RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif. (AP) — At first, the rescuers couldn’t believe their ears: After four days of grueling searching, they suddenly heard a faint female voice calling for help. Over the next 90 agonizing minutes, the cries for help — at first faint, and then louder — led the search and rescue crew across […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Stunned police officials in Jackson, Miss., are trying to determine how a suspect was able to shoot and kill a homicide detective inside an interrogation room at police headquarters — and how the suspect himself ended up dead. Authorities said Det. Eric Smith, a tall, fit investigator and decorated homicide detective […]

GASTONIA, N.C. A North Carolina hospital that recently changed its name has also adopted a new slogan: “Cheat Death.” Gaston Memorial Hospital in Gastonia has become CaroMont Regional Medical Center and plans to work with restaurants to create “Cheat Death” menus and will work with gyms to create “Cheat Death” workouts. A social media campaign […]

BEIJING (AP) — China announced a sixth death from a new bird flu strain today, while authorities in Shanghai halted the sale of live fowl and slaughtered all poultry at a market where the virus was detected in pigeons being sold for meat. The mass bird killing is the first so far as the Chinese […]

BEIRUT (AP) — A barrage of rockets slammed into a contested district on the northeastern edge of Damascus, killing at least five people and trapping others under the rubble, activists said today. The attack on Barzeh, where rebels aiming to topple President Bashar Assad are known to operate, follows days of heavy fighting between the […]

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say two bomb attacks have killed six people in two cities. In the first incident today, a police officer said attackers detonated a bomb as an army jeep was driving through the western Baghdad neighborhood of Abu Ghraib, killing three soldiers. Later, another police officer said a bomb exploded near […]

TOKYO (AP) — Japan and the U.S. have agreed on plans for returning to Japan land adjacent to Kadena Air Base on the southern island of Okinawa that is now used by the U.S. military. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos announced the agreement today. Apart from plans for returning […]

MUMBAI, India (AP) — A building being constructed illegally in a suburb of India’s financial capital collapsed into a mound of steel and concrete, killing at least 41 people and injuring more than 50 others, authorities said today. The building in the Mumbai suburb of Thane caved in Thursday evening, police said. Rescue workers with […]