Posted: 8:29 AM A Florida man is under arrest after police say he brought unregistered guns and ammunition onto the grounds of the U.S. Capitol Building.

Updated: 8:15 AM Want to journey to a grittier time in New York City's not-too-distant past?

Updated: 8:16 AM Jurors in the longest state trial in New Hampshire's history will return to the courtroom after a nearly two-week hiatus to hear closing arguments in the state's groundwater contamination case against Exxon Mobil Corp.

Updated: 7:14 PM Slain southern West Virginia Sheriff Eugene Crum will be honored during a funeral service on Sunday.

Posted: 11:07 AM Congress returns Monday from a two-week spring recess with gun control and immigration high on the Senate's agenda.

Posted: 11:03 AM An Illinois woman has been identified as one of five Americans killed in an attack in southern Afghanistan.

Posted: 9:32 AM Ohio's transportation department doesn't know yet what areas on rural interstates will increase from 65 mph to 70 mph.

Posted: 8:39 AM Shanghai has reported two more cases of human infection of a new strain of bird flu, raising the number of cases in eastern China to 20. The death toll among those who contracted the virus remains at six.

Posted: 8:37 AM U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is urging Turkish leaders to speedily restore full diplomatic relations with Israel, two American allies the U.S. sees as anchors of stability in an unstable Middle East.

Posted: 8:36 AM Officials have confirmed an American civilian adviser was killed in a military operation in eastern Afghanistan that also left 11 suspected Taliban militants dead.

Posted: 8:31 AM Authorities say a body believed to be that of Nevada's chief insurance examiner was found wrapped in a blanket and bound with duct tape Saturday in a river in Carson City, and four suspects were arrested in the case.

Updated: 8:17 PM Louisville advanced to the NCAA title game Saturday night, escaping with a 72-68 victory over Wichita State.

Updated: 5:18 PM Preservationists are hopeful they'll soon be able to conduct a comprehensive archaeological survey of a south-central Pennsylvania cornfield that served as a British prisoner of war camp during the American Revolution.

Updated: 7:39 PM Six Americans and an Afghan doctor have been killed in Afghanistan today.

Updated: 5:17 PM Shanghai has reported two more cases of human infection of a new strain of bird flu, raising the number of cases in eastern China to 18. Six of the people who contracted the virus have died.

Updated: 7:43 PM Authorities say a drunken couple were arrested and charged with public intoxication after they staggered into the Laurel County Sheriff's Office.

Updated: 7:42 PM The EU's foreign policy chief says that nuclear talks between Iran and six world powers have failed to reach an agreement.

Updated: 7:42 PM Families of those killed in the Connecticut school shooting are becoming an emotional advocacy group in the campaign for stricter gun laws.

Updated: 7:41 PM Officials say a suicide bomber has killed 20 people and wounded more than 50 in an attack at political rally in the Iraqi city of Baqouba.

Posted: 6:25 AM Confronting bipartisan criticism, President Barack Obama is conceding that his proposed budget is not his "ideal plan." But he says it offers "tough reforms" to the nation's benefit programs while closing loopholes for the wealthy.

Posted: 6:23 AM Experts say North Korea is probably years away from perfecting the technology to back up its bold threats of a pre-emptive nuclear strike on America, but some aren't sure about nearby targets like South Korea and Japan.

Updated: 10:32 AM More South Koreans have begun to leave North Korea and the factory park where they work, four days after Pyongyang closed the border to people and goods.

Updated: 10:29 AM Secretary of State John Kerry is heading to the Middle East on his third trip there in just two weeks in a fresh bid to unlock long-stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.

Updated: 7:44 PM Hillary Rodham Clinton is getting plenty of encouragement to run for president in 2016.

Updated: 7:43 PM President Barack Obama supports requiring girls younger than 17 to see a doctor before buying the morning-after pill. But fighting that battle in court comes with its own set of risks.