A US Airways flight with 49 passengers aboard has landed safely at Bradley International Airport in Connecticut after a fire was reported on the plane. No one was injured.

A key New York senator says he expects the New York Legislature to pass a "comprehensive" gun control bill Monday with the support of Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

A transportation agency has filed a lawsuit alleging that United Airlines is falsely claiming to buy jet fuel out of an office in rural Illinois to avoid paying tens of millions of taxes in Chicago, where it says the purchases are actually being made.

President Barack Obama says Congress' failure to raise the government's borrowing authority would delay payments of benefits to veterans and Social Security recipients. He again warned that he will not negotiate on raising the debt ceiling, aiming to pin the burden of an unprecedented default on congressional Republicans.

Spokesman: Ex-President George H.W. Bush released from Houston hospital after nearly 2 months

Toyota has dethroned General Motors as the world's top-selling automaker.

Coca-Cola became one of the world's most powerful brands by equating its soft drinks with happiness. Now it's taking to the airwaves for the first time to address a growing cloud over the industry: obesity.

The North American Truck of the Year is the Ram 1500 pickup.

After months of dropping, gas prices are back on the upswing.

Patients can refuse a flu shot. Should doctors and nurses have that right, too? That is the thorny question surfacing as U.S. hospitals increasingly crack down on employees who won't get flu shots, with some workers losing their jobs over their refusal.

The New England Patriots are honoring members of the Newtown, Conn., police department at Sunday's playoff game against the Houston Texans.

After losing a 20-point lead in the fourth quarter, the Falcons escaped a furious Seattle rally on Matt Bryant's 49-yard field goal with eight seconds left in their 30-28 win over the upset-minded Seahawks.

Mallory Hagan won the Las Vegas beauty pageant Saturday night after tap dancing to James Brown's "Get Up Off of That Thing" and answering a question about whether armed guards belong in grade schools by saying we should not fight violence with violence.

France's foreign minister says the United States is providing communications and transport help for an international military intervention aimed at wresting Mali's north out of the hands of Islamist extremists.

A massive new federal scientific report says global warming is already changing America from sea to rising sea and how Americans live.

Newtown officials are turning their attention to the fate of an elementary school where a gunman killed 20 first-graders and six educators last month.

The White House has ruled out minting a coin worth $1 trillion to pay the government's bills and avoid a nasty battle with Congress over the debt ceiling.

New York's governor has declared a public health emergency for the state because of the severity of the flu season.

A Connecticut group says Vice President Joe Biden has offered to talk with families of the victims of last month's school shooting who would like to speak with him personally.

Geothermal energy developers working on the flanks of an ancient Oregon volcano say they have taken an important technological step toward expanding geothermal energy into a major source of homegrown power.

Lance Armstrong will make a limited confession to doping during his interview with Oprah Winfrey, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.

A fugitive wanted by Arizona and California authorities has been handed over by Mexican authorities.

Thousands of Puerto Ricans are demanding justice for a university professor arrested after refusing to return her toddler to her ex-husband in the mainland U.S. under a court-ordered agreement.

A parade of beauties from every state are primping and prepping to compete for the Miss America crown Saturday night.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is advising people to temporarily disable the Java software on their computers to avoid potential hacking attacks.