A winter storm system spread a mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain from the Deep South to the upper Plains states Thursday, snarling ground and air traffic.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was granted bail by a judge in London today, a week after handing himself over to UK police to face allegations of sex crimes in Sweden.

Ireland's constitutional ban on abortion violates the rights of pregnant women to receive proper medical care in life-threatening cases, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday, harshly criticizing Ireland's long inaction on the issue.

The Army-Navy football game is Saturday in Philadelphia, and the traditions of the rivalry extend far beyond the gridiron. One of them extends along the route between West Point and the field where the battle will be played.

House Democrats are upset with President Obama's tax deal with the GOP. Speaker Nancy Pelosi says there is "unease" with the proposal.

A fire has killed 81 people and injured a number of others at a prison in Chile, state television reported Wednesday.

Rescue workers recovered 23 bodies but said more than 100 people remained missing and feared dead Monday following a landslide that buried a poor Medellin suburb amid Colombia's heaviest rains in decades.

RARITAN TWP. - Students may win gift cards, or get a bump in parking privileges, by attending Teen Safety Night on Thursday at Hunterdon Central High School. Their parents may cry.

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A strong storm system brought rain and winds that shut down the Statue of Liberty and delayed flights for more than four hours at airports in the mid-Atlantic and Northeast.

A man who was a "person of interest" in the shooting death of celebrity publicist Ronni Chasen shot himself as Beverly Hills police tried to question him.

Police are investigating the first-ever homicide in a Disney-developed town in central Florida, officials said.

Heavy snow has stranded motorists for some 20 hours on a major thoroughfare near Buffalo, New York, with emergency personnel working to get them out.

The chemistry of the world's oceans is changing at a rate not seen for 65 million years, with far-reaching implications for marine biodiversity and food security, according to a new United Nations study released Thursday.

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A candlelight vigil is scheduled tonight for Ocean Gate police officer Jason Marles, who was killed early Thanksgiving morning when a drunken driver crashed into his vehicle on the Garden State Parkway.

A bill that would ban businesses from discriminating unemployed candidates from applying for jobs in advertisements has been approved in the Senate after passing in the Assembly, according to a report by APP.com

Hundreds of consumers flooded shopping centers throughout the Garden State today morning in hopes of scoring the best deal on flat screen TVs, toys, and, in some cases, a little something for themselves.

On Sunday night, Dec. 5, an estimated 3,500 people and 55 floats will pass by 12,000 to 15,000 spectators, according to Chris Gacos, chairman of the annual Flemington Holiday Parade. The parade, sponsored by the Flemington Raritan Business Association, starts at 7 and is over by 8:30.

Police in Chicago, Illinois, are investigating the death of a man who fell from the upper level of Soldier Field, home of the Chicago Bears, to the ground outside the stadium, police said.