Mom calmed blood-soaked man after UK murder

A mom who confronted a blood-soaked, knife-carrying man moments after the apparently ideologically motivated murder of a British soldier said she did so in order to protect onlookers.

Lawmakers push new bill to crack down on military sexual assault

  The sponsor of a new bill to combat sexual assault in the military pledged Thursday that her legislation would ensure that “never again will a victim have to salute an assaulter."

Wall Street rises at midday after initial sell off

  The global rout in stocks that spread from the U.S. to Asia to Europe and back to the U.S. overnight stalled by midday Thursday, when investors found some stocks too cheap to resist.

OlyTalk: Lochte says Phelps will return soon

OlyTalk: Michael Phelps denies that he'll make a comeback to swimming, but his friend and top rival, Ryan Lochte, said Phelps will be back.

Jennifer Aniston strips in new movie trailer

  One of your 1990s "Friends" just got a heckuva lot more friendly. In the new trailer for her upcoming movie "We're the Millers," Jennifer Aniston plays a stripper who agrees to pretend to be a suburban mom to help Jason Sudeikis smuggle marijuana into the U.S.

Mom in labor as twister destroys hospital

When a devastating tornado touched down in Moore, Okla., on Monday afternoon, Shayla Taylor was on the upper floor of the local hospital, in active labor with her second child. “We were all just sitting there holding each other’s hands and praying,” Taylor, 25, told NBC News.

Solar-powered plane breaks distance record

The Swiss-made Solar Impulse plane landed in Dallas on Thursday, breaking the distance record for a solar-powered flight on the second leg of its coast-to-coast odyssey across America.

Bronx 'ghetto' tours stop amid residents' outrage