Authorities say three college friends of the surviving Boston Marathon bomber didn't want him to get in trouble for it.

Tuesday, the FDA lowered to 15 the age at which girls and women can buy the emergency contraceptive without a prescription -- and said it no longer has to be kept behind pharmacy counters.

The University of Georgia will ban backpacks in the school's football stadium during its commencement ceremony on May 10.

AAA Carolinas announced Tuesday that it will cost the driver of an average sedan about $9,200 to operate their vehicle this year. That's down from just over $10,000 last year.

A website that connects people seeking casual and extramarital affairs has put up a billboard featuring the face of former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford.

Three former employees of an ex-judge in Georgia are accusing him of sexual harassment and another woman who had a case before him says he propositioned her and orchestrated a scheme to have her arrested on bogus drug charges.

Authorities say they have arrested a 23-year-old woman in a shooting death in Johnston.

Authorities have charged a Mississippi man with making and possessing ricin in the investigation into poison-laced letters sent to President Barack Obama and others.

A former fire coordinator for Greenwood County will spend about four months in prison for having sex with a woman who was incapacitated while he was on the job.

Authorities say a 14-year-old girl suffered serious injuries when she was struck by a police car struck in metro Atlanta.

Congress has easily approved legislation ending furloughs of air traffic controllers that have delayed hundreds of flights daily.

Police in coastal Georgia say country singer Billy Currington may have videotaped himself chasing a 70-year-old tour boat captain and threatening to "finish him off."

Coroner Todd Hardee on Thursday identified the children as 10-month-old sisters Myasia and Kynasia Hawkins. Also killed were their brothers, 2-year-old Camaron Mason and 4-year-old Delonta Dixon.

An outdoor ban on burning will go into effect for Richmond and Columbia counties on May 1.

New York City officials say the Boston Marathon bombing suspects intended to blow up their remaining explosives in Times Square.

A crew that was cleaning fuel barges in Mobile Bay likely caused a spark the triggered an explosion and critically burned three workers.

Mobile Fire-Rescue spokesman Steve Huffman said in a statement to The Associated Press Thursday morning that the fire was out and that it appeared to be accidental.

Darlington County Coroner Todd Hardee said twin 1-year-old girls and their brothers aged 3 and 4 were found dead in the home after the fire was put out Wednesday afternoon.

The homemade, pressure-cooker bombs used in the deadly Boston Marathon explosions were triggered by a remote detonator of the kind used in remote-control toys, U.S. officials said Wednesday.

Thousands of Massachusetts Institute of Technology students, faculty and staff as well as law enforcement officials from across the nation are lining up for a solemn tribute to fallen campus police officer Sean Collier.

The South Carolina Budget and Control Board has been ordered to return state employee health insurance premiums that a court says were collected illegally.

Viewers in South Carolina and beyond will be able to see the first head-to-head meeting between former Gov. Mark Sanford and Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch in their race for the state's 1st Congressional District seat.

New numbers show that Georgia has seen a slight drop in the number of motorcycle fatalities.

Greenville will be getting a trampoline park attraction this summer. The Greenville News reported that Gravitopia will offer more than 10,000 square feet of trampolines.

Residents in a Macon neighborhood are preparing for some disruptions as a motion picture is filmed in the area.