Posted: 7:23 AM The chaos wrought by Superstorm Sandy delivered a gut-wrenching dose of deja vu for survivors of Hurricane Katrina.

Posted: 9:32 PM A Southwest Airlines jet slid off a taxiway at Denver International Airport on Saturday amid light snowfall and freezing temperatures.

Posted: 2:35 PM David Petraeus has resigned as director of the CIA after admitting he had an extramarital affair.

Posted: 8:22 AM First came marijuana as medicine. Now comes legal pot for the people.

Posted: 1:02 PM A slim majority of Puerto Ricans want their island to become the 51st U.S. state in a non-binding referendum that would require final approval from Congress.

Posted: 12:28 PM With a second term ahead of him, President Barack Obama faces the urgent task of working with Congress to address an impending financial crisis that economists say could send the country back into recession.

Posted: 12:25 PM Paul Ryan says he is returning to Congress.

Posted: 12:21 PM Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says the election showed that Democrats are the party of diversity, and he plans to bring up an immigration reform bill next year.

Updated: 6:15 AM President Barack Obama has been re-elected to a second term, defeating Republican Mitt Romney in a hard-fought race in which the economy was the dominant issue.

Posted: 2:40 PM The military says a U.S. Army soldier from Iowa died in action while serving in the Kandahar province in Afghanistan.

Posted: 6:24 AM A lawsuit alleges software on Ohio voting machine equipment could cause votes to be altered, and the office of the state's elections chief is calling the suit ridiculous.

Posted: 6:52 AM Commuters into New York City endured long waits and crowded trains, giving the recovering commuter system a stress test a week after Superstorm Sandy ravaged the New Jersey and New York coast lines.

Posted: 12:57 AM A 24-year-old man was mauled to death Sunday morning while cleaning a grizzly bear enclosure at a wildlife casting agency in southwestern Montana, Gallatin County officials said.

Posted: 3:58 PM Amtrak says it will resume partial service between New York City and points south, including Philadelphia and Trenton, N.J., on Thursday night.

Posted: 6:11 AM A resurgent Mitt Romney is popping up more in other Republican candidates' ads as both parties press their closing arguments in closely contested Senate races.

Posted: 12:12 PM For the first time since Hurricane Sandy struck, there's bright sunshine today over New York City, after days of gray skies, rain and wind.

Posted: 12:06 PM Amtrak says it has restored train service to Newark Liberty International Airport.

Updated: 9:20 AM The massive storm that started out as Hurricane Sandy slammed into the East Coast and morphed into a huge and problematic system, killing at least 55 people in the United States. Power outages now stand at more than 6.5 million homes and businesses, down from a peak of 8.5 million.

Posted: 7:53 AM Could superstorm Sandy postpone the presidential election? The question has come up now because it could take days to fully restore power across the East Coast -- and the election is just a week away.

Posted: 7:37 AM Former kidnapping and sexual-abuse victim Elizabeth Smart has praised Penn State for a conference on child sexual abuse and its prevention after the Jerry Sandusky molestation scandal.

Posted: 11:40 AM Authorities in southern New Mexico say a hazardous materials release has sickened some 200 people in the Santa Teresa area near the Mexican border.

Posted: 8:59 AM Superstorm Sandy leaves at least 17 people dead and more than 7 million without power.

Posted: 8:54 AM A fire on Tuesday morning in Colorado killed four people.

Updated: 9:05 AM The massive storm that started out as Hurricane Sandy slammed into the East Coast and morphed into a huge and problematic system, putting more than 7.5 million homes and businesses in the dark and causing at least 18 deaths.

Updated: 8:27 AM Damage reports continue as the storm rolls through the New York area.