A middle school where a 14-year-old boy was shot and wounded in the neck by a fellow student had metal detectors, and school officials were investigating how the shooter made it past them.

Investigators are sifting through a Texas county prosecutor's case files seeking clues to why he might have been targeted, after a masked gunman fatally shot him in a brazen attack outside his office.

The singer performs an off-the-cuff rendition of the national anthem at a Super Bowl press conference, but admits she lip-synced the song at President Obama's inauguration last week.

An Alaska Airlines jetliner bound for Seattle made an emergency landing in Portland, Ore., Thursday night after the pilot lost consciousness, an airline spokesman said.

Fireworks for Lunar New Year celebrations exploded on a truck in central China, destroying part of an elevated highway. State media had conflicting reports on casualties.

A powerful blast rocked the Mexico City headquarters of oil giant Pemex, killing at least 25 people and injuring more than 100.

Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez announced Thursday night that he has relieved retired Cardinal Roger Mahony of his remaining duties and a former top aide to Mahony has stepped down from his current post, on the same night the church released thousands of pages of personnel files of priests accused of sexual abuse.