File photo. iStock/Thinkstock(MCEWEN, Tenn.) -- One person is dead and three other people have been seriously injured in a fiery explosion Wednesday at a Tennessee ammunition plant.

Now under control, according to officials, the fire destroyed Rio Ammunition in McEwen, Tenn. The plant is owned by the adjacent explosives manufacturer Accurate Energetic Systems.

"At this time we've got the fire e...

Park Young-Chul-Donga Daily via Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) -- The search resumed Thursday for 287 people still missing after a ferry sank off the coast of South Korea the day before. Nine passengers are confirmed dead with 179 having been rescued.

Many of those unaccounted for are teenagers who were on a school trip.

Volunteers from all over the country, including scuba divers and ex-Marine...

Andrew Burton/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has invested millions of his own fortune into the push for stricter gun laws. Now, hes upping the ante by pledging up to $50 million this year alone to a newly formed gun control organization that hopes to rival the influence of the powerful National Rifle Association.

Bloombergs group, Mayors Against Illega...

Allison Shelley/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Center for Auto Safety says according to its analysis of documents General Motors turned over to Congress, GM designed an adequate ignition switch but rejected it in favor of a cheaper, less safe option in 2001.

In a timeline submitted weeks ago to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, GM acknowledged that the company knew of problems...

Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic(LOS ANGELES) -- American Idol's top seven took the stage Wednesday night to sing "competitors' picks." Each singer performed a tune he or she selected from a pool of suggestions made by the other contestants.
It was the first time in American Idol history that this theme was used for a performance show.

Jennifer Lopez, Harry Connick, Jr., and Keith Urban were there to criti...

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Attorney General Eric Holder Wednesday told a group of police leaders it is time for street cops to start carrying the drug Narcan that can reverse deadly heroin overdoses. And this time the police, facing a rising number of overdose deaths, agreed.

Police around the country are seeing a dramatic increase in the number of deaths linked to overdoses o...