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Key city of Aspen planners leaving for private practice

Two key players in Aspen City Hall who set the development agenda are leaving their posts to go into the private sector. Aspen Public Radio’s Carolyn…

Attendees at a Donald Trump rally in Manassas, Va., take part in a prayer and moment of silence after the San Bernardino, Calif., shootings.

'God Isn't Fixing This' Argument Divides Even More In Gun Debate

For many fed up with the now seemingly routine shootings and the lack of policy action, pleas to God aren't enough. But is that fair?

Obama On Access To Weapons: 'It's Just Too Easy'

President Obama spoke Thursday, calling for thoughts and prayers for the victims of Wednesday's shooting in San Bernardino, and saying "we all have a part to play" in preventing such violence.

Federal prosecutors said Don Blankenship operated Massey Energy as a "lawless enterprise." He's seen here leaving a federal courthouse in Charleston, W.Va., on Nov. 17, when the jury began deliberations.

Former Coal CEO Blankenship Found Guilty Of Conspiracy In Mine Disaster Case

Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship was acquitted of two other counts, meaning he'll face far less than the potential 30-year prison sentence prosecutors had sought.

Behind-the-scenes work to reduce injuries and infections in hospitals has paid off. Further improvements may be more challenging.

Hospital Injury Rates Plateau, After 3 Years Of Decline

Hospitals have averted many types of injuries where clear preventive steps have been identified. But complications with less clear-cut solutions remain a problem, a government report finds.

Pictures of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims are displayed as California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein speaks during a 2013 Senate hearing. Wednesday's shooting in San Bernardino, which killed 14 people, was the deadliest since the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook, which left 26 people dead.

A Tally Of Mass Shootings In The U.S.

The shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., was the 355th mass shooting in the U.S. so far this year, or a little more than one per day. And it wasn't even the only mass shooting on Wednesday.

German nudist August Engelhardt sits in front of his thatched tent-like hut on the island of Kabakon (in what is now Papua New Guinea) with the books that he brought with him from Germany. In 1902, he moved to the South Pacific to start a utopian cult that revolved around two orbs: the coconut and the sun.

Death By Coconut: A Story Of Food Obsession Gone Too Far

August Engelhardt believed coconuts were a nutritional and spiritual panacea. So in 1902, he sailed to the South Pacific to start a utopian cult that survived only on the fruit. It ended calamitously.

A general view shows a residential estate in front of the Ferrybridge C power station, near Knottingley in northern England, on November 10, 2015. The coal fired power station is owned by energy company SSE, and is expected to close by the end of March 2016. (Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images)

Britain Shifts Away From Coal, Will Close Power Stations In 10 Years

The plan to close all U.K. coal-fired plants by 2025 would make it the first industrialized nation to eliminate coal-fired power generation.

On Eve Of Big Vote, Germany Expected To Join Campaign Against ISIS

The German parliament votes Friday on whether to send military support for French attacks on ISIS in Syria. The measure is expected to pass the Bundestag.

A Day Later, Investigation Into San Bernardino Attacks Deepens

Ammunition and tools for explosives were found in the car and home of the San Bernardino shooting suspects. A day after the attack, the investigation is widening and the region is struggling to cope.

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