A tropical storm warning has been extended though covering an area from Fort Pierce, Florida to Georgia's coastal southeast.

Overnight rainfall has been helping firefighters trying to contain a blaze in eastern Washington state.

The medical examiner has ruled that the seven people killed in a Memphis house fire Saturday died from smoke inhalation and burns.

A federal judge says he will not move Sen. Ted Stevens' corruption trial to his home state of Alaska.

New York City police are looking for the man caught on video choking and robbing an 85-year-old woman inside a building elevator.

Federal officials say a mental patient died after workers left him in a chair for 22 hours without feeding him or helping him use the bathroom.

The revelation comes just days after a much ballyhooed news conference was held in California.

The estimate of flooded homes in Starr County nearly doubled today after officials assessed damage from nearly 13 inches of rain.

Authorities say a California sheriff's deputy and an attorney were among 55 men charged with possessing child pornography after an eight-month investigation.

The national advocacy group for older Americans is being accused of age discrimination.

Former Vice President Al Gore and civil rights activist Diane Nash are being honored by the National Civil Rights Museum.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has dropped plans to attend the closing ceremonies of the Olympics in Beijing.

Authorities accuse a former Michigan elementary school teacher of having sex with a 12-year-old boy she was tutoring at her home.

The mother-in-law of Hugh McCutcheon, who was stabbed and her husband killed in Beijing, is starting to talk and walk short distances while recovering in Minnesota.

Firefighters say a wildfire has raced across about 35 square miles of grass, sagebrush and some scattered trees in a sparsely populated region.