Posted: 10:35 AM It's been a little more than a year since the world record for a lottery prize. On Saturday night, it could conceivably fall once again.

Posted: 10:27 AM South Korea says North Korea has fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters.

Posted: 7:57 AM Residents whose homes were torn apart or blown away by a North Texas deadly tornado will soon be allowed to return to retrieve what belongings may be left and start cleaning up.

Posted: 6:49 AM The second leg of horse racing's Triple Crown leaves the starting gate this afternoon in Maryland and the trainer for Kentucky Derby winner Orb says he thinks his horse is ready.

Posted: 6:15 AM President Barack Obama is calling attention to his economic proposals and efforts to expand the middle class.

Updated: 11:42 PM Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says a total of 60 people have been taken to hospitals with injuries from a collision between two New York-area commuter trains.

Posted: 1:49 PM Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles is releasing a solo album.

Posted: 1:32 PM An inmate who escaped from a Kentucky prison more than two years ago has been caught in Kingsport, Tenn.

Updated: 6:21 PM The Powerball jackpot has jumped to $600 million, the second major climb in two days after the latest drawing produced no winning ticket.

Posted: 10:51 AM Authorities say the gun used in a 37-hour standoff between New Jersey police and a man holding three children and two dead bodies was fake.

Posted: 9:13 AM Bond has been set at more than $10 million for the second of two brothers facing attempted second-degree murder charges in the Mother's Day shooting spree that broke out during a neighborhood parade in new Orleans.

Posted: 7:53 AM Lawmakers are ready to question the ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service as Congress this morning holds its first hearing on the extra scrutiny the IRS gave tea party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status.

Posted: 7:02 AM A remote Alaska volcano continues to erupt, spewing lava and ash clouds.

Posted: 6:48 AM An Uzbekistan national living in Idaho is expected to appear in federal court Friday on charges he conspired with a terrorist group on a scheme to use a weapon of mass destruction.

Posted: 6:25 AM Kentucky State University is reaching out to the rest of the Frankfort community.

Updated: 6:24 AM The Louisville Zoo says its oldest polar bear has died.

Posted: 6:17 AM Thirteen Kentucky families have been recognized for their roles as foster parents to some of the state's most vulnerable children.

Updated: 8:58 PM The Powerball jackpot has jumped to $550 million, a major climb less than a day after the latest drawing produced no winning ticket.

Updated: 4:49 PM Andris Nelsons has been named music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Posted: 12:00 AM Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Thursday.

Posted: 11:50 PM Officials report a tornado caused "multiple fatalities" as it tore through two neighborhoods of a North Texas town.

Posted: 7:13 PM President Barack Obama says the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, Steven Miller, has submitted his resignation in the aftermath of an investigation that found the agency improperly targeted conservative groups.

Posted: 3:13 PM The crew of the International Space Station is boldly going where no one has gone before - to see the new "Star Trek" film.

Updated: 3:58 PM A polar bear cub that was orphaned and rescued by a hunter in Alaska has arrived in western New York, where it will have a playmate at the Buffalo Zoo.

Posted: 2:44 PM There's a new version of the world's most widely used psychiatric manual, and it's already getting lots of criticism.