Mother of ‘affluenza’ teen is jailed in Los Angeles
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER The mother of a fugitive Texas teen known for using an “affluenza” defense in a fatal drunken-driving accident is jailed in Los Angeles on Thursday after being…
Accidents
Woman accused of Vegas Strip crash had improved her life
By SALLY HO and KEN RITTER It was not long ago that the woman accused of crashing her car into pedestrians on the Las Vegas Strip seemed to have turned…
Driver deliberately plows into people on Vegas Strip; 1 dies
By SALLY HO and KEN RITTER The packed sidewalks on the Las Vegas Strip became a scene of horror as a woman deliberately plowed her car into groups of partyers…
Report cites 241 close encounters between pilots, drones
By JOAN LOWY There have been at least 241 reports of close encounters between drones and manned aircraft that meet the government’s definition of a near midair collision, including 28…
Turkey won’t apologize to Russia over warplane downing
By JAMEY KEATEN Turkey won’t apologize to Russia for shooting down a warplane operating over Syria, the Turkish prime minister said Monday, stressing that the Turkish military was doing its…
The Latest: Iran blames Turkey for downing of Russian jet
The latest on the war in Syria, including a Russian warplane shot down by Turkey. All times local: 9:25 p.m. Iran is lashing out at Turkey over the shooting down…
Metrojet exec says external impact caused Egypt plane crash
By DMITRY LOVETSKY and NATALIYA VASILYEVA Only an external impact could have caused a Russian plane to dive into the Egyptian desert, killing all 224 people on board, its Russian…
Egypt: Official says doomed Russian plane was in good shape
By BRIAN ROHAN and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV An Egyptian ground service official who carried out a pre-flight inspection of the Russian passenger plane that crashed in the Sinai Peninsula said Sunday…