WASHINGTON

All rescued as Marine copter crashes while landing on ship

A Marine helicopter with 25 aboard crashed Monday in the Gulf of Aden, and all aboard were rescued, the Navy said.

The 17 Marines and eight sailors were recovered and were on board the USS Mesa Verde, and some who sustained minor injuries were treated on the ship.

The CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter crashed as it attempted to land on the ship, which has a big landing deck on the back. The Navy said the crash was not the result of hostile activity, but the aircraft was transferring troops back to the ship from training in nearby Djibouti.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.

Motorcycle club gunfight leaves 2 dead, 2 wounded

Police said at least 40 rounds were fired during a gun battle outside a Birmingham, Alabama, motorcycle club that killed two people and wounded two others.

Police said the shooting happened shortly after 10 p.m. Sunday, outside the Showstoppers Motorcycle Club. The battle started during an argument between members of two motorcycle clubs.

Birmingham police Lt. Sean Edwards said Monday that detectives are not getting cooperation from potential witnesses. No arrests had been made.

NEW YORK

Man killed, wife stabbed when they interrupt burglar

An intruder stabbed a couple who unwittingly interrupted a burglary at their home, killing the man and wounding his wife, police said Monday.

The couple was returning to their Staten Island home around 10 p.m. Sunday when they encountered the burglar, police said.

Peter Gialluisi, 67, was stabbed in the face and hand during a struggle, and was later pronounced dead at a hospital. His 66-year-old wife was stabbed in the head, neck and back. She was listed in stable condition.

A suspect in the attack is in custody, police said.

ROANOKE, Va.

Two-year-old dies after being left in parked van

Police said a 2-year-old girl who was left in a van for an extended time has died in Virginia.

Police spokesman Scott Leamon said authorities received a report of an unresponsive child at 4:27 p.m. Sunday in Roanoke. Emergency responders pronounced the girl dead at the scene.

Leamon said a preliminary investigation indicates that a parent accidentally left the girl in a car seat in the van.

The National Weather Service said temperatures in Roanoke reached 90 degrees Sunday afternoon.

LONDON

Zoo officials fear giant panda may have lost her cub

Edinburgh Zoo warned Monday that its female giant panda, Tian Tian, may have lost her cub.

Hopes were high that Tian Tian, or Sweetie, would give birth at the end of August following artificial insemination in April.

But the zoo’s panda expert said Tian Tian is “now past her due date,” and hormone tests showed that “something may be amiss.”

Tian Tian and Yang Guang, both age 11, arrived from China in 2011. They are the only pandas in Britain.

— From news service reports