The New York City medical examiner's office says it has started sifting construction debris from the World Trade Center site in an effort to find any human remains from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

The oldest person in the United States has died at age 113, just weeks before her 114th birthday.

An ex-convict charged with killing his father at an Easter Sunday church service in Ohio made rambling comments during an appearance in court.

Documents in the slayings of a Texas district attorney and his wife indicate that the couple had been shot multiple times when they were found dead in their home.

Prosecutors want James Holmes executed for last year's attack on an Aurora movie theater.

The New Jersey man who just won a $338 million Powerball jackpot is now due in court.

Police in northeast Ohio are investigating a shooting outside a church that has left one man dead after an Easter service.

An Alaska State Trooper helicopter with three people on board has crashed during a mission to rescue a stranded snowmobiler.

Entergy Arkansas says a worker was killed and three others injured when a heavy piece of equipment fell at a nuclear plant.

Senators from both parties are making it clear that although a big hurdle has been overcome, there's no agreement yet on an immigration reform plan.

Virginia State Police say three people have been killed and more than 20 injured following a 75-vehicle pileup on Interstate 77 near the Virginia-North Carolina border.

President Barack Obama attended Easter services at an Episcopal church near the White House where past presidents frequently have worshipped.

Authorities say a 4-year-old girl was fatally shot while she was sitting in a car, and detectives are investigating whether another young child inside the car fired the gun.

Has the nation lived down its history of racism and should the law become colorblind?

Labor and Senate officials say big business and labor have struck a deal on a new low-skilled worker program.

Some conservatives have called on Obama to give up golf since popular public tours of the White House were canceled because of the budget cuts.

It's the end of the line for Roadrunner, a first-of-its-kind collection of processors that once reigned as the world's fastest supercomputer.

Officials say crews have recovered about 4,500 barrels of oil and water after a crude oil pipeline ruptured in central Arkansas.

About 150 to 200 patients of a Tulsa oral surgeon who's accused of unsanitary practices are lined up outside a health clinic to be screened for hepatitis and the virus that causes AIDS.

A Philadelphia-area man and woman say they are shocked and hurt by accusations of mistreatment by an adopted son who left and went back to Russia.

A person familiar with the negotiations says big business and labor have resolved a dispute over a low-skilled worker program that threatened to hold up agreement on a sweeping immigration bill.

A Montana state lawmaker has introduced legislation aimed at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's plan of relocating to Montana wild horses from other states.

A baby wounded by gunfire in a Richmond neighborhood has been released from the hospital after undergoing surgery to remove a bullet fragment from his neck.

Authorities say the son of professional wrestler Ric Flair has been found dead in a North Carolina hotel room.

Authorities in southeastern Tennessee are searching for a man who was thrown from an experimental aircraft while he was learning to fly from an instructor.