A Texas sheriff says a Boeing 767 cargo jetliner disintegrated when it crashed into a bay east of Houston, and no survivors are expected to be found.
Author: Associated Press
Judge dismisses charges in 10-year-old boy’s decapitation on Kansas waterslide
A judge cited improper evidence in dropping second-degree murder charges against Schlitterbahn’s owner, designer and general contractor.
National Guard fires tear gas amid Venezuela border tension
The opposition is calling on masses of Venezuelans to form a “humanitarian avalanche” to escort the trucks across several border bridges.
Told to leave, ISIS ‘caliphate’ holdouts in Syria stay devoted
Many of them traveled to Syria from all over the world. And they stuck around as the militants’ control crumbled.
Rita Moreno on playing a ‘sexual’ grandma, resenting her dark makeup in ‘West Side Story’
“West Side Story” star Rita Moreno, who will play a different role in the upcoming remake, says she resented having her skin darkened for the 1961 original because Puerto Ricans have a variety of skin tones.
Powerful 7.5-magnitude quake hits eastern Ecuador
The U.S. Geological Survey says a very powerful magnitude 7.5 earthquake has struck eastern Ecuador close to its border with Peru.
Vatican summit on sex abuse focuses calls for accountability of predator priests
The focus of debate shifted to how church leaders must acknowledge that decades of their own cover-up, secrecy and fear of scandal had only worsened the crisis.
Boston Globe baseball writer Nick Cafardo dies at 62 while covering spring training
Boston Globe baseball writer Nick Cafardo died Thursday after collapsing outside the Boston Red Sox’s spring training clubhouse.
Sasha Sagan, daughter of Carl Sagan, to release book that draws on widely-read essay
Her publisher is calling the book “part memoir, part guidebook and part social history.”
New Harry Potter-themed roller coaster opening in June at Universal Orlando
A new roller coaster modeled after Hagrid’s motorcycle is opening at Universal Orlando Resort June 13.