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Inmates Halt Violence After Afghan Prison Riots

KABUL, Afghanistan – Rioting inmates at Kabul’s main prison agreed to halt violence late Monday and prison authorities restored supplies of water, electricity and food cut off a day earlier in an attempt to put down the revolt, officials said. The sounds of gunfire and inmates shouting “God is Great” …

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Capitol Police Call Off Alert for Suspicious Package

WASHINGTON – U.S. Capitol Police called off an alert Tuesday after a brief investigation of a suspicious package found in a parking garage of the Hart Senate Office Building. Police had announced that people should avoid the area, though Senate business in the building continued. No evacuations were ordered. There …

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Miners' Families Ask Congress for Help

WASHINGTON – A letter from a Sago coal miner trapped in the Jan. 2 disaster in West Virginia that killed him and 11 others described smoky conditions underground and his fading hope of being rescued, the man’s daughter disclosed at a congressional hearing Monday. Holding back tears, Sarah Bailey, the …

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