From: USA TODAY on Tue, Jun 28 2011 4:45 PM

Roy O’Connell, 74, and his wife Lynn, 69, of Springfield, Va. stay active with this tennis-like game.

From: USA TODAY on Tue, Jun 28 2011 4:45 PM

Roy O’Connell, 74, and his wife Lynn, 69, of Springfield, Va. stay active with this tennis-like game.

From: USA TODAY on Tue, Jun 28 2011 4:45 PM

At least one suicide bomber blew himself up late Tuesday night inside a Western-style hotel in Kabul, police said. A guest said he heard gunfire echoing throughout the five-story building. There was no immediate word on casualties. (June 28)

From: USA TODAY on Tue, Jun 28 2011 4:44 PM

One of the most significant changes in child safety in decades takes effect this week, banning the manufacture, sale and resale of drop-side cribs. This style of crib has been blamed for the deaths of several dozen children. (June 28)

From: USA TODAY on Tue, Jun 28 2011 2:37 PM

Efforts are underway both in Washington, DC and across the nation to help suffering soldiers in new ways.

From: USA TODAY on Tue, Jun 28 2011 2:37 PM

Montgomery County Police say more local gangs are using social media to communicate with others, even coordinating criminal activity.

From: USA TODAY on Tue, Jun 28 2011 2:37 PM

Student fulfills his parents' dreams by graduating from high school... first in his class, and also becoming the first Latino at Reading High School to achieve the title of valedictorian. Video by Andrew Hido, as part of a News 21 project.

From: USA TODAY on Tue, Jun 28 2011 1:31 PM

A Massachusetts teenager fell 20 feet when he tumbled over the side of a public transit escalator. He admits he had been drinking before the fall. He suffered a broken elbow. (June 28)

From: USA TODAY on Tue, Jun 28 2011 1:31 PM

Political unrest in Syria is helping keep tourists away, hurting restaurants and hotels and taking a chunk out of the country’s economy. (June 28)

From: USA TODAY on Tue, Jun 28 2011 1:31 PM

President Barack Obama is acting within the law in ordering U.S. military attacks against Libya, a top State Department lawyer told a Senate panel sharply divided over the commander in chief’s authority in the 3-month-old conflict. (June 28)

From: USA TODAY on Tue, Jun 28 2011 11:21 AM

Rescuers in Hunan province needed an axe and a circular saw to free a 5-year-old boy trapped between walls, Chinese state media reported Tuesday. (June 28)

From: USA TODAY on Tue, Jun 28 2011 7:10 AM

A first-of-its-kind program in Fort Worth, Texas is giving frequent 9-1-1 callers a new way to get help. And the ambulance company that runs it is saving millions in the process. (June 28)

From: USA TODAY on Tue, Jun 28 2011 6:04 AM

Wearing face masks to ward off the smell of death, jurors on Monday walked through the home of a Cleveland man charged with killing 11 women and living among their corpses. (June 27)

From: USA TODAY on Mon, Jun 27 2011 10:20 PM

New York’s wedding and party industry anticipates a run on its services after the legislature legalizes gay marriage. (June 27)

From: USA TODAY on Mon, Jun 27 2011 9:14 PM

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to let California regulate the sale or rental of violent video games to children, saying governments do not have the power to "restrict the ideas to which children may be exposed" (June 27)

From: USA TODAY on Mon, Jun 27 2011 7:02 PM

A 16-year-old high school basketball standout from Indiana is trying to recover from serious injuries suffered in a plane crash that claimed his family. For Austin Hatch, this is the second time he has survived a crash. (June 27)

From: USA TODAY on Mon, Jun 27 2011 7:02 PM

With a first-ever U.S. default looming ever closer, President Barack Obama has taken personal charge of talks on slashing the deficit, but Democrats and Republicans are still far apart on spending cuts and taxes. (June 27)

From: USA TODAY on Mon, Jun 27 2011 3:53 PM

International judges order the arrest of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, his son and his intelligence chief for orchestrating the killing, injuring, arrest and imprisonment of hundreds of civilians during a popular revolt. (June 27)

From: USA TODAY on Mon, Jun 27 2011 2:52 PM

Jurors deliberating in the corruption trial of ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich told a judge that they have reached a verdict on 18 of the 20 counts against him, and attorneys in the case have agreed that the verdict should be read. (June 27)

From: USA TODAY on Mon, Jun 27 2011 2:52 PM

Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann entered the GOP presidential race on Monday with an announcement in her childhood hometown of Waterloo, Iowa. Iowa is where a recent poll suggests that Bachmann will be a strong force. (June 27)