A wave of car bombings strikes Baghdad's Shiite areas and the southern city of Basra.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry is heading back to the Middle East this week to press his case for peace talks between Syrian rebels and President Bashar Assad's regime amid increasing signs the new U.S. strategy to halt the war is being undermined by Russia.

The Senate Judiciary Committee hopes to pass a landmark immigration bill this week.

Connecticut's governor tells commuters to consider staying in NYC if they can get there.

United Airlines is getting its 787s back in the air.

PHOENIX (AP) — A Phoenix police officer and firefighter both died Sunday after suffering critical injuries in separate accidents on the job, officials said.

Twisters level homes and leave at least one person dead in Oklahoma.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Star Trek: Into Darkness" has warped its way to a $70.6 million domestic launch from Friday to Sunday, though it's not setting any light-speed records with a debut that's lower than the studio's expectations.

Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of the country's biggest bank, faces a key test this week: His shareholders are voting on whether to let him keep both jobs.

Were projectiles North Korea fired over the weekend missiles or a new type of artillery?

Fox News reported that one person was killed in Shawnee, Oklahoma, east of Oklahoma City.

According to two new polls, President Obama's approval rating has more or less remained steady.

Traffic in southwest Connecticut could be a mess for as much as a week until service is restored to the commuter rail line affected by a derailment that injured scores of passengers, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy warned Sunday.

Officials say the twisters are "violent and dangerous," but there are no immediate reports of injuries or significant damage.

The police officer who accidentally killed a Long Island college student along with an armed intruder faced perhaps the most harrowing decision in law enforcement: choosing the split-second moment when the risk is so high that you must pull the trigger.

With a bullet still in his body, the police officer who survived a showdown with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects said Sunday he's determined to return to duty.

Yahoo Inc's board has approved a deal to buy blogging and social networking site Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash, the Wall Street Journal cited people familiar with the matter as saying on Sunday.