
Seatbelts could have prevented 3 Boston U deaths
Three Boston University students who were killed last year in New Zealand when their minivan rolled might have survived if they were wearing ...

Multiple injuries reported in Kentucky bus crash
A bus carrying students on a college campus visit veered out of control and crashed on a Kentucky interstate Tuesday, and nearly three dozen people ...

90-year-old lobsterman survives sinking off Maine
A 90-year-old lobsterman is eager to get back on the water after surviving the sinking of his boat by swimming to a nearby island through the cold ...

27-car Nev. sandstorm pileup kills 1, hurts others
Twenty-seven vehicles slammed into each other during a sandstorm that blinded drivers on Interstate 80 in rural northern Nevada, killing a truck ...

EU nations battle over air traffic control plans
A massive battle is taking place in the skies over Europe — and airplane passengers across the continent are feeling its effects. A plan to simplify ...

Taliban bomber in Kabul kills 17 at Supreme Court
A Taliban suicide bomber struck outside Afghanistan's Supreme Court on Tuesday, killing 17 people in the deadliest attack in Kabul in over a year and ...
News Summary: Civilian planes shot down by MANPADS
Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb is now thought to possess the SA-7, a surface-to-air missile in the category of MANPADS, or man-portable air-defense ...

French strike leads protest of EU air travel plan
Air traffic controllers in France kicked off a series of strikes against a European plan to overhaul their industry, forcing the country's main ...
Correction: Nicaragua-Canal story
In a story June 8 about Nicaragua's plans to build a canal, The Associated Press misidentified the university where Jason Bittner is director of the ...
Ex-NBA star in jail, charged in fatal Ga. crash
Former NBA All-Star Daron "Mookie" Blaylock is out of the hospital and in jail, charged with vehicular homicide in a car crash south of Atlanta.

Afghan Taliban boldly attack on Kabul airport
Seven Taliban fighters with rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns launched a rare assault on NATO's operational headquarters at the military ...
France warns of mass disruption in airport strikes
France's main airports are asking airlines to cut their flight timetables in half ahead of three days of strikes by air traffic controllers that begin ...

Weakened Andrea breaks Northeast rainfall records
The first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season smashed rainfall totals across the Northeast and pushed some streams and creeks over their ...

China IDs suspect, says he set bus fire in anger
The suspect in a commuter bus fire that rattled a prosperous Chinese port city burned to death in the blaze he set to vent his anger, local ...

How did secret phone program help foil NYC plot?
The government's broad programs to collect U.S. phone records and Internet traffic helped disrupt a 2009 plot to bomb the New York City subways, a ...

Andrea bringing rains, flood watches to East Coast
The first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season drenched the Southeastern U.S. but caused no major damage on Friday, marching up the East Coast ...
Cmdr: Navy told not to let hostages reach Somalia
The former commander of the USS Sterett said Friday that his orders were to prevent a band of Somali pirates from taking four American hostages with ...

Ky. medical helicopter crash kills 3 crewmembers
The crash of a medical helicopter that killed three crewmembers in southeastern Kentucky on Thursday was the fourth deadly accident in the past six ...
Artemis Racing to miss early America's Cup races
Artemis Racing will continue with its challenge for the America's Cup, although the Swedish-based syndicate will miss some early rounds of the trials ...
Stuck on China tarmac, Pa. orchestra plays concert
A string quartet from The Philadelphia Orchestra made a lengthy flight delay quite enjoyable for a plane full of lucky passengers in China.
Taiwan charges 2 in failed train, office bombings
Two men have been charged with planting cyanide-tainted bombs on a Taiwan high-speed train and at an office where the head of global electronics ...

Les Paul exhibit to open in Wisconsin hometown
The music icon whose solid-body electric guitar paved the way for rock 'n' roll is now getting a permanent exhibit in his Wisconsin hometown, after ...
Jefferson Airplane drummer Joey Covington dies
Former Jefferson Airplane drummer Joey Covington has died in a Palm Springs car crash. A Riverside County coroner's report says the 67-year-old Palm ...
Army helicopter crash in Sudan kills 2 crew
A Sudanese military spokesman says a military training helicopter has crashed in the country's south, killing its two crew members. Col.