The suspect in the deaths of four Lakewood, Wash., police officers was killed Tuesday by a Seattle police officer checking on a stolen car, officials said.

Crude oil prices rose for the second consecutive day Tuesday, climbing to nearly $78 per barrel after a manufacturing index rose in China.

It's true. We turn into our mothers. This year has been a bit of a revelation to me. My 82-year-old mother, a survivor by any measure, has developed some serious health problems and I've gone from being a helicopter mother in my own right to a helicopter daughter.