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  • UPDATE: West, Texas, Blast Site 'Just Like Iraq,' DPS Official Says
    Update, 12:15 a.m.: "An unbelievable tragedy" -- that's how D.L. Wilson of the Department of Public Safety described Wednesday night's fertilizer plant…
  • Panels from Action Comics No. 1, the first Superman comic, adorn the site of illustrator Joe Shuster's former apartment building, long since demolished.
    Cleveland Celebrates Superman, Its Hometown Hero
    Most people think of Superman as a native of Krypton, or perhaps the rural Kansas village of Smallville. Not so fast, say Clevelanders. The creators of the Man of Steel grew up in the city that steel built, and this year, Cleveland is pulling out all the stops for the superhero's 75th birthday.
  • Firefighters conduct a search and rescue on Thursday of an apartment building destroyed by an explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, late Wednesday. The massive explosion at the plant killed as many as 15 people and injured more than 160.
    Texas Fertilizer Plant Blast Killed Several, Injured Dozens
    As the day dawned, officials said an estimated 5 to 15 people were killed and more than 160 were wounded. It was feared those numbers might go higher. The cause of the fire that led to the explosion at a plant near Waco is under investigation.
  • UPDATE: How To Help The Victims Of The West Explosion
    Update, Saturday, 11:15 a.m.: Thinking about taking a carload or truckload of supplies to help out the people of West? Don't. The little town is…
  • Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., meets in his office last week with families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn. A bipartisan plan to expand background checks for gun buyers was defeated Wednesday in the Senate.
    Stubbornly, Manchin Maintains Optimism On Background Checks
    Sen. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat who lent his name to bipartisan legislation that would have extended background checks for gun purchasers to gun shows and online sales, isn't letting go. At least not yet. Others in the Senate, however, seem ready to move on.
  • Workers at a cooperative farm near Shanghai scatter fertilizer across fields of winter wheat. Image from the May issue of <em>National Geographic</em> magazine.
    Fertilizer Shows Its Deadly Side
    This week's explosion at the West Fertilizer Co. plant in Texas reminds us of the "cursed" side of the nitrogen that powers most of agriculture around the world. Through habit or necessity, we've come to depend on it. But there are costs.
  • Boston On Lockdown: 'Today Is So Much Scarier'
    With a manhunt underway for a suspect in Monday's bombings, the area in and around Boston has been virtually shut down. Transit isn't running, and most businesses and schools are closed. Most people are safe at home, but many are unnerved.
  • For Boston: A Dave McKenna Concert
    Fresh Air pays tribute to Boston with a 1988 performance by the late jazz pianist Dave McKenna. From 1981 to 1991, McKenna had a standing gig at Boston's Grand Dame Copley Plaza Hotel. He was also a loyal Red Sox fan. He died in 2008.
  • Boston Lifts Citywide 'Shelter In Place' Orders
    The Massachusetts state police held a press conference on the latest developments in the Boston Marathon bombing investigation.
  • Authorities Capture Younger Boston Bombing Suspect
    Boston authorities held a press conference after taking Dzhokhar Tsarnaev into custody.
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