NEWARK, N.J. - Two reputed gang members were charged with murder Monday in connection with a drive-by shooting spree last week that prompted the mayor to vehemently deny that the slayings were part of a heightened drug war.

NEWARK, N.J. -- The Continental Airlines pilot who died on a trans-Atlantic flight from Brussels to Newark was in "perfect health" and fellow crew members initially thought he had just fallen asleep, his wife told a Houston television station.

NEWARK, N.J. -- A member of the New Jersey governor's cabinet has resigned amid a sweeping corruption investigation that has ensnared three mayors, two state legislators and several rabbis.

A US Airways plane headed to New Jersey experienced an engine problem shortly after takeoff Friday afternoon and landed safely back at Sky Harbor International Airport.

A Chandler man was one of 14 people, including pharmacists, street gang members, mobsters and college students, who were arrested Wednesday and Thursday on suspicion of flooding the Boston area with the powerful painkiller OxyContin, prosecutors charged Thursday.

At the end of an evening meal, the husband said to his wife: “Let’s watch some TV.” She said: “Ok. — What’s your preference?” And the conversation proceeded like this. How about a movie? Ok — there’s Alien. No. There’s Aliens. No.

BRANCHBURG, N.J. - When a third suspect was caught Friday in a bank robbery investigation that led to the fatal shooting of an FBI agent, he had a request for officers: "Just shoot me."

TRENTON, N.J. - Sleet, snow and freezing rain pelted the East Coast on Friday, dashing hopes that spring had arrived because temperatures had soared into the 60s and 70s two days earlier.

TEMPE - US Airways has been awarded a coveted route between Philadelphia and Beijing by the U.S. Department of Transportation and plans to start daily service in 2009, the airline said Tuesday.

Authorities in India apprehended a man Sunday who is suspected of killing his estranged wife in her Ahwatukee Foothills home.

Phoenix police confirmed Saturday they have obtained an international warrant and are working with India to catch the suspect in an Ahwatukee Foothills homicide.

HAPEVILLE, Ga. - R&B singer Faith Evans and her husband, record executive Todd Russaw, were arrested on drug possession charges.

Thousands of flights to and from the Northeast region are canceled because of Hurricane Sandy. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport was also affected Monday.