Reuters — Three months into the worst oil spill in U.S. history, most Californians oppose offshore drilling, marking a strong shift in opinion on the issue, a poll has found. (U.S. News)

Reuters — Police arrested at least 30 protesters who took to the streets of Phoenix on Thursday after Arizona adopted a new immigration law, even though its most intrusive provisions had already been blocked by a U.S. court. (U.S. News)

Reuters — A planned New York City-New Jersey train tunnel under the Hudson River will add an average $19,000 to homes within two miles of stations and could ease financial strain on local governments, a study showed. (U.S. News)

Reuters — President Barack Obama sought Thursday to repair damage to his relationship with the black community caused by his administration's firing of an African-American government official. (U.S. News)

Reuters — New York's attorney general has subpoenaed MetLife Inc and Prudential Financial Inc as part of a probe into whether life insurers are defrauding families of deceased military personnel by siphoning off millions of dollars of death benefits for themselves. (U.S. News)

Reuters — A lawsuit has been filed over a gob of toothpaste. (U.S. News)

Reuters — The tide of lawsuits unleashed by BP's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico breaks into an Idaho courtroom on Thursday, just as the company's rivals are counting the cost of a ban on offshore drilling. (U.S. News)

Reuters — The body of a second U.S. sailor who went missing in Afghanistan last week has been recovered, a U.S. defense official said on Thursday. (U.S. News)

Reuters — Four crew members were killed in a U.S. Air Force cargo plane that crashed on Wednesday while practicing for an aviation show at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, the Air Force said on Thursday. (U.S. News)

Reuters — New U.S. claims for unemployment benefits fell slightly more than expected last week, offering a ray of hope for the anemic labor market recovery. (U.S. News)