Updated: 9:07 AM People from across the country have gone to West to help the town pick up the pieces over the past two days. Many have commented on how resilient the residents of West are in light of the tragedy, but one West resident is helping out in his own unique way.

Updated: 4:02 PM A 59-year-old Russian cosmonaut became the world's oldest spacewalker Friday, joining a much younger cosmonaut's son for a little

Updated: 1:44 PM MONTGOMERY VILLAGE, Md. (AP) - The uncle of a Boston Marathon bombing suspect is urging his nephew to turn himself in.

Updated: 10:24 AM The two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing killed an MIT police officer and hurled explosives at police in a car chase and gun battle overnight that left one of them dead and his brother on the run, authorities said Friday as thousands of officers swarmed the streets in a manhunt that all but paralyzed the Boston area.

Updated: 10:02 AM A bomb exploded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon seconds after Berti finished the race. Two days later, he was in his home state of Texas when he saw a fertilizer plant explode near Waco.

Posted: 5:54 PM Four months ago, President Barack Obama promised a grieving nation he would do everything in his power to change gun laws after 26 students and staff were shot to death at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Turns out his power and the impassioned pleas of devastated families were no match for the force of gun rights advocates in Congress and across the nation.

Posted: 5:40 PM A powerful spring storm system stretching from southern Texas to northern Michigan unleashed a wave of weather extremes on the Midwest Thursday and threatened to bring its mix of hard rains, high winds and severe thunderstorms to the East by the weekend.

Posted: 5:28 PM The FBI released photos and video Thursday of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing and asked for the public's help in identifying them, zeroing in on the two men on surveillance-camera footage less than three days after the deadly attack.

Posted: 3:55 PM The government's top aviation official says the public should expect flight delays as furloughs kick in Sunday for air traffic controllers.

Posted: 1:48 PM Authorities investigating the deadly bombings at the Boston Marathon have zeroed in on an man seen on surveillance video near the site of the attack.

Updated: 11:43 AM WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Secret Service says it has intercepted a letter addressed to President Barack Obama that contained a "suspicious substance."

Posted: 9:35 AM Arlington, VA - At least one poorly-conceived charity scam has already emerged in the wake of the explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon Monday, and more are likely.

Updated: 9:08 AM Forecasters say Oklahoma is at a moderate risk for severe weather as a storm system moves through the state.

Posted: 8:54 AM A spring storm is bringing much-needed moisture to parts of the Rockies and the Plains but winds are raising the wildfire danger to the south.

Updated: 9:42 AM KAUFMAN COUNTY, Texas -- Kim Williams, the 46-year-old wife of former Kaufman County Justice of the Peace Eric Williams, was arrested and charged with capital murder.

Posted: 11:12 PM Two explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday killed three people and injured dozens more. A look at the facts in the case.

Updated: 9:45 PM The Senate has set a vote for Wednesday on a bipartisan plan for expanding background checks to more gun buyers, with supporters facing an uphill path to victory.

Posted: 8:48 PM WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Roger Wicker is acknowledging a letter sent to his Washington office is the subject of an investigation by the United States Capitol Police and the FBI.

Updated: 6:45 PM Seven people from B/CS and three from Brenham were registered for the race.

Updated: 2:18 PM American Airlines flights across the country are grounded because of computer problems.

Updated: 5:03 PM The explosives that killed three and wounded more than 170 at the Boston Marathon were made of pressure cookers packed with metal and ball bearings, a person briefed on the investigation said Tuesday.

Posted: 8:26 AM The Indianapolis 500 and 500 Festival Mini-Marathon will review security procedures for their events after two explosions Monday ripped through Boston Marathon runners and spectators, officials said.

Posted: 8:09 AM A bipartisan Senate immigration bill would put the 11 million immigrants in the country illegally on a 13-year path to U.S. citizenship that would cost $2,000 in fines and more than that in fees, and would begin only once steps have been taken to secure the border, according to an outline of the measure released Monday.

Posted: 7:16 AM Carnival Corp. said Monday it will repay the U.S. government an unspecified amount for the costs to taxpayers of responses to disabling accidents on its Triumph and Splendor cruise ships, both of which left thousands of passengers stranded at sea for days.

Posted: 6:36 AM The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says there have been no threats or heightened security in the aftermath of a bombing at the Boston Marathon - but that senses are heightened.