LOS ANGELES – Nineteen inmates were injured Wednesday in a series of racially motivated brawls at a county jail where deadly rioting occurred last weekend, authorities said. Four different fights involving more than 450 black and Hispanic inmates occurred at the Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic, about 40 miles northwest …

WASHINGTON – The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits dropped by a larger-than-expected amount last week, indicating the nation’s labor market remains strong. The Labor Department reported that 278,000 laid-off workers applied for jobless benefits last week, a decline of 20,000 from the previous week. It was the biggest …

NEW ORLEANS – Anne Greenfield, her husband and their children, ages 9 and 11, will come to New Orleans for Mardi Gras after all. So will some of the couple’s friends. But for a while, they hesitated because of the effects of Hurricane Katrina. Their concerns: How well could a …

WASHINGTON – Some Supreme Court justices had tough questions for a Florida lawyer about whether the state’s lethal injection method causes excruciating pain for death row inmates. Justices were taking up the latest capital punishment debate that focuses on the trio of drugs used in Florida and most other states. …

KABUL – The U.S. military said Monday it will hold its first joint maneuvers with both Afghanistan and Pakistan along the mountainous border between the two Central Asian countries where Usama bin Laden and other top Al Qaeda figures are believed to be hiding. The operation, to be called Inspired …

NEW YORK – ABC will launch a global interactive game based on the hit TV show “Lost,” the network announced Monday. Details, however, are about as mysterious and convoluted as the plot of the island castaway drama. The “Lost Experience” will be Internet-based and will feature a parallel story line …

DAHAB, Egypt – Egyptian authorities, already struggling with elusive terror cells in the rugged Sinai Peninsula, moved quickly Tuesday — arresting 30 men in the triple bombings that ripped apart a crowded resort town, killing 24 on a tranquil holiday evening. Radical Muslim groups moved just as rapidly to distance …

WASHINGTON – President Bush reported adjusted gross income of $735,180 for last year, on which he paid $187,768 in federal taxes, according to the president’s return released Friday by the White House. In 2004, the president and first lady Laura Bush reported $784,219 in adjusted gross income and paid $207,307 …

ORANJESTAD, Aruba – Aruban authorities studied photos of the sea floor Friday as part of an investigation into the disappearance of missing U.S. teenager Natalee Holloway, prosecutors said. The photos were taken during a four-day search led by coast guard ships off the coast of the Caribbean island earlier this …

This is a partial transcript from “Hannity & Colmes,” April 7, 2006, that has been edited for clarity. SEAN HANNITY, CO-HOST: What is the outcome you expect from the War on Terror and more specifically on the war in Iraq? If we could see through the prism of history, what …