EPHRATAH, N.Y. — A small airplane operating as a volunteer Angel Flight crashed in upstate New York on Friday evening, killing at least two people, authorities said.

The Southern Co. is brainstorming ways it can more widely incorporate renewable energy such as solar power into its traditional business model.

Perhaps to alleviate the dreariness of long northern winters, Scandinavian style tends toward folk-art florals, crisp checks, plaids and stripes, and wood furniture left natural or painted in colors that evoke the region’s natural beauty.

A 4-year-old boy is recovering from critical injuries after police say his mother ran him over as she tried fleeing a loss-prevention officer outside a department store Thursday evening.

NASHVILLE — The Tennessee Highway Patrol is stepping up seat belt and DUI enforcement over the Memorial Day holiday weekend.

NASHVILLE — Two Tennessee appellate court judges have notified Gov. Bill Haslam that they will not run for another term on the bench in the August 2014 retention election.

MOORE, Okla. — Teachers and students at Plaza Towers Elementary School hunkered down against the storm just as they had been taught in countless tornado drills, their principal said Friday, recounting how she walked the halls until the twister was on the doorstep, then announced on the intercom, “It’s here.”

SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was never a fan of MTV’s “Jersey Shore,” saying it unfairly cast the state in a negative light.

CANTON, Ga. — Fire department officials say a 5-year-old boy playing with a lighter started a fire in his grandmother’s Cherokee County home.

PHOENIX — A federal judge has ruled that the office of America’s self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically racially profiled Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols.