Louis Freeh, the trustee charged with getting MF Global creditors their money back, has stepped down as the company's long bankruptcy nears an end.

Spirit Airlines is thinking outside of the bottle.

Alaska Airlines plans to replace most of the jets it flies between Fairbanks and Anchorage with three turboprop planes, freeing up the jets to be used for new routes between Anchorage and the Lower 48.

The man convicted of killing one of the country's few late-term abortion providers violated prison rules by trying to intimidate the woman who recently reopened the doctor's clinic in Kansas, a state prison official said Wednesday.

A family member says Ed Hotaling, a network news journalist and author of several books including "They're Off! Horse racing at Saratoga," has died.

If you're weary of Mini Coopers described as "cute," the new-for-2013 Mini Cooper Paceman is for you.

The Oklahoma medical examiner's office says the death toll from tornadoes and subsequent flooding late last week has reached 20.

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A huge mako shark caught off the coast of Southern California could set a record, but a critic said it should have been released because sharks are threatened worldwide.

Oh the pull of that elusive reservation at the hot new restaurant. And double-oh the sweet and fatty decadence of a well-made dessert. Combine the two foodie emotions and you've got the Cronut.

Families in southern Germany scrambled to their rooftops and were airlifted to safety by helicopter Wednesday after two levees broke and raging floodwaters swept through their village.

Holden Thorp is packing up after nearly five years as chancellor at the University of North Carolina, preparing for his next job as provost at Washington University in St. Louis.

Thirteen people are injured and at least one is still trapped in the rubble after a building collapse on the edge of downtown Philadelphia.

The American soldier charged with killing 16 Afghan civilians during nighttime raids on two villages last year pleaded guilty Wednesday then described shooting each victim, telling a military judge there is "not a good reason in this world" for why he did it.

The head of the Transportation Security Administration says he's dropping a proposal that would have let airline passengers carry small knives, souvenir bats, golf clubs and other sports equipment onto planes.

A series of weak economic reports sent the stock market sliding to its lowest level in a month.

A Federal Reserve survey says economic growth increased throughout the United States from April through mid-May, fueled by home construction, consumer spending and steady hiring.

Modern BlackBerrys with physical keyboards are now available in the U.S., months after the touch-screen versions went on sale.

Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, the American soldier from Lake Tapps, Ohio, charged with killing 16 Afghan civilians during nighttime raids on two villages last year, pleaded guilty Wednesday to avoid the death penalty. This is what AP reporters and photographers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord south of Seattle are learning about the events unfolding (in Pacific Time):

Shaking up his national security team, President Barack Obama tapped diplomat Susan Rice as his national security adviser, defying Republicans who have vigorously criticized her faulty explanation about the attack on Americans in Benghazi, Libya.