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Residents: We smelled gas before deadly blast

A massive explosion sent flames roaring through a neighborhood south of San Francisco on Thursday night, destroying 38 homes and leaving at least four dead.

NYC imam: No meeting planned with pastor

An imam at the center of the controversy over a mosque near ground zero said there was no meeting planned with a Florida minister who previously threatened to burn Qurans,  NBC News reported.

Florida pastor's daughter says "he needs help"

The estranged daughter of a U.S. pastor who has threatened to burn copies of the Koran believes he has gone mad and needs help, she said in a German media interview conducted on Friday.

9/11 politicized by Islam controversies

In the past, the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks was marked by somber reflection and a call to unity, devoid of politics. No more.

La. teen's arrest linked to parents' deaths

Deputies arrested a 10th grader at West Ouachita High School on Friday, and the sheriff's office said the teen was linked to the death of his parents.

Colo. fire crews had 'very good night'

Fire crews held a wildfire outside of Boulder at bay Friday, allowing some 2,000 evacuees to return home with a warning to be prepared to flee again.

Igor regains strength, now tropical storm

Igor has regained tropical storm strength as it moves across the open Atlantic Ocean.

Iran: Release of U.S. hiker 'canceled'

Iran cancelled the planned release of a detained American woman because the legal process is not completed, Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi was quoted as saying on Friday.

Judge: Military's gay ban is unconstitutional

A federal judge in Southern California rules that the U.S. military's ban on openly gay service members is unconstitutional.

Mo. man accused of keeping woman as sex slave

Five Missouri men are accused of taking part in the sexual torture of a young woman allegedly kept as a sex slave by one of the men and forced to work as a stripper, prosecutors announced Thursday.