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About 50 to 60 people were injured when a driver drove into a group of hikers marching in a parade in a small mountain town.

A U.S. Airways official said a jet with 34 people aboard was forced to make a belly landing early this morning at Newark International Airport after experiencing landing gear trouble. No injuries were reported.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Funeral services have been held for the New Jersey woman and boy whose bodies were found in their home after a 37-hour hostage standoff last weekend.

Tejano music legend Lydia Mendoza is being recognized, immortalized and given the respect many feels she deserves for her contributions to the American musical scene. The United States Postal Service issued a stamp comme...

Up to 60 people injured when car drives into Va. parade; medical emergency possible cause

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) -- Rhode Island U.S. Rep. David Cicilline is co-sponsoring three bills designed to maintain low interest rates on student loans, hoping to prevent young people from ending up with excessive debt.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) -- Redshirt freshman Dylan Donahue scored with 13 seconds remaining to lift top-seeded Syracuse past Yale 7-6 in the NCAA tournament quarterfinals Saturday.

Ana Alliegro, the Miami woman at the center of the federal corruption investigation involving former congressman David Rivera, is living in a small town outside of Managua.

DAMASCUS, Va. -- An elderly driver plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Saturday parade in a small Virginia mountain town and investigators were looking into whether he suffered a medical emergency before the accid...

Imagine a company backed by Fred Wilson, one of the top venture capitalists on the Internet. The company is largely reliant on user-generated content and has had difficulties generating revenue in line with its stratosph...

Police arrested two men from Somerville and Dorchester after seeing them exchange heroin and cash at the JFK/UMass Red Line T station Friday night, Transit Police said. Plainclothes Transit Police officers reported they ...

France finally became the 14th country to legalize gay marriage on Saturday when President Francois Hollande signed the bill that legalizes same sex marriage into law. But ugly protests that have marked the legal process...

About 50 to 60 people were injured Saturday when a driver described by witnesses as an elderly man drove his car into a group of hikers marching in a parade in a small Virginia mountain town.

DAMASCUS, Va. (AP) -- Emergency official: 50 to 60 injured in Va. parade crash, 3 flown by helicopter; no fatalities.

CAIRO (AP) -- Egyptian officials say baggage handlers in Cairo's airport have gone on strike to protest a colleague's death, leaving passengers on 20 international flights from Europe and Arab countries waiting several h...

GEZIRAT AL-FADEL, Egypt -- In 1948, Suleiman Mamoudi fled by foot with his parents and other families from their village of Bir el-Sabae in Palestine. The 28-year-old and his family walked west for several hundred miles,...

One cop was arrested and claims his girlfriend's pimps set him up. Another officer was charged with gun trafficking while a third was in an accident that killed a Miami Dade College student.

It might not be uncommon for workers to fake a sick day just to skip work, but some apparently feel the need to get a little more creative, according to a recent study. In fact, the excuses employees give their bosses fo...

Recently, I connected with dozens of corporate executives of large and small companies in an effort to understand the benefits of corporate social responsibility (CSR) to the corporation.

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) -- A Rhode Island woman who was injured in the Boston Marathon bombings is preparing to attend a welcome home party at Rosecliff, a Newport mansion featured in the film version of "The Great Gatsby."

WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) -- A Maine man wanted by police after leading officers on a high-speed chase is in custody in Connecticut.

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is known for his unusual Twitter feed, and he took to the website again on Saturday with more unique posts. Grassley sounded a warning early Saturday on one area where he thinks America is su...