Evening Express

The United States isn’t taking North Korea’s threat of a “preemptive” nuclear attack lightly.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel -- still fairly new to his post -- announced Friday that the military will be enhancing its ability to defend itself from missile attacks by North Korea and Iran.

More than 500 pets displaced by Hurricane Sandy have found homes. But there's one dog left who still needs a loving family -- and time is ticking.

Bruno is a 7-year-old male rottweiler who is the last animal at the Nassau Emergency Pet Shelter in Long Island, New York. His owner not only lost his home but also his job, so he can't take care of Bruno. And the shelter is being forced to close its doors this weekend.

Once a month, for about half an hour, the Ampersand Pastry and Café in Seattle turns into what they call “Alzheimer’s Café.”

More than 5 million Americans have the disease, and for them and their families, it can be a scary thing. Day-to-day tasks can become quite difficult as memory and mental function start to slip away.

Two Steubenville, Ohio, football stars are now on trial for the rape of a 16-year-old girl who prosecutors say was "too impaired to say no, too impaired to say stop."

Trent Mays and Ma'lik Richmond, both 16, allegedly assaulted the girl at a series of end-of-summer parties and then bragged about it online, via pictures and over text messages.

Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina has been elected the next pope! He has chosen to take the name Francis and will be the first pope from South America.

The announcement was made Wednesday from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica and a new tweet has already been sent out from the @Pontifex twitter account ("We have Pope Francis"):

Spring break is upon us, and summer travel season is right around the corner.

A lot of people will be taking a bus, but is it safe?  The Transportation Department says about 300 people die in motor coach crashes every year, so how do you avoid becoming a statistic?