Small Fla. city wonders who won Powerball jackpot
ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. (AP) -- Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million - the highest Powerball jackpot in history....
Metro-North: Conn. train outage expected for days
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) -- Commuters are bracing for a difficult trip around southwest Connecticut and to New York City beginning Monday as workers repair the Metro-North commuter rail line crippled by a derailment and crash....
Making mentally ill defendants ready for trial
KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) -- The judge ascended the bench. He looked down at cafeteria-style tables marked "Prosecuting Attorney" and "Defense Attorney." To his left, two men sat in a box marked "Jury." The witness stand was marked "Witness."...
Somali reaction to al-Shabab sentences mixed
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Wide-ranging sentences handed down in the yearslong federal investigation into recruiting and financing for the terrorist group al-Shabab have kindled a mix of outrage, confusion and relief among members of Minnesota's large Somali community....
Hofstra graduates honor student killed by police
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) -- Students at Hofstra University wore white ribbons at their graduation ceremony to honor a fellow student who was accidentally killed by a police officer confronting an armed intruder....
NY 'frisk' judge calls criticism 'below-the-belt'
NEW YORK (AP) -- The federal judge presiding over civil rights challenges to the stop-and-frisk practices of the New York Police Department has no doubt where she stands with the government....
Coast Guard to take testimony on Shell grounding
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- The Coast Guard will kick off hearings Monday on how a Royal Dutch Shell PLC drill barge used for Arctic Ocean exploratory drilling ended up aground off a remote Alaska island....
Official: Va. driver likely had medical condition
DAMASCUS, Va. (AP) -- 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, an emergency official said Sunday....
Charlotte remembers 1963 desegregation 'eat-in'
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- In the spring of 1963, a prominent civil rights leader led dozens of protesters on a four-mile march from a predominantly African-American college campus to the center of Charlotte's downtown....
1 winning ticket sold in Fla. on Powerball
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A lottery official says 1 winning ticket has been sold in Florida for a record Powerball jackpot of more than $590 million....
1 of 2 fires north of LA contained
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) -- One of two wildfires burning in the hills and mountains around Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles was fully contained Saturday and authorities were getting an upper hand on the second one....
Police call fatal NYC shooting a hate crime
NEW YORK (AP) -- A gunman used homophobic slurs before firing a fatal shot point-blank into a man's face on a Manhattan street alive with a weekend midnight crowd, a killing New York's police commissioner called an "anti-gay" hate crime....
FBI searches apartment in ricin letter case
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- Authorities in hazardous materials suits searched a downtown Spokane apartment Saturday, investigating the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin....
Ex-Pa. officer once hailed as hero faces charges
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- 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....
Victims: Marines failed to safeguard water supply
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) -- A simple test could have alerted officials that the drinking water at Camp Lejeune was contaminated, long before authorities determined that as many as a million Marines and their families were exposed to a witch's brew of cancer-causing chemicals....
