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A ferocious and deadly storm system hurtled from Texas to the Northeast Thursday, lashing a long arm of the U.S. with buckets of rain and high winds, meteorologists said, as officials in four states postponed trick-or-treating to Friday.

A commuter flight carrying 42 passengers from San Francisco to San Antonio, Texas, was diverted to the Phoenix airport Thursday after a threatening note was found, authorities said.

The driver of a school bus that ran off a bridge was rescued safely Thursday from a swiftly moving creek near Wichita, Kan., authorities said.

Nine states that continue refuse to issue military IDs to same-sex spouses of service members at National Guard facilities are “wrong” and causing “division among the ranks” that furthers prejudice, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday.

Israel will be the first U.S. ally to get the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, a star of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday night.

AUSTIN, Texas — A federal appeals court on Thursday issued a ruling reinstating most of Texas' tough new abortion restrictions.A panel of judges at the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals issued the ruling a day after District Judge Lee Yeakel said one provision serves no medical purpose.

AUSTIN, Texas — A federal appeals court on Thursday issued a ruling reinstating most of Texas' tough new abortion restrictions.A panel of judges at the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals issued the ruling a day after District Judge Lee Yeakel said one provision serves no medical purpose.

The Internet makes it easy to send information to far flung places in an instant – hit “send” and poof there it goes. But where does that information go, how does it get there and who gets access to the data?

The injured driver of a school bus that ran off a bridge was rescued safely Thursday from a swiftly moving creek near Wichita, Kan., authorities said.

A water rescue was under way Thursday to save the injured driver of a school bus that ran off a bridge near Wichita. Kan., authorities told NBC News.