(NECN) - Republican Senator John McCain has tapped Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, a conservative who shares his maverick streak, to be his vice presidential running mate. At 44, Palin is a generation younger than two of McCain's seven children. She...

(NECN/ABC) - Gustav plowed right across the island of Jamaica overnight, uprooting trees, ripping down power lines and damaging houses in its path. The storm had been expected to track way north of Jamaica, but a last minute change of direction had it...

(NECN/KOMO) - Two hikers from Massachusetts are stuck on a narrow mountain ledge in Washington State's North Cascade Mountains. Authorities say rescuers are close to the two hikers but were unable to get them off the mountain Thursday. They will resume...