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  • Jan. 15, 2009: As the U.S. Airways jet they had been on sinks into the Hudson River, passengers are rowed away. This isn't <a href="https://twitter.com/jkrums/status/423458459737419777">the iconic (and now copyrighted) photo</a> that helped transform Twitter. But it does give a sense of what it was like that day, 5 years ago.
    5 Years Ago Sully Landed On The Hudson And Twitter Took Off
    On Jan. 19, 2009, Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and his crew successfully ditched their crippled U.S. Airways jet in the river off Manhattan. The 155 people on board were saved. A photo of the floating plane went up minutes later on Twitter. That "changed everything" for the social media site.
  • Jobs Pitchman Takes Labor Department's Show On the Road
    Raising the minimum wage, extending unemployment benefits and attacking income inequality are all on the Obama administration's domestic agenda. And they all fall under the purview of Labor Secretary Tom Perez, who has only been on the job since July.
  • Florida Bill Would Allow Medical Marijuana For Child Seizures
    This variety of the drug has very little of the primary component that produces the high. Families have been moving to Colorado to get access to the therapy.
  • For A Better Bobsled, Team USA Turns To Race Cars
    It's been 78 years since the U.S. brought home Olympic gold in the two-man bobsled event. After the last Winter Games, the Americans took a look at their aging sled — and decided to ditch it for a new BMW-designed one. Will it help them win gold?
  • Earlier this month, Hal Faulkner (left), 79, received his new papers from two Marines after having his military status changed to "honorable discharge." Faulkner died Tuesday.
    Hal Faulkner, Marine Whose Last Wish Was An Honorable Discharge, Dies
    In 1956, Faulkner was given an "undesirable" discharge because he was gay. About a year ago, Faulkner learned he had terminal cancer. The Marines expedited a change in his status and earlier this month Faulkner's discharge was changed to "honorable." He died Tuesday at the age of 79.
  • Food truck owner Ange Posey prepares to cook for a lunch crowd at Cohab's new kitchen incubator in downtown Shreveport.
    Cohab in Shreveport fires up its kitchen incubator
    Louisiana’s first kitchen incubator for culinary entrepreneurs has opened in downtown Shreveport. The rentable-by-the-hour commercial kitchen is located...
  • Former Vatican Chief Prosecutor of Clerical Sexual Abuse Charles Scicluna, appearing at the U.N.'s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva, on Thursday.
    Vatican Comes Under U.N. Scrutiny Over Priest Abuse Scandal
    The Committee on the Rights of the Child takes church officials to task for their handling of sex abuse allegations, saying the Holy See must "take all appropriate measures" to keep children safe.
  • The prescription painkiller sold under the brand-name Vicodin contains hydrocodone bitartrate and acetaminophen. To reduce the risk of liver damage, the Food and Drug Administration is moving to limit the amount of acetaminophen allowed in prescription medicines.
    FDA Asks Doctors To Stop Prescribing High-Dose Acetaminophen
    Acetaminophen overdoses, many of which are inadvertent, are a leading cause of acute liver failure. People taking several kinds of drugs may not realize that more than one of them can contain acetaminophen.
  • Obama's NSA Speech: Just What Eisenhower Warned About?
    VIDEO: On Jan. 17, 1961, Ike spoke to the nation about a military-industrial complex. He said "an alert and knowledgeable citizenry" must help safeguard security and liberty. Friday, exactly 53 years later, Obama will speak about surveillance programs that critics say threaten civil liberties.
  • Back row from left, Judge Walid Akoum, Judge Janet Nosworthy, Presiding Judge David Re, Judge Micheline Braidy and Judge Nicola Lettier await the start of a trial at the courtroom of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon in Leidschendam, Netherlands, on Thursday.
    Trial Starts For Suspects In Ex-Lebanese Leader's Slaying
    The four Hezbollah members accused of killing former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 2005 are being tried in absentia. Prosecutors in Leidschendam, Netherlands, said Thursday they have pieced together mobile phone data allegedly used by the plotters. Hezbollah has denied any role in the killing.
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