FORT BRAGG, N.C. – The Army says a Special Forces trainee found dead this summer during a land navigation exercise in North Carolina was bitten by a poisonous water moccasin, also known as a cottonmouth. The military said Wednesday the autopsy of 20-year-old Pfc. Norman M. Murburg of Dade City, …

CAMDEN, New Jersey – The arrests seemed like a startling wakeup call to America: Federal authorities said a group of would-be terrorists were foiled in a plot to sneak onto a New Jersey military base and kill soldiers. The federal government argues that the May 2007 arrests of Serdar Tatar, …

Sheila Wartel suffered from acid reflux and the related condition of adult onset asthma for more than 20 years and couldn’t take it anymore. She was taking plenty of medicine, but it wasn’t relieving her symptoms. In fact, the side-effects were making her feel worse. “For years I was taking …

Parents looking for healthy meal choices for their children are likely to find slim pickings on the menus of the nation’s top restaurant chains, according to a report released Monday by a nonprofit public health group. Nearly every possible combination of the children’s meals at Kentucky Fried Chicken, Taco Bell, …

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. – Meet Hailey Jo Hauer and Xander Jace Riniker, both born at 8:08 a.m. on 8/8/08, weighing 8 pounds, 8 ounces, in neighboring states. • Click here to view photos. Xander, born at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is the eighth grandchild for his mother’s …

WASHINGTON – A loophole in a sweeping tobacco regulation bill would give the industry a 21-month window to introduce certain new products without first getting federal approval. The House last month overwhelmingly passed the legislation, which for the first time would empower federal public health authorities to regulate tobacco. Some …

This is a rush transcript of “Special Report With Brit Hume” from August 14, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) GEORGE BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Moscow must honor its commitment to withdraw its invading forces …

CLEVELAND – Hundreds of mourners filed into a church Friday to pay their respects to the late U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress. Tubbs Jones, 58, died Aug. 20 from a brain hemorrhage caused by a ruptured aneurysm. Cleveland resident Reba Ryan, …

NEW ORLEANS – Signs are emerging that history is repeating itself in the Big Easy, still healing from Katrina: People have forgotten a lesson from four decades ago and believe once again that the federal government is constructing a levee system they can prosper behind. In a yearlong review of …

JERUSALEM – A U.S. lawmaker introduced legislation Wednesday to strip former President Jimmy Carter’s Georgia-based scholarly institution of taxpayer support because of Carter’s plans to meet with the top leaders of the Palestinian terror group Hamas. And a second lawmaker presented a non-binding resolution that would urge former presidents from …