Image of Asia: Air search for missing AirAsia jet
By The Associated Press In this photo by Associated Press photographer Dita Alangkara, who flew in a C-130 with Indonesia’s air force Monday, crew members scan the horizon during a…
Transportation accidents
AirAsia plane carrying 162 lost; 3rd Malaysia airline shock
By ALI KOTARUMALOS and MARGIE MASON An astonishingly tragic year for air travel in Southeast Asia turned worse Sunday when an AirAsia plane carrying 162 people disappeared over stormy Indonesian…
AP poll: Police killings of blacks voted top story of 2014
By DAVID CRARY The police killings of unarmed blacks in Ferguson, Missouri, and elsewhere — and the investigations and tumultuous protests they inspired — was the top news story of…
Coroner: Boy, 6, dies after car crashes into crowd
A 6-year-old boy whose mother and two other women were killed when a motorist slammed into a crowd outside a California church has also died from his injuries, authorities said…
California storm hits south after drenching north
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and ANDREW DALTON A dangerous storm system blamed for two deaths in Oregon, thousands of power outages in Washington and flooded roadways in the Bay Area…
US TO PRESENT INTELLIGENCE DATA ON PLANE CRASH
President Barack Obama visits the Dutch Embassy in Washington to sign a book of condolence, joined by Deputy Chief of Mission Peter Mollema, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Most…
EU IMPOSES NEW SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIAN OFFICIALS
By JUERGEN BAETZ and SERGEI CHUZAVKOV A refrigerated train loaded with bodies of the passengers of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 departs Kharkiv railway station, Ukraine, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. The…
Amtrak train hits vehicle on tracks, killing 3
By PHILIP MARCELO In this photo provided by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Transit Police via Twitter, officials work at the scene Monday, June 23, 2014, where an Amtrak train…