
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.

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.
American Airlines settles safety claims for $24.9M
American Airlines has agreed to pay $24.9 million to settle $162 million in potential fines that were proposed by U.S. safety regulators.

NTSB investigating Honolulu helicopter crash
The president of a helicopter company whose small copter crash-landed on a downtown Honolulu street praised the pilot Thursday, while the National ...
Nigeria military helicopter crashes in oil delta
A Nigerian military helicopter has crashed in the country's oil-rich southern delta, just days after one of its jets crashed. A statement from ...

Ripple effect after fire takes out Wyo. town store
It all began when a man with black shoe polish smeared all over his face exited Interstate 25 and barreled into town one evening last winter.

FAA to staff 72 airport control towers at night
Seventy-two airport towers and other air traffic control facilities that were slated to close at night due to budget cuts will get to stay open, the ...

7 dead, 2 missing after ship crashes in Genoa
Italian prosecutors placed the captain of the Jolly Nero cargo ship under investigation Wednesday for alleged manslaughter after his vessel slammed ...

Lives on the edge are part of Golden Gate beat
As he shivered on a narrow iron bar 220 feet above San Francisco Bay, 22-year-old Kevin Berthia heard a voice. It did not belong to the old wounds, ...

Study: Distracted driving deaths underreported
Seventeen-year-old Kelsey Raffaele's last words were over a cellphone to a friend: "I'm going to crash!" The car she was driving had clipped a snow ...

22 dead in gas tanker explosion near Mexico City
A natural gas tanker truck lost control, hit a center divider and exploded on a highway lined by homes in the Mexico City suburb of Ecatepec early ...