Tropical Storm Alberto is moving eastward as it spins off the coast of Florida.

A man accused of shooting an assault rifle at the White House and charged with the attempted assassination of President Barack Obama faces two additional counts.

In an unannounced trip, President Barack Obama has arrived in Afghanistan to sign an agreement cementing the U.S. role in the country after the war ends in 2014.

Counterterrorism officials say there is no credible or specific threat to the U.S. related to the upcoming anniversary of the death of terror leader Osama bin Laden.

A man who pleaded guilty to stabbing Washington Redskins kick returner Brandon Banks and a friend during a fight outside a nightclub in February 2011 will spend three months in jail.

Newt Gingrich's daughter says the former House speaker will "reassess" his campaign after the votes are tallied in Delaware, potentially setting the stage for his exit from the Republican presidential race.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are teaming up to promote National Severe Weather Preparedness Week.

Dick Clark, the television host who helped bring rock `n' roll into the mainstream on "American Bandstand," has died. He was 82.

The U.N. Security Council says it deplores North Korea's rocket launch, which violates two council resolutions.

The suspect charged in the nation's largest school shooting since Virginia Tech changed his name a decade ago because he felt his birth name sounded like a girl's name.

The nursing program director at the California Christian college where a gunman went on a shooting rampage says she thinks she was the suspect's intended target.

A candlelight vigil is planned at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington to mark the anniversary of the civil rights leader's assassination 44 years ago.

Mitt Romney has won the Wisconsin primary. And that means he's gone three for three over chief GOP rival Rick Santorum in Tuesday's contests.

Police have confirmed that there are fatalities in a shooting at an Oakland Christian university that also left at least four people wounded.

Lottery officials say they are increasing the MegaMillions lottery jackpot to $640 million, raising what was already a world-record prize.

No one picked the six correct numbers in the latest multi-state Mega Millions lottery game, sending the jackpot to a record $476 million for the Friday drawing.

The Supreme Court is plunging into a three-day debate on the Obama administration's overhaul of the nation's health care system.

The Pentagon's chief spokesman says the basic war strategy in Afghanistan will not change despite the mass killing of Afghan civilians, allegedly by an American soldier. Spokesman George Little called the killings a deplorable but "isolated incident."

U.S. officials say it was an American Army soldier who may have shot as many as 16 Afghans before dawn on Sunday in southern Afghanistan.

Documents obtained by The Associated Press show that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and some of his top aides used private email accounts to conduct state business at times when Romney was governor of Massachusetts.

President Barack Obama says the furor in Afghanistan over the accidental burning of Qurans underscores the need for the U.S. to transition out of the war there.

A U.S. official says two more American troops have been killed in Afghanistan, the latest in a series of attacks following protests over the burning of the Quran.

A Cleveland hospital says another student wounded in an Ohio high school shooting has died, bringing the death toll to three.

A senior Pentagon official is apologizing to Washington-area Muslims for the burning of Qurans at a military base in Afghanistan.

The Dow Jones industrial average has crossed 13,000 for the first time since before the 2008 financial crisis.