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The National Weather Service said 7 to 12 inches could be expected in northern areas of Pennsylvania and New York with winds gusting as high as 45 mph.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine sent ripples beyond the immediate conflict zone, breaking supply chains and creating food shortages as two of the world's biggest food exporters went to war.

A coalition of elections officials from around Ohio are underlining their call for a second primary to happen August 2 — and no later.

At issue was a federal law that has been on the books for 20 years that barred federal candidates from raising more than $250,000 to repay loans made to their campaigns.

A nine-month-long federal racketeering trial involving the tobacco industry ended Thursday. Judge Gladys Kessler now will decide whether big tobacco comanies conspired to hide the dangers of smoking. In closing arguments, Justice Department lawyers asked the judge to impose marketing restrictions on cigarettes.

European Union leaders are gathering in Brussels for a two-day summit that will address problems with the organization's budget. The meeting is occurring two weeks after France and the Netherlands rejected a proposed E.U. constitution

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove's role in leaking the name of CIA operative, Valerie Plame remains undefined. Reports describe Rove as tacitly confirming her identity to a reporter before the story was published. A federal grand jury investigation is continuing.

Britain leads Europe in two minutes of silence for the 53 people killed in last Thursday's attacks on London's transportation system. Traffic and business came to a halt -- along with subways and rail lines. Last week's attacks are seen as suicide bombings -- the first in Western Europe.

Four years ago, an earthquake heavily damaged Port-au-Prince and killed more than 200,000 people. Many areas of the Haitian capital now look much like they did before the 7.0-magnitude quake. But nearly 150,000 are still living in temporary structures.

Planned Parenthood said in the past week they've had to turn away "hundreds" of people whose pregnancies had advanced beyond the six-week cutoff, which is typically when cardiac activity can first be detected.