JERUSALEM – Raised without religion in Maryland, Shannon sought to make a new life for herself as a Jew in Israel. In a rigorous conversion process, she studied religious law for a year, took a Hebrew name and changed her wardrobe to long skirts and sleeves as dictated by Orthodox …

NEW YORK – Gunfire erupted in the storied Waldorf-Astoria hotel during a brazen robbery attempt Saturday at a lobby jewelry store, wounding a security guard and sending guests diving for cover. The 54-year-old guard, Gregory J. Boyle, was shot in the chest but was expected to survive. A suspect was …

The pirates who seized a Saudi oil supertanker in a brazen hijacking dropped anchor near a Somalia fishing village as a Somali official vowed to rescue the vessel and “use force if necessary.” The ship anchored near the impoverished village of Harardhere, a pirate stronghold some 265 miles by land …

DENVER – A man used a hydrogen-peroxide powered jet pack to travel 1,500 feet across the Royal Gorge near Canon City on Monday. Daredevil Eric Scott said it was incomparable to anything he’d done in the past, saying he’d never gone that far or had such a huge gap below. …

ASPEN, Colo. – The Pitkin County Sheriff’s office identified a family of four found dead at an Aspen home with high levels of carbon monoxide. The sheriff’s office said Saturday the family was 39-year-old Parker Lofgren, 42-year-old Caroline Lofgren, and their children Owen, 10, and Sophie, 8. The sheriff’s office …

Fox has local affiliates all over the country, and sometimes one of their stories catches our eye. Like when a woman in Ohio says Elvis is still alive, and she has the DNA to prove it. Click for classic photos of Elvis Presley. This from Fox News 8 in Cleveland, …

LONDON – British officials think U.S. President-elect Barack Obama will press them to contribute as many as 2,000 additional troops to fight in Afghanistan and that the U.K. will have a hard time turning him down, the British Broadcasting Corp. reported Thursday. Despite warnings that Britain’s military is overstretched by …

DALLAS – A homeowner who answered his door to find a robber pointing a gun at him grabbed the handgun and fatally shot the man, police said. A second robber who also was at the door demanding money ran away, and the homeowner was uninjured in the Sunday night attack, …

A McDonald’s cashier called 911 after a Vero Beach drive-thru customer allegedly offered to pay for his meal with marijuana. The Indian River County Sheriff’s Office said the cashier called Monday with a description of the vehicle the suspect had been riding in. A deputy spotted the vehicle, found marijuana …

John McCain and Barack Obama faced off Tuesday night in their second presidential debate, held at Belmont University in Nashville. Click on the following links for video of the candidates responses to questions from the audience in the event, which followed a town hall format. Candidates on the financial meltdown …