TOKYO (AP) — Eight people were rescued and three remained missing after a U.S. Navy plane crashed into the western Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, the Navy said. The C-2 “Greyhound” transport aircraft came down about 500 nautical miles (925 kilometers) southeast of Okinawa as it was bringing passengers and cargo from Japan to the USS … Continue reading
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) — Crews have suspended the search for a man missing from Gloucester Point. Media outlets report that Coast Guard officials said in a news release Tuesday that multiple agencies had been assisting in the search for 58-year-old Michael Ballard, who was last seen near the Gloucester Point Boat Ramp. Ballard, of Montpelier, … Continue reading
CLEVELAND (AP) — A woman who escaped a home where she and two others were held captive for a decade is joining a Cleveland television station to bring attention to other missing-persons cases in a daily segment. As the new host of the segment on WJW-TV (http://bit.ly/2kF65UT ), Amanda Berry said she wants to help … Continue reading
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Police say a Virginia Beach woman and her two children have been found safe after they were reported missing. Virginia Beach police officer Tonya Pierce said Wednesday the trio was located “safe and sound” in another state. She declined to say which one except that it borders Virginia. Police had … Continue reading
SYDNEY (AP) â A ship involved with the deep-sea sonar search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is being fitted with a drone that will examine several sonar contacts of interest on the remote seabed west of Australia, officials said Wednesday. None of the sonar contacts exhibit the characteristics of a typical aircraft debris field, … Continue reading
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Within weeks of the September 2014 disappearance of 43 college students, Mexican authorities had rounded up scores of suspects and announced they had solved the case. At a hastily called news conference, prosecutors showed video of drug gang members confessing to taking the students from police, then slaughtering them and incinerating the … Continue reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A paramedic-firefighter who disappeared last week always put others first, and authorities are asking the public to return the favor by calling police if they have any information that might help search crews scouring the rugged terrain of the Shenandoah National Park. Nicole Mittendorff, 31, is an avid runner and tri-athlete … Continue reading
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African teenager vacationing in Mozambique may have found part of a wing from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which his family dismissed as “rubbish” and his mother nearly threw away, he said Friday. On Dec. 30, Liam Lotter was strolling on a beach in southern Mozambique, near the resort town … Continue reading
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The Mozambican sandbank where a possible piece of a missing Malaysian airliner was found is in waters with treacherous currents and is not normally visited by tourists, a hotel owner said Friday. Tony Manna, who owns a beachfront hotel in the Mozambican town of Vilankulo, said American adventurer Blaine Gibson was a … Continue reading
KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii (AP) — A massive search for 12 Marines who were aboard two helicopters that crashed off Hawaii has been suspended, after the five-day effort failed to locate any sign of them. Officials said at news conference late Tuesday, Jan. 19 afternoon that the search was being suspended at sundown and the Marine … Continue reading
HALEIWA, Hawaii (AP) — Two Marine Corps helicopters carrying six crew members each collided and went down off the Hawaiian island of Oahu while on a nighttime training mission, and rescuers searched choppy waters Friday, Jan 15, where debris had been sighted, military officials said. There was no immediate word on the fate of those … Continue reading
EUREKA, Calif. (AP) — A red panda is missing on California’s far north coast. The tiny creature named Masala disappeared from the Sequoia Park Zoo in Eureka sometime between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Thursday. Zoo manager Gretchen Ziegler tells the Times-Standard newspaper (http://bit.ly/1LqwVlm ) that anyone who spots the 1 1/2-year-old panda should not … Continue reading
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A couple and their three children who hadn’t been seen for days have died in what police appear to believe was a murder-suicide at their lakeside home in an upscale western Minneapolis suburb. South Lake Minnetonka police went to check on the family at 12:21 p.m. Thursday after getting a call from … Continue reading
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish official said Friday he has seen an image made by ground-penetrating radar that seemed to prove the discovery of an armored Nazi train missing in southwestern Poland since World War II. Local lore says a German train filled with gold, gems and armaments went missing around the city … Continue reading
BEIRUT (AP) — The mother of an American journalist missing in Syria for nearly three years pleaded on Tuesday for information about him, saying she believes that he is still alive. Austin Tice, of Houston, Texas, disappeared in August 2012 while covering Syria’s civil war. A video released a month later showed the journalist blindfolded … Continue reading
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