Marking Earth Day with a pitch for his energy plan, President Barack Obama on Wednesday called for a “new era of energy exploration in America” and argued that his proposal would help both the economy and the environment.

Marking Earth Day with a pitch for his energy plan, President Barack Obama on Wednesday called for a “new era of energy exploration in America” and argued that his proposal would help both the economy and the environment.

President Barack Obama delivered an Earth Day pitch for his alternative energy plan and environmentally friendly jobs Wednesday in a return to Iowa, the state that launched him on the road to the White House.

President Barack Obama’s trip to the state that launched him toward the White House is being billed as a return visit. But in fact he never really left.

One New Jersey farm has a special attraction to go with the season’s hay rides and corn mazes: giant pumpkin catapult.

A misprint in a telephone book has led to some callers dialing a phone sex service while trying to reach a New Jersey political organization.

The Iowa Speedway in Newton will host a NASCAR Nationwide Series race next season.

Federal officials say a commuter train was going nearly 30 mph faster than it should have when it crashed into another train in Massachusetts.Kitty Higgins of the National Transportation Safety Board said Saturday that a red signal required trolley...

Two commuter trains collided and derailed during the evening rush hour outside Boston on Wednesday, hurting several passengers and trapping the seriously injured operator of one train, authorities said.The crash came just hours after an elevated train...

Several people are injured and a train operator is trapped after a rush-hour collision between two trains outside Boston.A spokesman for the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority says there are multiple injuries in Wednesday evening’s accident above...