Transgender candidate could become a first in NYC
NEW YORK (AP) -- Mel Wymore is a typical city council candidate in many ways, campaigning as a community board appointee, ex-PTA chair and founder of a roster of local organizations. But Wymore's community-leader resume has an unusual feature: He built much of it while he was a woman....
Ex-hitman to testify for 2nd day in Bulger trial
BOSTON (AP) -- A former hitman will testify for a second day in the racketeering trial of James "Whitey" Bulger, as Bulger's attorneys prepare to attack his credibility....
Texas governor woos disgruntled Conn. gun makers
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry extolled the tax policies and regulatory climate of his state as he courted Connecticut gun manufacturers that have threatened to leave since the state passed new gun-control laws this year in response to the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School....
Joint Chiefs chairman visits embattled nuke base
MINOT, N.D. (AP) -- The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff reassured hundreds of airmen Monday that recent nuclear weapons missteps at their North Dakota base would be corrected, but he didn't elaborate on the "failures of leadership" he blames for causing the problems....
Commuter train from NYC shakes, derails in tunnel
NEW YORK (AP) -- A commuter train shook on the tracks and then derailed in a tunnel under the East River shortly after leaving Penn Station on Monday night, forcing the hundreds of passengers on it to be removed and delaying the trip home for many others. No injuries were reported....
Chrysler expected to formally refuse Jeep recall
DETROIT (AP) -- In one of the biggest-ever showdowns between an automaker and the government, Chrysler on Tuesday is expected to file papers explaining its refusal to recall 2.7 million older Jeep SUVs that are at risk of catching fire in rear-end collisions....
NYC aims to require composting of food scraps
NEW YORK (AP) -- Legions of apartment dwellers will soon be asked - and may eventually be ordered - to start collecting food scraps for composting, under Mayor Michael Bloomberg's latest bid to make the Big Apple greener....
NTSB stresses track safety after Conn. man's death
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- The National Transportation Safety Board has issued an urgent safety recommendation after a railroad track foreman was struck and killed by a passenger train last month in Connecticut....
Still no Hoffa after 1st day of latest search
OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- Federal agents revived the hunt for the remains of Jimmy Hoffa on Monday, digging around in a suburban Detroit field where a reputed Mafia captain says the Teamsters boss' body was buried....
More possible Zimmerman jurors asked to return
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- Potential jurors' views on race were the focus of questioning Monday in the second week of jury selection for the Florida murder trial of George Zimmerman in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin....
NYC woman faces suspect in her dad's 1986 killing
NEW YORK (AP) -- An aspiring New York City actress has finally faced down the suspect she helped police capture in connection with her father's 1986 slaying....
Serial murder suspect delivers opening remarks
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) -- Serial murder suspect Joseph Naso delivered an hours-long personal history Monday replete with childhood photos, as he launched his defense, denied the decades-old slayings of four women and claimed he is not the "monster" prosecutors have made him out to be....
Investigators 'zeroing in' on Colo. wildfire start
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- Rain helped firefighters douse Colorado's most destructive wildfire in state history, while a new wind-whipped blaze in California forced evacuations and threatened homes Monday near Yosemite National Park....
Jury convicts Arizona man in terrorism hoax
PHOENIX (AP) -- An Arizona man on trial for sending his 16-year-old nephew into a busy intersection last summer with a fake grenade launcher was convicted Monday of endangering the teen's life and carrying out a terrorism hoax....
