By BEN NUCKOLS and DAVID DISHNEAU (FORT MEADE, Md., AP) — For the first time, military prosecutors are going face-to-face with an Army private charged with sending hundreds of thousands… Read more »

By PAUL J. WEBER (AUSTIN, Texas, AP) — To 15-year-old Andrea Hernandez, the tracking microchip embedded in her student ID card is a “mark of the beast,” sacrilege to her… Read more »

By MICHAEL GORMLEY (ALBANY, N.Y., AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared Superstorm Sandy in some ways worse than 2005’s Hurricane Katrina as he said his state would need… Read more »

By JASON DEAREN (SAN FRANCISCO, AP) — Howard Kuljian and his family were out for a walk on a damp, overcast morning at Big Lagoon beach, playing fetch with their… Read more »

By DAVID DISHNEAU (FORT MEADE, Md., AP) — An Army private charged in the biggest security breach in U.S. history is trying to avoid trial by claiming he was already… Read more »

By DAVID DISHNEAU (HAGERSTOWN, Md., AP) — An Army private charged in the biggest security breach in U.S. history is trying to avoid trial by claiming he’s already been punished… Read more »

By ALAN FRAM (WASHINGTON, AP) — When the next Congress cranks up in January, there will be more women, many new faces and 11 fewer tea party-backed House Republicans from… Read more »

By SUSAN HAIGH (SPRINGFIELD, Mass., AP) — Preliminary investigations show more than 40 buildings were damaged in a natural gas explosion in Massachusetts that injured 18 people, building inspectors said… Read more »

By SUSAN HAIGH (SPRINGFIELD, Mass., AP) — Officials had already evacuated part of the entertainment district in one of New England’s biggest cities because of a gas leak and odor… Read more »

By KELLI KENNEDY (MIAMI, AP) — A 13-year-old girl was shot to death in front of her sister and several other students while riding a charter school bus Tuesday, Miami-Dade… Read more »