A spokeswoman for Edward M. Kennedy says the Massachusetts senator is in the hospital for evaluation after becoming ill at his Hyannis home.

In New York City, an out-of-control van jumps a curb and barrels into bystanders while in Los Angeles a trolley bus loses its brakes and crashes.

Police in Lafayette, Louisiana, say two rail cars jumped the track and overturned early this morning, leaking hydrochloric acid.

A spinning carnival ride collapsed at a fair near Sacramento Friday night injuring all 24 people on board.

Someone in southwestern Ohio is waking up a whole lot richer in the morning.

A California biochemist has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering her estranged husband.

A Bergen County, New Jersey, prosecutor the bodies had multiple stab wounds and that it was "definitely not a murder-suicide."

Missouri lawmakers have approved a bill making cyber harassment illegal.

Federal border agents say they will search for illegal immigrants at inland Texas checkpoints even during a hurricane evacuation. But Texas state and local officials say that could lead to disastrous delays and discourage some people from getting out.

Soon after taking office, the next president and the new Congress will get some advice about how to prevent WMD attacks on the U.S.