CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois’ congressional delegation has asked President Obama to add 16 Illinois counties, including Henderson, Warren and McDonough in our area, to the list of those eligible to receive disaster aid after last month’s flooding.

MOORE, Okla. (AP) —Many of the residents of Moore, Okla., have begun the process of assessing what’s left of their homes and possessions and determining what comes next.

ROME (AP) — A judge in Italy has ordered the captain of the Costa Concordia to stand trial in the shipwreck of the cruise liner, which struck a reef off Tuscany last year, killing 32 people.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — The trains are running again in Connecticut, where a derailment five days ago disrupted thousands of commuters and Amtrak passengers.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A coroner says the five people killed and six hospitalized after a van careened off of a southern Illinois freeway were men returning from a California religious event.

STORM LAKE, Iowa (AP) — Two toddlers have survived falling about 15 feet from an apartment building in Storm Lake.