Menino endorses Markey in Mass. Senate race

BOSTON (AP) -- Democratic U.S. Rep. Edward Markey won both the endorsement and the considerable political clout of Boston Mayor Thomas Menino on Friday in his fight against Republican Gabriel Gomez in Massachusetts' special U.S. Senate election. (   05/24/2013 1:40 PM )

• Mass. proposes fees for medical marijuana program

• Peabody man faces drunken driving charge

• NY's Main Beach tops annual survey of best beaches

• Senate approves $34B Mass spending plan

Damage reported from magnitude-5.7 quake in Calif.

GREENVILLE, Calif. (AP) -- A moderate earthquake centered in rural northeastern California and felt in two other states damaged some homes and ruptured a tank that supplies residential drinking water in the densely forested region, officials said Friday. (   05/24/2013 1:59 PM )

• No bail for Pa. parents in faith-healing death

• Obama: Sexual assault threatens trust in military

• APNewsBreak: Co. says it has permits to cross span

• Hurricane center: Beware of the storm surge

UK-bound Pakistan plane diverted, 2 men arrested

LONDON (AP) -- Britain scrambled fighter jets Friday to intercept a commercial airliner carrying more than 300 people from Pakistan, diverting it to an isolated runway at an airport on the outskirts of London and arresting two British passengers who allegedly threatened to destroy the plane. (   05/24/2013 1:48 PM )

• Third term begins for Ecuador's President Correa

• Afghan Taliban attack aid group, 2 guards killed

• French help Niger to kill last jihadist bombers

• Britain braces for possible copycat attacks

Conn. makes $5M available for school safety

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut is making $5 million available immediately to cities and towns to help reimburse them for school safety and security upgrades following the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. (   05/24/2013 12:59 PM )

• Bill requires exercise time in Maine schools

• Education Department giving Newtown $1.3 million

• Sen. Cowan to address BC Law School commencement

• Report: Nation's kids need to get more physical

NASA head views progress on asteroid lasso mission

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -- Surrounded by engineers, NASA chief Charles Bolden inspected a prototype spacecraft engine that could power an audacious mission to lasso an asteroid and tow it closer to Earth for astronauts to explore. (   05/23/2013 5:40 PM )

• Hurricane outlook: Another busy Atlantic season

• 2013 hurricane names: From Andrea to Wendy

• Power of Moore tornado dwarfs Hiroshima bomb

• Most shipwrecks called a minor US pollution threat