
Space shuttle Columbia: What happened 10 years ago
Ten years ago Friday, the space shuttle Columbia was destroyed and its seven astronauts killed during the final minutes of its flight. NASA will mark ...

Body of US pilot of missing F-16 found in Adriatic
The body of a U.S. Air Force pilot whose F-16 fighter jet went missing Monday during a nighttime training mission has been found in the Adriatic Sea.

China's love affair with cars chokes air in cities
Endless lines of slow-moving cars emerge like apparitions and then disappear again into the gloom of the thick smog that has shrouded Beijing this ...

ANA to seek damages from Boeing for 787 woes
Japan's All Nippon Airways is prepared to recoup from Boeing whatever damages it suffers from flight cancellations and other costs caused by the ...

Israeli astronaut's widow carries on after tragedy
It's a day Israelis will never forget: Feb. 1, 2003, when national pride abruptly turned to national tragedy. People gathered around their TV screens ...

Guard lets vessels pass leaking Miss. River barge
The Coast Guard is letting vessels pass through a closed section of the Mississippi River at Vicksburg as it evaluates how traffic would affect ...

Ten years since loss of space shuttle Columbia
He was just 8 when NASA lost the space shuttle Columbia and he lost his astronaut mom. Now, 10 years later, Iain Clark is a young man on the cusp of ...

US investigators ask Boeing for battery history
U.S. investigators said Wednesday they asked Boeing Co. to provide a full operating history of lithium-ion batteries used in its grounded 787 ...

Toyota recalls 1.29M vehicles for air bags, wipers
Toyota is recalling over one million cars around the world for faulty air bags and defective windshield wipers. The move comes just days after Toyota ...

NJ man in Hudson plane crash called wife, then 911
A man who was plucked from a plane crash in the icy Hudson River said Tuesday that he wasn't sure he'd survive, and he'd contacted 911 only after ...

LaHood departure leaves another vacancy in Cabinet
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, who lifted the profile of distracted driving as a national safety concern, is stepping down, presenting President ...

Humble nickel from 1913 likely to fetch millions
A humble 5-cent coin with a storied past is headed to auction and bidding is expected to top $2 million a century after it was mysteriously minted.
Egypt cruise ship runs aground, all aboard safe
Egyptian police officials say a cruise ship has run aground on the Nile River near the southern city of Aswan, but all 120 people aboard survived.
Wreckage believed to be US F-16 found in Adriatic
The Air Force says Italian rescue teams have recovered debris from the Adriatic Sea that is believed to belong to a U.S. F-16 fighter jet that went ...
At least 20 killed in Kazakhstan plane crash
A passenger jet carrying at least 20 people crashed Tuesday in heavy fog near Kazakhstan's principal city, Almaty, killing all on board, the airline ...

Smog thick enough to cancel flights hits Beijing
Thick, off-the-scale smog shrouded eastern China for the second time in about two weeks Tuesday, forcing airlines to cancel flights because of poor ...

Oil leak: Miss. River at Vicksburg remains closed
Barges transporting commerce idled among the nearly four dozen vessels stacked up Tuesday along a normally bustling stretch of the Mississippi River, ...
US fighter jet missing on training mission
U.S. and Italian aircraft on Monday searched the Adriatic Sea after losing contact with a U.S. fighter jet believed to have crashed during a training ...
Italian court: Missile caused 1980 plane crash
Italy's top criminal court has ruled there is "abundantly" clear evidence that a stray missile caused an Italian passenger jet to crash into the ...
Wind, snow thwart search for plane in Antarctica
Hurricane-force winds and snow were preventing searchers Friday from reaching a plane believed to have crashed in an Antarctic mountain range while ...

Freezing rain ices Salt Lake City roads, runways
A rare freezing rain caused major havoc in Salt Lake City Thursday, creating sheets of ice on roads, sidewalks and airport runways. The Salt Lake City ...

Syrian jets bomb rebel areas near Damascus
Syrian warplanes bombed rebel areas near Damascus on Thursday as President Bashar Assad's troops battled opposition fighters for control of the road ...

Greek gov't forcing end to Athens metro strike
Greece's government announced emergency powers Thursday to force striking subway workers back to work, with those defying it risking dismissal, arrest ...

Car accident triggers unrest in Azerbaijan town
It began late at night with a minor car accident. By midday Thursday, a hotel had been burned to the ground, several expensive vehicles torched and ...
Russian plane crash caused by equipment failure
Investigators say equipment failure caused a Russian airliner to crash in Moscow last month, killing five people. The Russian-made Tupolev Tu-204 ...