BANGOR, Maine -- A US Airways jet traveling from Paris to North Carolina was diverted to Maine on Tuesday after a French passenger handed a note to a flight attendant mentioning that she...
JOPLIN, Mo. -- Carrying small American flags and wearing T-shirts bearing the names of friends and loved ones who died when a massive tornado tore through Joplin one year ago, thousands of people made a somber march Tuesday through some of the town's hardest-hit neighborhoods.
SALEM, Ore. -- A mother and her three children were found dead in a burned house, and the children's father was found dead later in a car, all victims of what police in this city in northwest Oregon said Tuesday appeared to be a murder-suicide.
PHOENIX -- A white supremacist likely will spend the rest of his life behind bars after a federal judge sentenced him to 40 years in prison Tuesday for a 2004 bombing that wounded a black city official in suburban Phoenix.
DAYTON, Ohio -- Veterans and civilians stood side by side to honor 10 Ohio veterans whose remains were buried Tuesday with full military honors, several months after they were found in a funeral home basement.
CARSON CITY, Nev. -- A fast-moving wildfire erupted in a rural neighborhood near the Nevada-California line Tuesday, destroying several homes, sending up huge plumes of smoke and forcing the evacuation of residents after authorities believed a controlled burn may have rekindled in strong winds.
HELENA, Mont. -- Police arrested notorious "mountain man" Don Nichols Tuesday on drug charges following a months-long search that came nearly three decades after he and his father kidnapped a world-class athlete.
WASHINGTON -- Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan says his officers' contact with prostitutes at a Colombian hotel last month produced no breach of national security plans for President Barack Obama's visit to the South American country.
McALLEN, Texas -- Federal prosecutors allege the former governor of a Mexican state bordering Texas accepted millions of dollars in bribes from drug cartels and invested the money in Texas real estate.
WASHINGTON -- Uncle Sam may not want you after all.
WACO, Texas -- The first day of testimony has ended in the federal trial of a Muslim soldier accused of planning to bomb a Texas restaurant filled with Fort Hood troops.
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- A man was in custody Tuesday on suspicion of murder and kidnapping after his DNA was found in the bag of a missing girl whose abduction was believed to be a random act of violence, authorities said.
SEATTLE -- A Washington state man fed up with a group of noisy moviegoers behind him stepped over the seat and punched a 10-year-old boy in the face.
WASHINGTON -- The 2010 census missed more than 1.5 million minorities after struggling to count black Americans, Hispanics, renters and young men, but was mostly accurate, the government said Tuesday.
NEW YORK -- The New York City hotel maid accusing Dominique Strauss-Kahn of trying to rape her says in court papers that the episode reflects repeated misogynistic conduct by the former International Monetary Fund leader.
LOS ANGELES -- Police shot and killed a mountain lion that somehow made its way through an urban landscape before it was found early Tuesday in a downtown Santa Monica office building courtyard near an outdoor mall and a bluff-top park that offers tourists views of the ocean and the city's famed pier.
SNOHOMISH, Wash. -- A 13-year-old boy rescued at the top of a 270-foot waterfall in Washington state says he just wanted to cool off, but soon found himself stuck precariously on a rock for hours as crews tried to reach him.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A first-of-its-kind commercial supply ship rocketed toward the International Space Station following a successful liftoff early Tuesday, opening a new era of dollar-driven spaceflight.
MORGAN HILL, Calif. -- Authorities have arrested a man in the kidnapping and death of a Northern California teenager whose disappearance more than two months ago has prompted hundreds of volunteers to turn out for organized searches.
NEW YORK -- The FBI said it has arrested 10 more people as part of its months-long investigation into allegations that hundreds of Long Island Rail Road employees faked disabilities so they could enjoy more lucrative pensions.