2 US Navy ships collide in Pacific; no injuries
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- An 844-foot-long U.S. Navy vessel collided with a refueling tanker Wednesday in the Pacific Ocean, causing damage to both ships, but there were no injuries or fuel spills, military officials said....
RFK Jr.'s estranged wife, Mary, found dead in NY
BEDFORD, N.Y. (AP) -- Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s estranged wife, Mary Richardson Kennedy, who had fought drug and alcohol problems, was found dead in her home Wednesday....
Sisters sue agencies in CA, claiming abuse missed
MARTINEZ, Calif. (AP) -- Six sisters who for years were sexually abused by their father with their mother's help have sued government entities and officials, claiming they failed to properly investigate their ordeal....
Suspect groom called his family about 'bad fight'
CHICAGO (AP) -- Hours after police found Estrella Carrera stabbed to death in her bathtub, still clad in the silver sequined cocktail dress she wore to celebrate her wedding to her on-and-off boyfriend, her family received a haunting phone call from the groom's family....
Officer's acquittal over Texas arrest upsets some
HOUSTON (AP) -- A jury's acquittal Wednesday of a former Houston police officer in the alleged beating of a 15-year-old burglary suspect during a videotaped arrest upset black community leaders who criticized the verdict as unjust and racist....
Detective: Video shows Miss. murder-for-hire plan
GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) -- A well-known Mississippi oncologist accused of orchestrating a plot to kill his ex-wife's divorce lawyer said he wanted a picture of the slain attorney with a "bullet between his eyes," according to testimony Wednesday....
Federal judge: Terror law violates 1st Amendment
NEW YORK (AP) -- A judge on Wednesday struck down a portion of a law giving the government wide powers to regulate the detention, interrogation and prosecution of suspected terrorists, saying it left journalists, scholars and political activists facing the prospect of indefinite detention for exercising First Amendment rights....
911 tape: Confusion at home where mom shot kids
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Neighbors of a Florida mother who fatally shot her four children before killing herself weren't sure who was injured after hearing gunshots and refused to admit three of the woman's kids who were trying to get in their house, according to a 911 call released Wednesday....
Malnourished Washington boy, 2, on life support
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- A 2-year-old Washington boy who authorities say was so malnourished he weighed less than half as much as a normal child his age remained on life support Wednesday after his heart stopped and he was airlifted to a Spokane hospital....
Leading insurer pays $109M for dog bite claims
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Dog bites man does not get a lot of attention in the news, but it costs insurance companies hundreds of millions in claims every year....
Army launches review of PTSD diagnoses
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. Army is launching a sweeping, independent review of how it evaluates and diagnoses soldiers with possible post-traumatic stress disorder following recent complaints that some PTSD diagnoses were improperly overturned....
Diplomat: UN experts say Iran sends arms to Syria
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- A Security Council diplomat says a report by an expert panel monitoring U.N. sanctions on Iran concluded that Syria continues to be the main destination of illicit Iranian weapons....
Arkansas mom, premature son die after stabbing
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- A newlywed was being held on a murder charge Wednesday after his pregnant wife staggered into a western Arkansas police station with a stab wound to her chest and collapsed....
Pa priest-abuse files kept behind lock, key, alarm
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Evidence in a groundbreaking priest-abuse trial shows the men running the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia used elaborate methods to keep sex-abuse complaints from prying eyes....
