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Storm halts Midwest flights, heads for Washington
A late-winter storm barreled through the Midwest, snarling air travel in and out of Chicago, and it will soon take aim at busy airports around ...
Plane crash in Congo's east city of Goma kills 7
A plane crash in the center of the eastern city of Goma killed seven people and injured three, Congolese officials said Tuesday. The Ukrainian pilot ...
Mourning in NY as baby dies after hit-and-run
A close-knit ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn was plunged into a new round of mourning Monday by the death of a baby who was delivered by ...
Victim's brother glares at Vegas suspect in court
A self-described pimp suspected of a deadly shooting that caused a fiery crash on the Las Vegas Strip stood silently in court Monday while the ...
Learjet makes safe emergency landing in St. Louis
A Learjet with landing gear problems circled an airport outside St. Louis for about an hour and a half Monday before it was diverted to St.
Learjet passengers walk off aircraft in St. Louis
Eight passengers and a pilot safely walked off a small aircraft Monday afternoon at St. Louis-Lambert International Airport after the pilot reported ...
Cuba looks to curb deadly scourge of jaywalking
Teenagers dash across a six-lane thoroughfare and launch themselves into the balmy waters of the Straits of Florida. A couple skips the sidewalk and ...
Palestinian-only buses set off uproar in Israel
Israel's decision to launch a pair of "Palestinian-only" bus lines in the West Bank on Monday — presented by the government as a goodwill gesture, ...
Gov't: Budget cuts already causing airport delays
U.S. airports, including Los Angeles International and O'Hare International in Chicago, are already experiencing delays in customs waiting lines as ...
Expectant parents die in NY crash; infant survives
Police were searching for the driver of a BMW and a passenger who fled an accident after slamming into a livery cab, killing a young pregnant woman ...
Spain's Iberia cancels flights as strikes resume
Spanish airline Iberia says some 1,300 flights will be canceled this week as workers begin a second round of strikes to protest the loss-making ...
Snow kills 8 in Japan, including family in car
Heavy snow that fell in northern Japan over the weekend killed eight people on Hokkaido island, including a family whose car became buried.
Kellie Pickler drummer among injured in Ky. crash
The drummer for country music star Kellie Pickler was in serious condition Sunday as one of five people hospitalized in two crashes that happened ...
Odor prompts United flight to divert to Ohio
A United Airlines flight from New York to Los Angeles has been diverted to Cleveland because of an electrical smell, causing a celebrity passenger to ...
Stacy Lewis holds on to win Singapore LPGA event
Stacy Lewis had a case of the jitters. She also had enough left in her game. Lewis, the 2012 LPGA Player of the Year, won the HSBC Women's Champions ...
Yankees' Ichiro Suzuki OK after traffic accident
Yankees outfielder Ichiro Suzuki said he had no soreness Sunday, one day after being involved in a traffic accident. Suzuki was on his way home after ...
Pair of Ky. highway crashes kills 6, injures 5
Kentucky State Police were investigating whether distracted driving caused a tractor-trailer to plow into an SUV carrying eight people on Saturday, ...
Egypt balloon pilots defend colleague in crash
Hot air balloon pilots in Egypt's city of Luxor are defending their colleague who survived this week's fatal crash that killed 19 tourists.
Police detail 9 minutes before Las Vegas fireball
It took just nine fateful minutes for a valet stand dispute to escalate to a deadly Las Vegas Strip shooting, crash and fireball. Nearly every second ...
Libya: Errors caused 2010 plane crash killing 103
Human error is to blame for a passenger plane crash in Libya in 2010 that killed 103 people, civilian aviation officials said Friday. The Afriqiyah ...
Iraqi divers retrieve bodies after boat accident
Divers worked through the night and into Friday in murky waters to recover bodies from a partially sunken floating restaurant in Baghdad after an ...
Toby Keith's bassist killed in Oklahoma car crash
Authorities say the bassist for country music star Toby Keith has been killed in a two-car crash in Oklahoma. The Cleveland County Sheriff's Office ...
Vegas shooting suspect arrested in Los Angeles
A self-described pimp was arrested Thursday in Los Angeles, ending a weeklong manhunt that began after a shooting and spectacular, fiery crash that ...
ANA president sees Boeing progress on batteries
The president of All Nippon Airways, Boeing's biggest single customer for its troubled 787 Dreamliner, said Friday that he believes the U.S.
Fries anyone? Ketchup crash snarls traffic in Nev.
They didn't need any ambulances, but they could've used some fries. What looked like a potentially grim mess Thursday on U.S. Interstate 80 in Reno, ...