A New York assemblyman accused of sexually harassing young female staffers for years says he will resign before he's expelled from the Legislature.

A former Philadelphia police officer once hailed as a hero and given a seat next to the first lady at a speech by President Obama has been arrested and charged with rape and other crimes.

An airline official says a US Airways Express flight with 34 people aboard was forced to make a belly landing at Newark International Airport after experiencing landing gear trouble. No injuries were reported.

"Connie" may take to the skies once again.

Officials are describing a devastating scene of shattered cars and other damage where two trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in Connecticut. They say it's fortunate no one was killed.

The FBI and other law enforcement agencies are executing a search warrant in the case of two letters containing the deadly poison ricin that were intercepted this week at a post office in Washington state.

It has been a little more than a year since the world record for a lottery prize. On Saturday night, it could conceivably fall once again.

Authorities say a 6-year-old boy died after he was kicked in the throat by a pony on a south-central Pennsylvania farm.

Two commuter trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in a crash that sent about 70 people to the hospital, severely damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the congested Northeast Corridor.

A woman who lived with a Delaware pediatrician accused of waterboarding her 11-year-old daughter has agreed to plead guilty to child endangerment charges and testify against him.

The owner of the Italian entry in the America's Cup sailing races says his boat will compete this summer, but he's seeking new safety measures after the death of a sailor on another crew during a training run last week.

Bond has been set at more than $10 million for the second of two brothers facing attempted second-degree murder charges in the Mother's Day shooting spree that broke out during a neighborhood parade in new Orleans.

An Army sergeant has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the 2009 killings of five fellow service members at a combat stress clinic in Iraq.

A remote Alaska volcano continues to erupt, spewing lava and ash clouds.

Authorities have not ruled out criminal activity and are investigating two other possible causes in the explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant that killed 14 people.

State police say a dozen people - including five children - are injured after a school bus carrying special needs children rolled over on a highway near Indianapolis.

President Barack Obama is promising to work with Congress to make sure the IRS doesn't abuse its power.

The Powerball jackpot has jumped to $550 million, a major climb less than a day after the latest drawing produced no winning ticket.

Police say they have arrested a second suspect in the shooting that injured 20 people at a parade on Mother's Day.

Forecasters say the tornado that claimed six lives and destroyed dozens of homes in North Texas is believed to have had winds up to 200 mph.

The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid rose 32,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 360,000, the most since late March. The jump comes after applications fell to a five-year low.

New Orleans police say the suspect in a Mother's Day parade shooting that left 19 people wounded has been taken into custody.

The winning numbers have been drawn for the $360 million Powerball jackpot.

President Barack Obama says the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, Steven Miller, has submitted his resignation in the aftermath of an investigation that found the agency improperly targeted conservative groups.

Jurors in Jodi Arias' trial have found the former waitress should be eligible for the death penalty after they convicted her last week of murdering her lover.