Former TWA Flight 800 crash investigators want federal government to re-examine case
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) -- Former investigators are pushing to reopen the probe into the 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800 off the coast of New York, saying new evidence points to the often-discounted theory that a missile strike may have downed the jumbo jet....

FBI says it found no sign of remains of ex-Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa in suburban Detroit
OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- The excavation of a rural field in suburban Detroit has failed to turn up the remains of former Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa, the FBI announced Wednesday, adding another unsuccessful chapter to a nearly 40-year-old mystery....

Tropical depression treks toward southern Mexican coast; expected to become tropical storm
MIAMI (AP) -- Forecasters say a tropical depression crossing Mexico's Bay of Campeche is getting better organized and is expected to become a tropical storm before making landfall along Mexico's Gulf Coast....

Baked Alaska: Unusual heat wave hits 49th state, with temps topping 80 degrees in Anchorage
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A heat wave hitting Alaska may not rival the blazing heat of Phoenix or Las Vegas, but to residents of the 49th state, the days of hot weather feel like a stifling oven - or a tropical paradise....

Neighbors say Colorado couple killed in wildfire were waiting for evacuation orders
DENVER (AP) -- Bob and Barbara Schmidt dashed to their home on a dirt road in a heavily wooded area northeast of Colorado Springs as smoke from what would become the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history filled the air....

Judge reads charge against George Zimmerman to jurors as jury selection enters new phase
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- A Florida judge read the formal charge against George Zimmerman on Wednesday to 40 potential jurors who could be selected to decide if the neighborhood watch volunteer committed murder when he shot an unarmed Trayvon Martin....

In Berlin speech, Obama says today's challenges require same fighting spirit as Cold War-era
BERLIN (AP) -- President Barack Obama is challenging Americans and Europeans not to become complacent even though the Cold War is over....

NSA director defends sweeping surveillance program, says plot against Wall Street thwarted
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. foiled a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange because of the sweeping surveillance programs at the heart of a debate over national security and personal privacy, officials said Tuesday at a rare open hearing on intelligence led by lawmakers sympathetic to the spying....

Judge sets August trial date for Cleveland man accused of imprisoning 3 women
CLEVELAND (AP) -- A man accused of kidnapping three women and holding them in his home and raping them over a decade was given a late summer trial date Wednesday....

Senators seek cost cuts for F-35 fighter jet; Pentagon says its priciest program improving
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senators sought cost-cutting opportunities Wednesday in the Pentagon's $400 billion program for the next-generation F-35, a fighter jet with a troubled testing record that military leaders said America couldn't afford not to build....