A lawyer for one of the suspects in the so-called `modern slavery' case in Ashland, Ohio says the accused had given the woman a place to stay because she and her child were homeless. (June 19)
Meet Pepper, the latest attraction at the Werribee Open Range Zoo, near Melbourne. She's a Southern White Rhinoceros, only two weeks-old and weighs 185 pounds. (June 19)
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. (June 19)
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. (June 19)
A car rocketing down an avenue in Manhattan's dense East Village swerved out of control, plowed down a sidewalk and smashed through a storefront flower stand Wednesday morning, injuring eight people. (June 19)
President Barack Obama is calling for a one-third reduction of the world's nuclear stockpiles. Speaking at Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate, he says he intends to seek negotiated cuts with Russia to move beyond a Cold War nuclear posture. ...
Fire authorities say eight people have been hurt, several of them seriously, after a car jumped a curb and slammed into a Manhattan store. Witnesses say the driver lost control about a block away and plowed through everything on the sidewal...
Trying to tamp down concerns about government over-reach, President Barack Obama on Wednesday defended U.S. internet and phone surveillance programs as narrowly targeted efforts that have saved lives and thwarted at least 50 terror threats....
Speaking at a press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Obama said it's no surprise that there's friction in early efforts to launch peace talks between the Taliban and Afghanistan's government. (June 19)
Here's the latest news for Wednesday, June 19: Obama in Germany; Arizona wildfire; Massive protests in Brazil, Alaska heat wave.
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