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Four Gaza rockets hit Israel after militant killed

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories — Four rockets fired from Gaza crashed into southern Israel on Sunday without harming anyone, Israeli police said, hours after an air strike killed a Hamas militant....

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New York City to shut down transit system ahead of Hurricane Sandy

New York City’s subway and bus services are due to grind to halt from Sunday night as a precaution against flooding ahead of the arrival of hurricane Sandy, it has been confirmed. Erring on the side...

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Hume blasts media for Benghazi coverage: Fox News did ‘all the heavy lifting’

Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume on Sunday lashed out at mainstream media organizations for not spending as much time as Fox News trying to determine what mistakes the Obama administration...

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SC Governor Haley wants hacker ‘brutalized’ after cyber attack

A hacker gained access to the Social Security and credit information for 77 percent of the state population of South Carolina, prompting an incensed response from Governor Nikki Haley Friday. “I want...

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Space capsule heads home from ISS

WASHINGTON — The unmanned Dragon space capsule set off from the International Space Station Sunday for the cargo-laden return trip to Earth after successfully delivering its first commercial payload,...

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Hurricane Sandy has Obama campaign worried: Axelrod

WASHINGTON — Barack Obama’s campaign is concerned that Hurricane Sandy could hurt the president’s re-election chances by keeping voters from going to the polls, a top strategist said Sunday....

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Drone strikes hit terror suspects in northern Yemen

SANAA — Suspected US drone strikes killed three Al-Qaeda militants on Sunday in the northern Yemeni province of Saada in the first such raid against the militant network there, tribal sources told...

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Ohio papers report dead heat between Obama and Romney

VANDALIA, Ohio — After trailing President Barack Obama for months in the most crucial battleground of the US election, Republican Mitt Romney has drawn even with his rival in Ohio, newspapers in the...

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Union members campaign for Obama in battleground state Ohio

There are few places in America where the dividing line in the 2012 election is as clear-cut as the desolate stretch that is Harrison Avenue on the outskirts of Canton, Ohio. On one side of the street...

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Andrew Sullivan: Romney ‘like an alien that ripped off his mask’ at debate

GOP strategist Nicole Wallace on Sunday said that it was not a problem that Republican nominee Mitt Romney was “like an alien that ripped off his mask” when he seemed to change positions during the...

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California Dems say hundreds of voter registrations were flipped

After contacting more than 350 voters sampled at random, a California newspaper says it found 30 people in a single county whose party affiliation was switched to Republican without their consent....

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Hurricane Sandy damage estimated to hit as much as $20 billion

Damage from the massive Hurricane Sandy battering the US East Coast could hit as much as $20 billion, disaster estimator Eqecat said Monday. Eqecat said total damage costs could run from $10 billion...

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Watch live: Paul Ryan campaigns in Jacksonville, Florida

Rep. Paul Ryan holds a campaign event in Jacksonville, Florida. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

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Google unveils large tablet and revamped Nexus lineup

Google on Monday unveiled a large-format tablet computer to compete against the original iPad as part of a revamped line of its Nexus devices, and touted a new music service for Europe. Google said on...

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New York Stock Exchange to remain shut Tuesday due to storm

The New York Stock Exchange said it would remain shut down for a second day Tuesday as Hurricane Sandy bore down on the city, threatening high winds and flooding. “We intend to re-open our US markets...

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Bloomberg News: Romney ‘rented’ Mormon church’s exemption to defer taxes for...

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney used a loophole to “rent” the Mormon church’s tax exemption status and defer paying taxes for 15 years, according to a new report. Tax returns obtained by...

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Many views of the storm from Internet webcams

WASHINGTON — Americans got an unparalleled view of the unprecedented storm hitting the eastern United States from the dozens of live webcams set up in the region. Officials were urging people to avoid...

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America’s 2011 drug war tally: One marijuana arrest every 42 seconds

New numbers released Monday by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Uniform Crime Reporting Program show that nearly half of all drug arrests in 2011 were marijuana-related, and of those...

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Watch live: Clinton and Biden campaign in Ohio

Joe Biden and Bill Clinton campaign in Youngstown, Ohio. Watch live, broadcast on NBC News on Oct. 29. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

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New Yorkers resist pleas to leave storm risk zones

Police toured flood-threatened districts of New York on Monday almost begging tens of thousands of hurricane refuseniks to move away from a looming mega-storm. With New York at a near standstill ahead...

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