Military crews in central Georgia are preparing to move a jet donated by actor John Travolta to its new home in an aviation museum.

Residents in a suburban Atlanta county are seeking permits to carry firearms at a higher pace than ever before.

State transportation officials are planning new toll lanes on an interstate south of Atlanta, in Clayton and Henry counties.

Representatives of the NAACP, organized labor, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Latino Association of Charleston are holding a news conference in Charleston on Wednesday.

Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler said Noah Martin was under the tractor removing a blade when the hoist holding it toppled.

Gov. Nikki Haley has signed a measure that lays out how nonprofits in South Carolina could legally hold raffles, should voters approve a constitutional referendum next year.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev had been listed in serious condition at a Boston hospital since he was captured Friday. On Tuesday, the U.S. attorney's office said his condition had been upgraded to fair.

A federal official says the man charged with sending poison letters to President Barack Obama, a U.S. senator and a Mississippi judge has been released from jail.

Hackers have compromised the main Twitter account of The Associated Press, sending out an erroneous tweet about an attack at the White House.

The University of Georgia has revamped its specialty license plate in the hopes of getting even more backers of Bulldog Nation to show their support.

Two U.S. officials say preliminary evidence from an interrogation suggests the suspects in the Boston Marathon attack were motivated by their religious views but were apparently not tied to any Islamic terrorist groups.

Federal officials say they're delaying a policy that would allow passengers to carry small knives, bats and other sports equipment onto airliners.

Defense lawyers for a man accused of mailing poisoned letters to President Barack Obama, a U.S. senator and a local judge say investigators' failure to find any ricin means the government should release their client.

U.S. Sens. Johnny Isakson and Saxby Chambliss have asked the Federal Aviation Administration to reconsider plans to furlough air traffic controllers and reduce tower staffing levels.

Event organizers are looking at security procedures around Georgia following the bombings at the Boston Marathon.

Columbia Police Chief Randy Scott said during a news conference Monday that he is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder related to the death of an officer killed in the line of duty.

Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is campaigning again, attacking his Democratic opponent for running what he calls a stealth campaign in which voters don't know where she stands.

Police in Canada say two men have been arrested and charged with plotting a terrorist attack against a Canadian passenger train.

Up and down the East Coast, airports are reporting flight delays. This is the first weekday on which thousands of air traffic controllers are being forced to take an unpaid day off because of federal budget cuts.

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was charged in his hospital room Monday with using a weapon of mass destruction to kill, and he could get the death penalty.

The White House says the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing will not be tried as an enemy combatant in a military tribunal.

Lawyers for former Atlanta schools superintendent Beverly Hall say allegations that she participated in a scheme to inflate test scores to pad her bonuses are false and misleading.

One week after the Boston Marathon bombings, doctors say everyone injured in the blasts who made it alive to a hospital now seems likely to survive.

A court hearing on a disorderly conduct charge has been rescheduled for actress Reese Witherspoon, who said she's "deeply embarrassed" by what she said to a state trooper during a traffic stop in Atlanta.

Mourners are lining up outside a church in Medford, Mass., for a funeral for one of the Boston Marathon bombing victims.