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A New York law that requires mental health professionals to report potentially violent patients probably won't accomplish much, specialists say. Studies show that even highly trained professionals are often wrong about which patients become violent.

The number of deaths by suicide in the U.S. military surged to a record 349 last year — more than the 295 Americans who died fighting in Afghanistan in 2012. The numbers were first reported by the AP; NPR has confirmed them.

The veteran Washington Post reporter says a White House aide threatened him over a story about President Obama's role in sequestration.

Neil Heslin, whose 6-year-old son was killed in Sandy Hook, cried while telling a Senate Committee that guns have not been adequately regulated. He said the day he lost his son was the saddest and worst day of his life.

The church's cardinals can start the process of choosing a new pope right after Benedict's resignation takes effect later this week — rather than wait the 15 days that rules had required. One cardinal, Keith O'Brien of Britain, has stepped down after being accused of inappropriate behavior.

A Fox Lake County police officer was killed Tuesday morning in a suburb north of Chicago. Local and federal officers are searching for the suspected killers.

Committees are looking at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration after questions arose about how it handles recalls, including General Motors' recall over faulty ignition switches.

Seven public media stations in Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia, led by Louisville Public Media, have been awarded a $445,000 grant from the Corporation…

What began as a company's suspicion that its infrastructure was being hacked turned into a case of a worker outsourcing his own job to a Chinese consulting firm, according to reports that cite an investigation by Verizon's security team. The man was earning a six-figure salary.

Milan police report that their officers shot and killed the suspect in the Berlin Christmas market attack. Anis Amri, 24, a Tunisian asylum seeker, had been at large since the attack Monday night.