Posted: 2:14 PM A new state investment program that's offering Ohio school districts, cities and libraries higher yields and easier access to their invested income has surpassed the $1 billion mark, the state treasurer said Tuesday.
Updated: 5:16 PM Hackers have compromised the main Twitter account of The Associated Press, sending out an erroneous tweet about an attack at the White House.
Posted: 1:12 PM A federal official says the man charged with sending poison letters to President Barack Obama, a U.S. senator and a Mississippi judge has been released from jail.
Posted: 1:05 PM Michelle Obama is thanking federal employees for their service and sacrifices as they do more work with fewer resources.
Posted: 1:03 PM Federal officials say the Boston Marathon bombing suspect's medical condition has improved.
Posted: 1:00 PM An Illinois teenager charged with trying to join an al-Qaida-affiliated group in Syria via a sham FBI website has appeared at a detention hearing in Chicago.
Updated: 8:12 AM An analysis of more than 33,000 cases of foodborne illness shows that ground beef and chicken have caused more hospitalizations than other meats.
Updated: 8:12 AM Aereo, the television-over-the-Internet service that is threatening the broadcast and cable TV industries, is expanding to Boston on May 15.
Updated: 12:39 PM Two senators are urging the Obama administration to postpone the furloughing of air traffic controllers, saying the turmoil caused by reduced staffing raises economic and security concerns as well as inconveniencing thousands of travelers.
Posted: 11:20 AM Two U.S. officials say slain Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was an ardent reader of jihadist websites and extremist propaganda in the run-up to last week's marathon attacks that killed three people and wounded 180.
Posted: 11:04 AM Millions of gallons of raw sewage are pouring into the Mississippi River from a St. Louis wastewater treatment plant where two of three pumps have failed.
Posted: 11:02 AM The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a longtime resident of the United States from Jamaica who was deported from the United States over possession of a small amount of marijuana.
Posted: 10:54 AM A U.S. military spokesman says 84 prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay are on hunger strike.
Updated: 10:57 AM A pharmacy that makes specialty medications is recalling nearly 100 compounded drugs after federal regulators found potential safety problems during an inspection.
Posted: 9:15 AM Officials say a contractor at Los Angeles International Airport accidentally made flight-status signs read "Emergency Leave the Terminal."
Posted: 9:12 AM Police have arrested two suspected members of al-Qaida's North African branch in Spain, one of whom Spanish authorities alleged praised the Boston Marathon bombings, but neither of whom was known to possess any explosives or be planning any attack.
Posted: 9:05 AM The Jefferson County Board of Education has voted in favor of a resolution calling for an increase in the dropout age.
Updated: 7:41 AM Federal officials say they're delaying a policy that would allow passengers to carry small knives, bats and other sports equipment onto airliners.
Updated: 7:42 AM The two brothers suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon appear to have been motivated by a radical brand of Islam but do not seem connected to any Muslim terrorist groups, U.S. officials said Monday after interrogating and charging Dzhokhar Tsarnaev with crimes that could bring the death penalty.
Posted: 5:44 PM Police in Canada say two men have been arrested and charged with plotting a terrorist attack against a Canadian passenger train.
Posted: 4:04 PM The federal government is suing a now-defunct Texas company on behalf of 32 mentally disabled men who allegedly faced abuse and unsafe living conditions while employed as contract workers.
Posted: 3:28 PM Investigators in a Boston suburb are looking into whether there are links between a suspect in last week's Boston Marathon bombing and an unsolved 2011 slaying.
Posted: 3:25 PM Police say a man killed his live-in girlfriend at an apartment complex south of Seattle then fatally shot three men, including one who had phoned 911 to report hearing gunfire.
Posted: 3:21 PM Junot Diaz and Louise Erdrich are among the finalists for a literary prize chosen by the American Library Association.
