A lawyer say ex-South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford trespassed at his ex-wife's home and he has been ordered to appear in court two days after his special congressional election.

An official at the consulate's press section, who was not authorized to give his name, said that one Chinese student was injured and another died in the blast.

A letter sent to Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., may have contained ricin, according to a preliminary field test taken by the FBI and U.S. Capitol Police.

Almost as well-known as the Masters Tournament itself are the scams that come with it, but every year people end up buying badges that are not worth the paper they're printed on.

President Barack Obama says the explosions at the Boston Marathon are being investigated as an act of terror, although authorities still don't know who is responsible.

The U.S. Geological Survey says the 7.8 quake struck the slightly populated region.

The explosions Monday also injured more than 130 people, knocking spectators and at least one runner off their feet. Some of the victims lost arms and legs. Other injuries included broken bones, shrapnel wounds and ruptured eardrums.

The National Weather Service says an EF-0 tornado with maximum winds of 85 mph touched down just south of Interstate 20 in Haralson County around 6:20 p.m. on April 11.

New York school district officials have placed a high school English teacher on leave for having students pretend to be Jew-hating Nazis in a writing assignment.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says a Louisiana-based meat packing company has expanded a recall of meat products because of possible bacterial contamination.

Authorities say a 52-year-old suburban Atlanta man shot and wounded an officer and a female driver before police fatally shot him at the end of a chase in Fulton County.

Three women are under arrest after South Carolina authorities say the beat a woman at a coastal tourist attraction.

Police on the Georgia coast have charged two brothers from Brunswick with illegally possessing eight guns that had been reported stolen in burglaries.

Jason Broome has warrants out for his arrest concerning his possible part in thefts from vehicles including using stolen credit cards and possession of stolen property in McDuffie County, according to McDuffie County Sheriff's Office.

A line of storms that has proven to be deadly in Mississippi continues to slide our way.

Burke County Sheriff's office confirms a man and his grandson are dead after running a stop sign.

Allendale County Sheriff's Office confirms two people are dead after being hit by a train.

North Augusta Department of Public Safety has arrested Donald Ginn, 29, for 3rd Degree Arson after a house fire on Thurmond Street Wednesday afternoon.

A vehicle parked near the White House that officials initially thought was suspicious has been cleared and streets in the area have reopened.

A new study shows Georgia leads the nation in the growth of new women-owned businesses for the first time.

Thousands of South Carolina veterans are being warned their personal information might have been compromised after a laptop went missing from the William Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center in Columbia.

Federal officials say Georgia will get $17.2 million in federal grant money as part of a plan aimed at improving some persistently low-performing schools.

The National Weather Service projects that the main threats from the storms will be damaging wind, large hail, heavy rain and lightning.

Tourism is the fastest growing in industry in South Carolina, at least as far as new jobs are concerned.

Her former spokesman Tim Bell said she suffered from a stroke.