Posted: 8:07 AM The Congressional Medal of Honor Society plans to honor the six educators killed in the December massacre at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut with its highest civilian award.
Posted: 8:05 AM Tens of thousands are expected to rally in dozens of cities from New York to Bozeman, Mont., on Wednesday in what has become an annual cry for easing the nation's immigration laws.
Posted: 8:03 AM Police are trying to determine if there's a link between a man arrested after he allegedly broke into an apartment in Placerville and tried to kidnap a toddler, and the killing of an 8-year-old girl about 45 miles away in Calaveras County.
Posted: 10:56 PM Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is said to be assuring lawmakers that 149 small airport towers will remain open.
Posted: 10:55 PM A week after hackers broke into The Associated Press' Twitter feed and roiled financial markets, federal regulators say they need to find ways to deal with the impact of social media.
Posted: 4:46 PM An exhausted Brandon Moss threw a pie in his own face after hitting the home run that ended the major league's longest game this season.
Posted: 3:48 PM The National Transportation Safety Board is sending a team of investigators to Afghanistan to assist local authorities with their investigation of a U.S. cargo airline crash that killed all seven crew members on board.
Posted: 3:45 PM Authorities have padlocked the door of a former martial arts studio once used by the man charged in the investigation of poisoned letters sent to President Barak Obama and others.
Posted: 3:43 PM A jury has begun deliberating in the capital murder trial of a Philadelphia abortion doctor charged with killing a patient and four babies.
Posted: 3:41 PM Monster Beverage is suing San Francisco's city attorney over demands that the energy drink maker reduce the amount of caffeine in its drinks and change its marketing practices.
Posted: 3:38 PM Investigators have found a second body at the Southern California site where a small plane crashed after a midair collision with another small plane that managed to make a belly landing on a golf course.
Posted: 3:34 PM The eternal flame at the gravesite of former President John F. Kennedy is undergoing repairs at Arlington National Cemetery.
Posted: 8:24 AM Attorneys for a Mississippi man who was briefly charged with sending ricin-laced letters to the president and others are encouraged by discussions with federal authorities about repairing or replacing their client's home, which was heavily damaged during a search by investigators.
Posted: 8:22 AM An eastern Ohio grand jury is ready to begin hearing from witnesses and examining evidence in the case of a 16-year-old girl raped by two high school football players.
Posted: 9:49 PM An attorney for concert giant AEG Live says the company could not have known while promoting comeback concerts that Michael Jackson was using an anesthetic that killed him.
Posted: 9:48 PM A female soldier in the U.S. Army has pleaded guilty to desertion after fleeing to Canada to avoid a second tour of duty in the Iraq war.
Posted: 9:46 PM Attorneys for the Colorado theater shooting suspect suggest in a court filing that they might be considering a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity over their client's objections.
Posted: 4:32 PM Presidents like to take credit for economic recoveries, just as President Barack Obama is angling to do now.
Posted: 4:31 PM The U.S. is calling on North Korea to immediately release on humanitarian grounds an American citizen facing charges that carry the death penalty.
Posted: 4:20 PM FBI agents investigating the Boston Marathon bombings have visited the Rhode Island home of Tamerlan Tsarnaev's in-laws and carried away several bags.
Posted: 4:16 PM Subaru is recalling just over 10,000 of its 2014 Forester wagons because the floor mats can interfere with the clutch, brake or gas pedals.
Posted: 8:31 AM A member of the House Homeland Security Committee says the FBI would have carried out a much more intense investigation of two men now suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings if the Russians had informed Washington of "the mother's radicalization" and "the son's radicalization."
Posted: 8:28 AM One World Trade Center already is New York's tallest building. And when the last pieces of its spire rise to the roof on Monday, the 104-floor skyscraper will be feet from becoming the highest in the Western Hemisphere.
Posted: 8:25 AM State funding for pre-kindergarten programs had its largest drop ever last year and states are now spending less per child than they did a decade ago.
Posted: 10:00 PM The fugitive owner of an illegally constructed building that collapsed and killed at least 377 people was captured Sunday by a commando force as he tried to flee into India. At the disaster site, meanwhile, fire broke out in the wreckage and forced authorities to suspend the search for survivors temporarily.
