Updated: 9:21 AM The transit agency that runs the Metro-North commuter rail line says trains damaged in a Friday crash in Connecticut are being removed in the first step to making repairs and restoring service.
Posted: 9:17 AM An emergency official says authorities believe the driver who plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Virginia mountain town parade suffered from a medical condition and did not cause the crash intentionally.
Posted: 8:26 AM A lottery official says 1 winning ticket has been sold in Florida for a record Powerball jackpot of more than $590 million.
Updated: 7:00 PM Witnesses in southwestern Virginia say a car has driven into a crowd at a parade. Several people appear to be hurt, but the nature of their injuries wasn't immediately known.
Posted: 12:58 PM Police have identified the alleged home invader involved in the death of a New York college student early Friday morning.
Posted: 11:43 AM Police say a gunman used anti-gay slurs before fatally shooting a 32-year-old man in New York City's Greenwich (GREN'-ich) Village.
Posted: 11:39 AM A New York assemblyman accused of sexually harassing young female staffers for years says he will resign before he's expelled from the Legislature.
Updated: 6:59 PM 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.
Posted: 11:17 AM 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.
Posted: 9:32 AM "Connie" may take to the skies once again.
Updated: 6:56 PM 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.
Posted: 9:06 AM 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.
Posted: 8:45 AM 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.
Updated: 7:01 PM Authorities say a 6-year-old boy died after he was kicked in the throat by a pony on a south-central Pennsylvania farm.
Updated: 9:18 AM 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.
Updated: 9:39 PM 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.
Posted: 6:31 PM 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.
Updated: 8:36 AM 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.
Posted: 10:21 PM 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.
Updated: 8:51 AM A remote Alaska volcano continues to erupt, spewing lava and ash clouds.
Posted: 1:41 PM 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.
Updated: 1:13 PM 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.
Posted: 11:44 AM President Barack Obama is promising to work with Congress to make sure the IRS doesn't abuse its power.
Posted: 11:40 AM The Powerball jackpot has jumped to $550 million, a major climb less than a day after the latest drawing produced no winning ticket.
Updated: 11:33 AM Police say they have arrested a second suspect in the shooting that injured 20 people at a parade on Mother's Day.
