The Connecticut woman, Miriam Carey, who was shot and killed by police after taking them on a high-speed chase past the capitol after crashing into a barrier at the White House was suffering from postpartum depression according to her mother.
President Obama has canceled an upcoming trip to Asia because of the partial U.S. government shutdown, which entered its fourth day on Friday.
President Barack Obama is demanding that Republican House Speaker John Boehner "stop this farce" and allow a vote on a spending bill to reopen the U.S. government.
The Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO, the operator of the Fukushima power plant, announced another spill at the wrecked nuclear reactor site. This time approximately 115 gallons of toxic waste water spilled and in all likelihood ended up in the Pacific Ocean according to the power company on Thursday.