in the Persian Gulf. The International Mine Countermeasures Exercise is set for May 3-30, The Jerusalem Post reported.

Former first lady Nancy Reagan said Monday that the "very special relationship" her husband and Margaret Thatcher had with each other helped to keep the globe safe during their times in office. "Ronnie and Margaret were political soul mates, committed to freedom and resolved to end communism," Mrs. Reagan said in a statement after Thatcher's death earlier in the day.

Eleven relatives of those killed during the Sandy Hook tragedy will be flown into Washington, D.C., on Air Force One Monday so they can urge senators personally to back gun control legislation. Nonprofit Sandy Hook Promise said that after President Obama's speech on gun control in Hartford, he is flying back to Washington with the relatives. The White House said Mr.

Pastor Terry Jones , who was sentenced to death by an Egyptian court in November for his ties to a film about Muslims that sparked Islamic riots , is planning a mass Koran burning to mark the 12th anniversary of Sept. 11.

ANALYSIS: Chinese officials recently have called for an easing of tensions on the nearby Korean Peninsula, but have neither identified the North as an antagonist nor indicated they will pressure Pyongyang, which relies on Chinese fuel and food aid.

A father who was trying to eat with his family at Burger King was able to defeat an armed robber by pulling his own weapon and shooting at him, Miami police said. It was at the height of lunch...

China's military and defense ministry on Sunday confirmed that military forces in a border region near North Korea conducted live-fire drills amid tensions between North Korea and the United States. The Pentagon, meanwhile, canceled a planned test launch of a Minuteman III ballistic missile to avoid further upsetting ties with North Korea.