(CNN) -- An AirAsia passenger jet carrying 162 people lost contact with Indonesian air traffic control early Sunday, gripping Southeast Asia with a second missing plane crisis in less than a year.
Dec. 28, 2014: In this photo taken from a nearby ship, smoke rises from the Italian-flagged Norman Atlantic ferry after it caught fire in the Adriatic Sea.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - A 24-year-old police officer died after being shot by a domestic violence suspect who then killed himself Saturday afternoon in Arizona.
Editor's note: MLive will interview a beat writer who covers the Detroit Lions' opponent every week. This week's victim is Wes Hodkiewicz of the Green Bay Press-Gazette.
For several days, Taliban fighters barricaded on a mountaintop lobbed rockets at the remote town of Sangar in the valley below. Residents fled while police holed up in their outposts and begged superiors for help.
Things could start moving quickly with several NFL head coaching situations once the regular season ends Sunday. Those interested in San Francisco 49ers Coach Jim Harbaugh are expected to line up to make their pitches to Harbaugh soon after the ...
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The man who tried to kill former Pope John Paul II 33 years ago showed up at the Vatican on Saturday to put white roses on his tomb and said he wanted to meet Pope Francis.
ISLAMABAD - Pakistani warplanes and troops killed 39 militants as part of an ongoing operation in a volatile tribal region near the Afghan border, the Pakistani military said.
Ramallah: Hamas security forces in Gaza Strip barred on Sunday tens of Palestinian children (sons of Palestinian martyrs who were killed in Israel's latest offensive on Gaza) from crossing the Beit Hannoun Crossing (Erez Crossing) to visit Israel and the ...
A Turkish cargo ship collided with another merchant vessel and sank near a foggy Italian port in the northern Adriatic on Sunday, killing a crew member and leaving five crew missing in cold, rough seas, officials said.
NAIROBI - A leader with the Islamic extremist group Al Shabab, who had a $3 million bounty on his head, surrendered in Somalia, an intelligence official said Saturday.
Richard Bernstein officially joins the Michigan Supreme Court in a few days. But he's been working off the clock since November, preparing for 10 cases in an extraordinary way ?
Police in Massachusetts have arrested a woman who they say smeared uncooked bacon and sausage all over a police station dispatch window offering to "feed the pigs.
CLEVELAND - A rally to show solidarity with police officers drew several thousand people to downtown Cleveland on Saturday, in one of several demonstrations held across the country.
Growth in Germany, Europe's biggest economy, could be better than expected next year and the situation in Europe is not as bad as many people think, the president of Germany's Bundesbank told a newspaper on Sunday.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota's Pohlad family has acquired majority ownership of Polaroid in a $70 million deal. Minnetonka-based Polaroid is best known for making instant cameras but the name can be found on a variety of electronic goods, including ...
Washington: Sony's PlayStation reported that its network was back online and claimed that it had been attacked, three days after it and Microsoft's Xbox went down in an outage.
2014 has been yet another hugely successful year for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), and there is no doubt that one of the contributing factors to this triumph has been the ever popular and growing App Store.
Facebook is currently awash with year-end collages, compilations of users' most popular and engaging photos, packaged under the tagline, “It's been a great year!
Angelina Jolie says that bringing late Olympian and World War II hero Louis Zamperini's story to the big screen in Unbroken has made her a better person.
Actor David Ryall, best known for his role in "Harry Potter," has died, according to reports. The 79-year-old, who played Elphias Doge in 2010's "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1," passed away on Dec. 25.
According to Us Weekly, the comedian gave her fans a racy Christmas gift in the form of yet another topless Instagram snapshot. In the frosty photo, Chelsea Handler is standing on top of a snow-covered mountain, and she's knee-deep in the white stuff.
The Browns suspended former star receiver Josh Gordon for today's season finale after he missed a walk-through Saturday, while first-round quarterback Johnny Manziel was fined for being late for treatment after throwing a big party Friday night attended by ...
(SportsNetwork.com) - As it turns out, Rex Ryan needn't hire a realtor in South Beach. Though Ryan's six-year run as head coach of the New York Jets will presumably come to an end after a Week 17 visit to the Miami, Dolphins owner Stephen Ross has ...
As the year comes to an end, NASA looks back at all the greatest advances it has accomplished in space in the last 12 months. Speaking to the press about the activities and projects of the space agency, Charles Bolden, NASA administrator stated that ...
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A woman is critically ill in Hong Kong with the deadly H7N9 strain of bird flu, the first confirmed case in the city this winter, the Hong Kong government said.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The Affordable Care Act (ACA, aka Obamacare) incentivized primary care physicians to accept new Medicaid patients by including a two-year provision that paid them Medicare rates rather than the previous, traditional woefully low Medicaid ...
According to a new study, HIV patients who have a long-term exposure to the very powerful HIV-suppressing antiretroviral drugs tend to have worse lower and higher frequency hearing.
