AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Aiden and Donavyn didn’t wait until New Year’s Day to come screaming into the world, but the circumstances of their births are still pretty special: The babies were born about two hours apart to Ohio mothers who are identical twins. The Akron Beacon Journal reports that the 19-year-old mothers — Aimee […]

POINT REYES, Calif. (AP) — A man has been swept to sea and drowned while trying to save his dog hit by a rogue wave on a Northern California beach. The Coast Guard says the man and his wife were walking on the beach near Point Reyes on New Year’s Day when a wave overtook […]

JASPER, Ala. (AP) — Investigators believe a small plane that crashed in the Alabama woods was taken without permission for a joyride by three teenagers who died in the wreck Tuesday night. Walker County sheriff ’s Chief Deputy James Painter said Wednesday authorities are still investigating but believe the teenagers took off in the plane […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Officials in Putnam County, N.Y., say they’ll refuse a newspaper’s request to release the names and addresses of residents with pistol permits. Robert Freeman of the state’s Committee on Open Government says the county outside New York City would be violating state law if it withholds public data. Journal News officials […]

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Prosecutors and defense lawyers in the Colorado theater shooting case said Wednesday that they’re ready for a crucial hearing next week in which prosecutors will outline their case against James Holmes. The lawyers and Holmes appeared before state District Judge William B. Sylvester to make sure everything is prepared for the […]

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine container port operator has decided to pull out of Syria and withdrew all its Filipino workers from a key port due to increasing dangers from the country’s civil war, company officials said Wednesday. The withdrawal of Manilabased International Container Terminal Services Inc., through its Syrian subsidiary Tartus International Container […]

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar’s military has acknowledged carrying out airstrikes against ethnic Kachin rebels in the country’s north, and says it has captured a hilltop post from where the insurgents launched attacks on government supply convoys. The statement broadcast on state television Wednesday contradicted government claims two days earlier that the military was not […]