• Malaysia Airlines Towelette Found On Western Australia Beach

    An unwrapped moist towelette branded with the Malaysia Airlines logo has been found on a beach in West Australia -- and it's now being tested to see if it is the first confirmed piece of evidence from the airline's missing plane. The package was found by a couple strolling the beach near the town…

    ABC News
  • Autopsy shows Chicago baby dead when cut by power saw

    CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago woman is charged in the death of her 7-month-old granddaughter, who was struck in the head multiple times before having her throat cut with a power saw, prosecutors announced Tuesday.

    Associated Press
  • Prosecutors play 911 call of girl they say was run to death

    GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama woman on trial for murder in her granddaughter's death called out the child's name time after time as the girl lay on the ground after collapsing, but didn't tell medics the girl had run for hours, according to evidence presented Tuesday.

    Associated Press
  • Obama announces changes for student loan repayment

    By Roberta Rampton ATLANTA (Reuters) - President Barack Obama told students at Georgia Tech on Tuesday he wants to make the process of repaying student loans easier to understand and manage. Obama signed a “student aid bill of rights” and spelled out an assortment of policy tweaks and projects to…

    Reuters
  • Gang enforcer to be executed for killing woman over drug tax

    HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A gang enforcer convicted of beating and strangling a San Antonio woman who refused to pay a Mexican Mafia-imposed tax on her illegal drug sales is set to be executed this week.

    Associated Press
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    Mystery Surrounds 18-Month-Old Lily's Miraculous Survival

    Toddler survives being trapped for 14 hours upside down in a car filling with water, but who called for help?

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  • Jury finds Pharrell, Thicke copied for 'Blurred Lines' song

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury awarded Marvin Gaye's children nearly $7.4 million Tuesday after determining singers Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams copied their father's music to create "Blurred Lines," the biggest hit song of 2013.

    Associated Press
  • Montana killer bride in cliff case appeals, cites blindfold claim

    A Montana bride appealing a murder conviction for pushing her new husband off a cliff said on Monday her life sentence should be overturned partly because prosecutors claimed she blindfolded her mate before he plunged to his death but failed to prove it. In court documents filed on Monday with a…

    Reuters
  • Report: Chance of mega-quake hitting California increases

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Scientists are virtually certain that California will be rocked by a strong earthquake in the next 30 years. Now they say the risk of a mega-quake is more likely than previously thought.

    Associated Press
  • 10-Year-Old Boy Attacked By Police Dog During Search For Fugitive

    A 10-year-old boy is recovering after being attacked by a Virginia Beach police dog on Monday afternoon.

    Tribune
  • What happens with Apple Watch once the battery runs out

    Apple claims that the Apple Watch delivers some 18 hours of battery life, with the 42mm model being slightly more generous according to Apple’s own estimates. But that might not be enough for some smartwatch users who might use the device more than what Apple assumes in its test scenarios. In fact,…

    BGR News
  • Former corrections officer shoots man dead in NYC subway station: NY Times

    (Reuters) - A former New York City corrections officer fatally shot a man in a busy Brooklyn subway station on Tuesday night, according to police and the New York Times. The 69-year-old shooter, who was not identified, got into an altercation with two men while riding the train before encountering…

    Reuters
  • Hillary: Just Trust Me on This One

    In her first public comments on a controversy involving her emails, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton answered questions from the press for 20 minutes, but her response amounted to this: You've just got to trust me. Of those, 30,490 she deemed work-related and turned over to the State…

    The Atlantic
  • IS Syria-Iraq communication lines smashed: coalition

    Forces fighting the Islamic State group have cut critical communication and supply lines used by the extremists between Syria and Iraq after a two-week operation, the US-led coalition said. Backed by air strikes, the forces "overcame ISIL (IS) resistance" in northeastern Syria near the strategic…

    AFP
  • Forget frozen waves: 'Icebergs' wash ashore on Cape Cod

    Forget frozen waves. The historic winter of 2015 — which has dumped 105.7 inches of snow in Boston, 2.2 inches shy of the snowiest ever — is leaving mini icebergs on the shores of Cape Cod.

    Yahoo News
  • Man arrested for Arkansas murder nearly 50 years later

    By Steve Barnes LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) - A man who was a little too chatty with a cellmate in Delaware a few years ago was arrested on Tuesday for a murder that took place nearly a half-century ago in Arkansas, authorities said. James Leon Clay, 67, was taken into custody by FBI agents in…

    Reuters
  • Swastikas ripped from California house, new sign goes up

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California man put up a new sign on his house Tuesday, a day after a protester tore down swastikas posters and a wooden statue that accompanied the display.

    Associated Press