KAMPALA, Uganda – Al Shabaab gunmen attacked Kenyan police vehicles near Somalia’s border, injuring at least five officers and burning five cars, police said on Tuesday. Two officers were critically injured and three others sustained minor injuries in the attack in Garissa County, national Police Chief J.K. Boinnet said in …

NEW YORK – A 2-year-old girl is in serious but stable condition after falling from a third-floor window in Brooklyn. Police say it happened around 7 p.m. Wednesday on 44th street in the Borough Park section. The child, Nyjeana Civil, fell 30 feet and landed on the sidewalk. WCBS-TV says …

BOSTON – It’s disgusting enough to put you off snow cones for the rest of the summer. A Boston public works official says the towering piles of filthy snow left over from the city’s record-setting winter are even more grotesque than most people can imagine. Daniel Nee says one giant …

JERUSALEM – Israel’s state archive says Nazi mastermind Adolf Eichmann was allowed to see his wife shortly before his 1962 execution. The archive produced records on Monday of Vera Eichmann’s visit to Israel and logs of her spending 80 minutes with her husband in prison. Israel permitted the visit as …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Average Joe Time Magazine writes that one of the few things that could derail the Barack Obama campaign is his running mate, so it says the campaign is “hidin’ Biden.” Karen Tumulty compares traveling with Joe Biden to “reporting on a politician …

Religious groups and free-speech advocates are banding together to fight a United Nations resolution they say is being used to spread Sharia law to the Western world and to intimidate anyone who criticizes Islam. The non-binding resolution on “Combating the Defamation of Religion” is intended to curtail speech that offends …

In this “War Stories” Web exclusive, senior producer Martin Hinton reflects on traveling to Dong Ha, Vietnam, with Marine Corps legend Col. John Ripley who died, at age 69, last month. For four years I had the pleasure of traveling America and the world with Oliver North as a producer …

LOS ANGELES – Justin Gaston has certainly attracted a lot of attention thanks to being the older beau of tween sensation Miley Cyrus, but is the 20-year-old enjoying his new found fame a little too much? Gaston got his groove on Saturday night at Christian Audigier’s daughter Crystal’s birthday bash …

LOS ANGELES – Kate Hudson’s hot head of hair has gotten her into one explosive legal mess. In June, the “Fool’s Gold” starlet created and launched her own line of hair-care products alongside her longtime celeb stylist David Babaii, entitled David Babaii for WildAid. The eco-friendly collection of shampoos and …

This is part of the America’s Future series airing on FOX News Channel, looking at the challenges facing the country in the 21st century. CHICAGO — In an unassuming office in Des Moines, Iowa, law enforcement agents from state, federal, county and city agencies are all gathered under one roof …