A woman just suspended from her job and escorted from a Kraft Foods plant in northeast Philadelphia returned with a handgun and opened fire Thursday, killing two people and critically injuring a third, police said.

A judge has denied the request of Huguette Clark"s relatives to appoint a guardian for the 104-year-old heiress, saying the claim relies on hearsay. Msnbc.com"s Bill Dedman reports.

Allen Dale June, one of the 29 original Navajo Code Talkers who confounded the Japanese during World War II by transmitting messages in their native language, has died. He was 91.

A spokesman for Iran"s mission to the U.N. says the American hiker who will be freed this weekend is the only woman among the three.

Authorities in the San Antonio area searched Thursday for a man who drove into a flooded road, making him the fourth person swept away by floodwaters from the remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine.

With nearly 170 homes destroyed by a Colorado wildfire that shows no signs of relenting, wind gusts of up to 60 mph threaten to drive flames into the heart of Boulder.