
Pa. coffee run leads to hatchet hitchhiker arrest
Two cups of coffee ended life on the run for an Internet sensation known as Kai the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker. An employee at a Starbucks in ...

Mom in NM chases down child abductor; man arrested
A mother whose 4-year-old was being abducted chased the suspect down and crashed her vehicle into his car, triggering a manhunt and the arrest of the ...

2nd-degree murder conviction in Honolulu shootings
A jury on Thursday convicted a Wahiawa man of second-degree murder and other charges in a 2011 shooting rampage through Honolulu that killed a mother ...
School bus carrying special-needs kids rolls over
A school bus carrying severely disabled students home from a trip to the zoo rolled over Thursday on a highway near Indianapolis, injuring a dozen ...
Airlines losses narrowed in 1Q to $552 million
U.S. airlines charged more in fares and fees and reduced debt as they improved their financial performance in the first quarter. They still lost ...
Jordan jet crashes near Syrian border, 2 killed
Jordan's military says a trainer jet has crashed near the Syrian border, killing its two Jordanian pilots. A spokesman says the British-made aerobatic ...

Nepal plane crash injures 21, including 8 Japanese
A plane crashed while trying to land at a mountain airstrip in northern Nepal early Thursday, and all 21 people on board, including eight Japanese ...

NASA craft's planet-hunting days may be numbered
NASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope is broken, potentially jeopardizing the search for other worlds where life could exist outside our solar system

Survivor of 1987 Mich. plane crash breaks silence
Cecelia Crocker's body provides her with a constant reminder of the most traumatic event of her life — one that she doesn't otherwise remember.

Victims of '88 DUI bus crash in Ky. remembered
Quinton Higgins lost his best friend when the church bus he was riding in 25 years ago was turned into a fireball by a drunken driver on a Kentucky ...

Boats carrying fleeing Rohingya minority capsize
An overcrowded boat capsized while trying to escape a cyclone bearing down on Myanmar, tossing dozens of members of the displaced Rohingya minority ...

America's Cup officials say race will continue
The America's Cup will go on as planned after the death of a sailor during a training run last week on San Francisco Bay, officials said Tuesday.
Correction: Drunken Driving-Zero Deaths story
In a story May 17 about a National Transportation Safety Board recommendation on a blood alcohol threshold for drivers, The Associated Press ...

No plea bargain for captain in Italian shipwreck
Italian prosecutors on Tuesday rejected a plea bargain bid by the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship that ran aground off Italy last year, ...

Big 4 cellphone carriers unite on anti-texting ads
The country's four biggest cellphone companies are set to launch their first joint advertising campaign against texting while driving, uniting behind ...
Calif. man who said he fled zombies pleads guilty
A Tennessee man who stole a big-rig truck in California, caused several accidents and told investigators he was fleeing zombies when he did it has ...

Military plane crashes in Yemen's capital
A Yemeni military plane on a training exercise exploded in midair over the country's capital on Monday, killing the pilot and slamming into a ...

AP IMPACT: Cars made in Brazil are deadly
The cars roll endlessly off the local assembly lines of the industry's biggest automakers, more than 10,000 a day, into the eager hands of Brazil's ...

Israel grounds drone aircraft fleet after crash
Israel's military has grounded a fleet of high altitude surveillance drones after one was downed over the Mediterranean Sea. The military says it ...

America's Cup expected to go on after fatal wreck
The head of the America's Cup planning effort said Saturday he expects sailing's most prestigious event to go forward after the death of a sailor on ...

America's Cup fatality raises safety questions
Sailors know the risks and rewards that come with these new space-age America's Cup boats that speed like race cars across the waves. Still, the death ...

Control towers at 149 small airports to stay open
The Federal Aviation Administration is keeping open for now the 149 control towers at small airports that were slated to close as the result of ...
Search ends for 2 Australians lost off cruise ship
Two Australians plunged off a cruise ship into the ocean despite higher-than-required railings to prevent accidental falls, the cruise company said ...
Cruise company: Couple's fall likely no accident
The cruise ship railing over which an Australian couple fell into the ocean was higher than industry regulations required and was designed to prevent ...
2 cruise passengers fall overboard off Australia
No trace of an Australian couple believed to have fallen off a cruise ship has been found despite an intense, day-long search, officials said Friday.