Posted: 4:49 PM Authorities have charged a Mississippi man with making and possessing ricin in the investigation into poison-laced letters sent to President Barack Obama and others.

Posted: 4:48 PM The Federal Aviation Administration says it's suspended all employee furloughs and says air traffic facilities will begin returning to regular staffing levels over the next 24 hours.

Posted: 4:41 PM The New York City medical examiner's office plans to resume searching for human remains two blocks from the World Trade Center after the sudden discovery of an airplane's landing gear.

Posted: 9:32 PM New York police have secured a lower Manhattan site where surveyors discovered what appears to be part of one of the planes destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks.

Posted: 3:59 PM A New Jersey man who police say was found with components of an explosive device says he was making his own fireworks and never intended to harm anyone.

Posted: 3:57 PM President Barack Obama says the U.S. will investigate Syria's potential chemical weapons use on its own and with the United Nations. He says the world can't stand by and permit the use of chemical weapons.

Posted: 7:23 PM New York's police commissioner says there's no evidence that New York is still a target of any terror plot.

Posted: 7:22 PM U.S. Sen. John Cornyn says tragedies like the fertilizer plant explosion that killed at least 14 remind him of the fierce loyalty Texans have for each other.

Posted: 7:20 PM The Mormon church says it welcomes the Boy Scouts of America's latest proposal to lift the gay ban for youth members but continue to exclude gays as adult leaders.

Posted: 8:46 AM Two victims of the Boston Marathon bombings are vowing that they won't let injuries stop them from moving forward in their lives.

Posted: 7:25 AM Consumers who buy a new dog or cat only to find out it has a serious disease or ailment would have a new form of recourse under an Illinois Senate proposal.

Posted: 9:45 PM Changing an airline ticket is getting more expensive at US Airways and United Airlines.

Posted: 9:43 PM Two U.S. officials say the surviving suspect in the Boston bombings acknowledged his role in the attacks to FBI investigators. But the officials say this occurred before authorities advised him of his constitutional rights, including the right to consult with an attorney and not to incriminate himself.

Updated: 9:41 PM Federal officials are implementing a new policy that guarantees legal counsel to detained immigrants who can't represent themselves because of severe mental disorders or conditions that render them mentally incompetent.

Posted: 4:26 PM House Republicans have put off a vote on legislation to rescue a main feature of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul - affordable coverage for people with pre-existing medical conditions - after it ran into strong opposition from both conservatives and Democrats.

Posted: 8:14 AM Thousands of Massachusetts Institute of Technology students, faculty and staff as well as law enforcement officials from across the nation are expected to attend a memorial service for fallen campus police officer Sean Collier.

Posted: 7:26 AM An Elkhart man has been convicted of trying to shoot and kill a teenager back in May of last year.

Posted: 9:56 PM A Samurai sword-wielding Mormon bishop came to the aid of a woman who was being attacked in front of his house.

Posted: 7:32 PM A Mississippi man is speaking out now that charges have been dropped against him in an investigation of ricin-laced letters.

Posted: 4:57 PM Apple is finally opening the doors to its bank vault, saying it will distribute $100 billion in cash to its shareholders over two years.

Posted: 4:37 PM A day after flight delays plagued much of the U.S., air travel is smoother Tuesday. But the government is warning passengers that the situation can change by the hour as it runs the nation's air traffic control system with a smaller staff.

Posted: 4:34 PM A second Mississippi man says the FBI is searching his home in connection with the ricin letter case.

Posted: 4:32 PM The Senate's second-ranking Democrat is pressing the Obama administration to explicitly spell out its justification for using drones for targeted killings.

Posted: 8:23 AM A Philadelphia couple - serving 10 years' probation for the 2009 death of their toddler after they turned to prayer instead of a doctor - has violated their probation now that another of their children has died.

Posted: 8:22 AM A weekend news anchorman for a North Dakota television station says he was fired after he opened his first-ever broadcast with obscenities.