Posted: 2:08 PM Officials are telling residents displaced by the massive fertilizer plant explosion in Texas that tanks on site are leaking gas and causing small fires.

Posted: 1:15 PM A fertilizer plant in West, Texas, that exploded and killed at least 14 people rarely had safety inspections. It had no sprinklers, firewalls or deluge systems.

Posted: 1:10 PM An uncle of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects says he had a falling-out with one of his nephews because of the man's increased commitment to Islam.

Updated: 2:23 PM The American Civil Liberties Union says it's concerned the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect will be questioned by investigators without being read his Miranda rights.

Posted: 12:59 PM The counterculture marijuana holiday known as 4/20 is getting an early start in Denver, where tens of thousands are expected for a group smoke-out on the first celebration since Colorado and Washington made pot legal for recreation use.

Posted: 12:17 PM Florida's attorney general has filed a lawsuit against BP and Halliburton on the three-year anniversary of the 2010 Gulf oil spill.

Posted: 11:56 AM It was a powerful moment at the White House that day in 1994.

Posted: 11:52 AM Security was tight at Fenway Park, where the Red Sox are back on the field for the first time since Monday's bombing at the Boston Marathon.

Posted: 11:34 AM The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth remains closed as law enforcement officials continue their investigation into a student suspected as the Boston Marathon bomber.

Posted: 11:32 AM April is a planning month for gardeners throughout the middle of the country, and many are trying to decide what to do amid rapidly shifting weather conditions.

Posted: 10:51 AM Kentucky State Police say three people have died in two separate blazes in eastern Kentucky.

Posted: 10:07 AM This week in America felt like an unremitting series of tragedies. There were deadly bombs and poison letters. There was a town shattered by a colossal explosion. There was a violent manhunt that paralyzed a major city.

Posted: 9:55 AM A number of comments by Americans on social media mistaking the Czech Republic for the country of origin of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects- ethnic Chechen brothers - prompted the Czech ambassador to the United States to act.

Posted: 7:22 AM The surviving suspect in the horrifying attack on the Boston Marathon is being held at a hospital after being captured following a pair of shootouts with police.

Updated: 7:20 AM A Justice Department official says the Boston Marathon bombing suspect will not be read his Miranda rights because the government is invoking a public safety exception.

Posted: 7:14 AM The only sedate place in Boston after the arrest of the surviving marathon bombing suspect may have been the spot were Monday's tragedy unfolded.

Updated: 7:31 AM Residents of a Central Texas town are itching to get back into neighborhoods the crater-making explosion at a fertilizer plant.

Posted: 7:08 AM Iran's oil ministry says the country is considering exporting oil to North Korea as a way to improve its battered economy.

Posted: 6:42 AM Gov. Chris Christie has announced a multi-faceted plan to curb gun violence.

Posted: 6:41 AM As the U.S. prepares to provide far more nonlethal aid to opposition forces in Syria, the regime of President Bashar Assad faces a new threat from European nations that could determine whether a stronger international intervention might be attempted.

Posted: 6:26 AM Chinese authorities say a powerful earthquake that jolted China's Sichuan province on Saturday has left at least 110 people dead but that the death toll is expected to climb sharply.

Updated: 11:54 AM Communities along the swollen Mississippi River and other rain-engorged waterways are waging feverish bids to hold back floodwaters that may soon approach record levels.

Posted: 11:50 PM The family of an 8-year-old boy killed in the Boston Marathon bombing is offering its thanks to the investigators who worked around the clock on the case and the civilians who offered tips and images that helped authorities zero in on two suspects.

Posted: 11:40 PM Celebrations erupted in suburban Boston and beyond as the capture of the remaining marathon bombing suspect was announced in a tweet from police.

Updated: 11:36 PM President Barack Obama says the capture of a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing closes what he calls "an important chapter in this tragedy."