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Four teenagers die in Jones County wreck

CALHOUN, Mississippi (AP) — Jones County Sheriff Alex Hodge says four teenagers have died in a one-car wreck in the Calhoun community. He says speed and failure to wear seat belts were factors when the […]

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3-year-old accidentally shoots mother and father

(AP) Authorities say a 3-year-old boy got ahold of a handgun from his mother’s purse and fired just one shot that wounded both his parents. Albuquerque police say the toddler apparently reached for an iPod […]

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Horror in Japan as video purports to show hostage beheaded

By ELAINE KURTENBACH and KARIN LAUB TOKYO (AP) — The wife of slain Japanese hostage Kenji Goto said Monday she was devastated but proud of her husband, who was beheaded by Islamic State extremists. In a statement issued […]

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Mississippi death-row inmate takes appeal to US high court

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — A Mississippi death row inmate who argues he was the victim of mistaken eyewitness identification is asking the U.S. Supreme Court for a new trial. Caleb Corrothers is arguing that a […]