FAA proposes new rules for helicopter safety in wake of rise in fatal crashes

FAA proposes new rules for helicopter safety

Heavy rains wash across Northeast, quickly ending dry spell and cutting power to thousands

Northeast storm brings sheets of rain, high winds

Torrential East Coast rainstorm that deluged cars, snarled traffic, killed 5 reaches Boston

Rainstorm that deluged cars, killed 5 hits Boston

Storm deluges cars, boosts rainfall totals in Northeast; NJ under drought watch for months

Mighty rains deluge cars, close roads in Northeast

Deadliest fire of year in NJ’s biggest city kills 3 in home without power, blamed on candles

Deadly fire in NJ’s largest city blamed on candles

Duck boat captain sues tugboat firm, city over July crash in Philly that killed 2 Hungarians

Duck boat captain sues tug, Philly in deadly crash

Rain pounds NC, bringing flood and wind worries as storm moves up the East Coast

Rain pounds NC as storm moves up the East Coast

Fire in 3-story brick building kills 3 people, called deadliest of year in NJ’s biggest city

Fire in NJ 3-story brick building kills 3 people

Safety board: Air traffic controller, FAA procedures at fault in Hudson River midair collision

Controller faulted in Hudson midair collision

NTSB chair: ‘Merger of missteps’ led to midair collision between plane and tour helicopter

Merger of missteps led to midair collision

NTSB seeks cause of mid-air collision between plane and tour helicopter over Hudson River

Safety board seeks cause of mid-air collision

Michelle Obama says site of Flight 93 crash in western Pa. shows how a scar has healed

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Speaking at Pa. service, Laura Bush says Americans ‘chose to overcome evil’ after 9/11 attacks

Laura Bush: Americans united in remembering 9/11

Earl causes power outages in Canada; biggest Northeast impact might be business on big weekend

Earl’s biggest damage in Northeast: business

Weakening Hurricane Earl still disrupting air, rail travel as long holiday weekend begins

Waning Earl still causing havoc for holiday travel

Rough waters continue on Mid-Atlantic beaches; more expected though week as Earl approaches

Rough waters for shore resorts between storms

Overturned truck on NJ interstate scatters sheep, goats, cattle; about 80 animals die

Overturned truck in NJ scatters livestock

KNOWLTON, N.J. — State police say about 80 animals died after a truck carrying sheep, goats and calves overturned on Interstate 80 in New Jersey.

New Jersey firefighters working on house fire find boy treading water in basement

NJ fire crew finds boy treading water in basement

Touched by tragedy, relatives of Lockerbie bombing victims are married in New Jersey

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Ex-NBA star Jayson Williams pleads guilty in New York DWI case, gets year in jail

Ex-NBA star Williams pleads guilty in DWI case

Fire officials say electrical shorts might be to blame for manhole explosions in NJ city

Manholes explode for 3 straight days in NJ city

Families raise new questions over medical advice that led to Lockerbie bomber’s release

Lockerbie families raise new questions over bomber

Newark, NJ, fire destroys 2 houses, damages 5 other buildings; caused being investigated

Newark fire destroys 2 homes, damages 5 buildings

Firefighters battle 7-building blaze in Newark, NJ, amid stifling heat, low water pressure

7 buildings burn in residential area of Newark, NJ

Firefighters battling 7-building blaze in Newark, NJ, amid stifling heat, low water pressure

Firefighters battling 7-building blaze in NJ

It’s the heat AND the humidity: Summer temps in the 100s bear down on Eastern US

Eastern US cooks in summer heat, temps reach 100s

NY man, 70, and NJ man, 75, killed when parachutes tangle in Pennsylvania skydiving mishap

2 skydiving seniors die when chutes tangle in Pa.

Another collapse at NJ parking garage; No injuries reported, but crews removed as a precaution

Another collapse at NJ parking garage

HACKENSACK, N.J. — Another partial collapse has occurred at a parking garage in northern New Jersey, but no injuries have been reported.

After 22-hour search, officials determine no victims trapped under NJ parking garage rubble

Officials: No one under NJ parking garage rubble

Officials determine no one trapped under NJ parking garage rubble after nearly 20-hour search

Official: No one under NJ parking garage rubble

NJ police director says gas cans, wires found in car parked near railroad overpass not a bomb

Police say gas cans, wires in NJ car not a bomb

NJ police: Gas cans, wires found in car parked near railroad overpass not a bomb

NJ cops: Car with gas cans, wires didn’t have bomb

As heat wave breaks in Northeast, misery persists, death toll rises

Heat wave eases in Northeast, but misery persists

Duck boat company operating vessel in Philadelphia accident suspends operations nationwide

Duck boat company suspends operations nationwide

Hazy waters impede underwater search for 2 Hungarian tourists missing since Pa. duck boat sank

Hazy waters foil underwater search for Pa. boaters

Murky waters impede underwater search for 2 passengers missing since Pa. duck boat sank

Murky waters foil underwater probe for Pa. boaters

Coast Guard: Hope fading for discovery of survivors after 2 go missing when duck boat sinks

Coast Guard: Hope fading for 2 missing boaters

Coast Guard: 2 passengers missing from capsized duck boat in Pa. are Hungarian tourists

Chief: 2 missing on Pa. duck boat are Hungarian

2 passengers missing from capsized duck boat in Pa. barge collision, 35 other people rescued

2 missing after barge capsizes duck boat in Philly

Eastern Seaboard to get some relief from heat, though humidity will keep the weather swampy

East Coast to get relief from heat, not humidity

Officials: 8 people released from Philly hospital after duck boat crash; 2 still missing

8 released from Pa. hospital after duck boat crash

Barge hits tourist ‘duck’ boat on Delaware River in Philadelphia; 2 missing, 35 rescued

Barge hits tourist duck boat in Philly; 2 missing

More triple-digit heat brings misery to East; city dwellers try to survive the concrete jungle

More triple-digit heat brings misery to the East

Barge hits tourist boat on Delaware River in Philadelphia; 2 unaccounted for, 35 rescued

Barge hits tourist boat in Philly; 2 missing

East Coast heat wave sets records again as temperatures reach 100 in NJ, Philadelphia

Records fall again in East as heat swelters on

Unrelenting heat scorches East Coast yet another day as temperatures set to reach 100 again

Scorching temperatures return to wilting East

Unrelenting heat scorches East Coast yet another day as temperatures approach 100 again

Temperatures again approach 100 in wilting East

Unrelenting sun scorches East Coast yet another day as temperatures set to reach 100 again

Scorching temperatures returning to wilted East

‘It’s just too hot’: Unrelenting sun scorches East Coast, with no respite from heat forecast

‘It’s just too hot’: East Coast scorched by heat

East Coast residents seek a respite as temperatures soar above 100 degrees in some cities

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