Junior Seau, a homegrown superstar who was the fist-pumping, emotional leader of the San Diego Chargers for 13 years, was found shot to death at his home Wednesday morning in what police said appeared to be a suicide. He was 43.

Nationals rookie right fielder Bryce Harper reaches to catch a fly ball in the fourth inning. / By Gary A. Vasquez,, US Presswire LOS ANGELES (USA TODAY) — Wearing shorts, flip-flops and a Washington Nationals cap pressed down over his Mohawk haircut, baseball's latest phenom comes out of the dugout and greets several family members after the game, exchanging one hug after another.

With all due respect to the great Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the fight for civil rights and equality truly began on a national level on April 15th, 1947—the day Jackie Roosevelt Robinson officially debuted for the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Boston Braves. While he did not record a hit on the stat sheet in terms of baseball that day, for progress with race relations, he began the move towards …

George Zimmerman, the 28-year-old neighborhood watchman who shot and killed Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26 in Sanford, Fla., has been charged with second-degree murder in the 17-year-old's death. Zimmerman is being held without bail. "Just moments ago we spoke by phone with Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin," Angela Corey, the special prosecutor investigating the case, [...]

The "60 Minutes" newsman had such a fearsome reputation that it was often said that those were the most dreaded words in the English language, capable of reducing an interview subject to a shaking, …

LOS ANGELES, April 7 — Actress Amanda Bynes was arrested early yesterday morning in the Los Angeles-area community of West Hollywood on suspicion of drunk driving after her car struck a sheriff’s vehicle, a police spokesman said. Bynes, 26, was taken into custody around 3am after her black BMW apparently struck a Los Angeles County sheriff’s …

Following months of speculation, Google gave the world a sneak peak at its Project Glass plans, glasses which present visual information in front of your eyes, such as the temperature outside, time, and even messages from friends.

Millions of Americans nationwide jumped on the 1940 census website to search their family history in its newly revealed records — so many that servers were immediately overwhelmed, officials said.

Tim Tebow, dressed in green, met the media today at his first press conference with the New York Jets, indeed appearing for the first time as one himself. In front of a gathering of over 200 reporters at the Jets practice facility, the former Bronco QB seemed upbeat and positive, looking forward to getting out [...] Tim Tebow Disspells Rumors at First Jets Press Conference is a post from: The …

CHICAGO (Reuters) – At 71, former Vice President Dick Cheney was older than average for a heart transplant and had to wait longer than the typical patient as well — 20 months compared with a year or less. The fact that he was still able to receive a donor heart after surviving five heart attacks shows he must have been in excellent health, doctors said on Sunday. They also pointed to advances …