1 of 2 fires north of LA contained
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) -- One of two wildfires burning in the hills and mountains around Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles was fully contained Saturday and authorities were getting an upper hand on the second one.... 5/18/2013 11:01 PM

Medical emergency eyed in Va. parade crash
DAMASCUS, Va. (AP) -- Witnesses described a frantic scene and close calls after an elderly driver plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a small Virginia mountain town's parade. Investigators were looking into whether the motorist had suffered a medical emergency before the accident.... 5/19/2013 3:17 AM

Probe into Conn. train crash giving way to cleanup
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) -- Investigators will look closely at a broken section of rail to see if it is connected to the commuter train derailment and collision outside New York City that left dozens injured, as the focus begins to shift toward cleanup and rebuilding ahead of challenging times for travelers and commuters along the Northeast Corridor.... 5/19/2013 3:09 AM

$590M-plus Powerball: 1 winning ticket sold in Fla
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- It's all about the odds, and one lone ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching each of the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million, lottery officials said Sunday.... 5/19/2013 6:35 AM

Hofstra student killed by police during break-in
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) -- In what police are describing as a crime of opportunity, a wanted man with a criminal history dating nearly 15 years entered a front door that had been left open at a New York home near Hofstra University.... 5/19/2013 3:07 AM

Aide: Obama learned about IRS from news accounts
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A senior White House adviser insists President Barack Obama learned the Internal Revenue Service had been targeting tea party groups "when it came out in the news."... 5/19/2013 9:01 AM

FBI searches apartment in ricin letter case
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- Authorities in hazardous materials suits searched a downtown Spokane apartment Saturday, investigating the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin.... 5/18/2013 9:28 PM

Money tangle: The IRS and its tea party tempest
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Internal Revenue Service is feeling the sort of heat that targeted taxpayers feel from the tax agency. It's the sense that a powerful someone is breathing down your neck.... 5/19/2013 8:57 AM

A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington that remain murky and in perpetual dispute.... 5/19/2013 8:24 AM

Obama to address Morehouse College commencement
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is delivering the commencement address at Morehouse College, the historically black, all-male institution that counts Martin Luther King Jr. among its alumni.... 5/19/2013 6:53 AM