AP - Somali pirates on Wednesday hijacked a U.S.-flagged cargo ship with 20 American crew members onboard, hundreds of miles from the nearest American military vessel in some of the most dangerous waters in the world.
AP - Aftershocks from the earthquake that has killed at least 260 people in central Italy sent new fears through the tent camps that shelter thousands of survivors, and Pope Benedict XVI said Wednesday that he would visit the shocked and injured people of the area as soon as possible.
AP - A suspected U.S. missile strike on a car killed two alleged militants and a civilian in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, intelligence officials said, a day after the U.S.-allied country reiterated its opposition to such attacks to visiting American officials.
Pirates near Somalia's coastline attacked a cargo ship today with a crew of at least 20 U.S. nationals aboard, according to the company that owns the vessel. Maersk Line Ltd issued a statement saying it believes the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama was hijacked. If so, it would be the sixth hijacking over the past week in the region.
The gunman who killed 13 people at an immigrant services center fired 98 shots in a minute or so, the police chief in Binghamton, New York, said Wednesday.
Authorities searched a church Tuesday near where an 8-year-old California girl was found dead in the hopes of finding clues that would lead to her killer. "Everyone that we speak to right now is being considered a person of interest," Tracy police Sgt. Tony Sheneman said. "We're not eliminating anyone." Sandra Cantu's body was found Monday in luggage that was submerged in a dairy-farm pond.