Officials say 5th Santa Monica shooting victim dies

A gunman who killed four people in Santa Monica, California, before police shot him dead, acted alone, authorities said today.Meanwhile investigators have released a man who had been detained as a "person of interest".Sgt Richard Lewis, a Santa ...

The violence Friday began when the gunman, dressed in all black and wearing what appeared to be a ballistic jacket, opened fire on a house where two bodies were found, Police Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks said. Two officials said Friday night that the ...

Two men have been found dead in a fire-damaged home near the scene of a shooting outside a college in Santa Monica, California, a fire official said. Jeff Furrows, of the Santa Monica Fire Department, said there was extensive fire damage inside ...

By Stephanie Condon / CBS News/ June 7, 2013, 11:29 AM The small Silicon Valley town of Atherton, Calif., boasts one of the nation's priciest zip codes, but it's apparently no longer interested in footing the bill for political fundraisers. After ...

Reporters and photographers were evacuated from the West Wing of the White House early yesterday because of smoke from a faulty piece of equipment. US Secret Service spokesman Max Milien says that at about 7am smoke was seen coming out of a ...