Preliminary data from the deadliest U.S. aviation accident in nearly 25 years showed conflicting readings about the altitudes of an airliner and Army helicopter when they collided near Washington.

In a dramatic scene in Ocean Beach on Saturday, San Diego lifeguards and surfers helped rescue more than 20 people who were in the water, on a jetty or trapped inside a suspected smuggling boat.

(AP) — A jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew ... region flew over the scene in search of survivors. Inflatable rescue boats were launched into the Potomac River from a point along the ...

MILAN — Two toddlers died when a smugglers' boat sank in the central ... The German rescue ship Sea Punk I recovered the body of a 3-year-old and a 2-year-old died on board the vessel while ...