Fred Tuccillo

NEW YORK (AP) -- Fox is lowering the curtain on "American Idol," ending a series that dominated television throughout the 2000s and made stars of the likes of Simon Cowell, Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood.

Gov. Chris Christie said Monday night that a decision by one of his closest friends to back former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination is "just politics, not personal."

CINCINNATI (AP) -- The last two "Doolittle Tokyo Raiders" presented the group's Congressional Gold Medal for permanent display at a the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on Saturday, 73 years to the day after their daring bombing attack on Japan rallied Americans in World War II.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The federal estate tax inspires a lot of heated political rhetoric for a tax that very few people actually pay.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Here are the winning numbers selected Saturday night in the New Jersey State Lottery:

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) -- A 20-year-old man accused of planning a suicide attack at Fort Riley was arrested Friday while trying to arm what he thought was a 1,000-pound bomb near the Kansas military base as part of a plot to support the Islamic State group, federal prosecutors said.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Rand Paul has officially joined the 2016 presidential campaign, seeking the Republican nomination.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said last night that there is no law requiring state employees to use only state email accounts for government business but that his administration has a year-old policy to encourage the practice.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Just like Tony "Iron Man" Stark, Robert Downey Jr. is a part-time superhero - at least in the eyes of one seven-year-old boy.

Gov. Chris Christie said last night that he and the New Jersey Education Association are “getting closer” to a mutually acceptable "roadmap" toward a new approach to pensions for the state’s teachers - one that could become a model for other state worker unions.