China's new premier rolls out the welcome wagon for foreign companies

Hong Kong CNN —China’s new premier, Li Qiang, has offered a hearty welcome to foreign companies in an effort to arrest a slump in business confidence that has exacerbated the country’s economic woes. Li, who was formally appointed earlier this month, met a...

Louisiana police helicopter crash kills 2 officers

Two Baton Rouge police officers died Sunday when their helicopter crashed into a sugarcane field, Louisiana authorities said. The Robinson R-44 helicopter went out at 2 a.m. to help with a pursuit and never returned, local media reported. The aircraft's dis...

New Mexico community to resume police services after 3 year gap

Residents of a small northern New Mexico community will soon see police officers patrolling the streets in vehicles marked with the village's name for the first time in three years. The Questa Police Department is scheduled to reopen April 1 with four polic...

Van crashes into northern Maine living room killing 2 people

A van crashed into a house in northern Maine, and both the motorist and an occupant of the home died, police said. Both people were pronounced dead at the scene Saturday evening after first responders were told that a vehicle spun out of control on a curve...

Lake Tahoe casino shooting kills 1, brings heavy police response

A shooting in a Lake Tahoe casino left one man dead and prompted an active-shooter response by area authorities before the arrest of an alleged assailant and a woman in a vehicle not far away, a sheriff reported Saturday. Deputies responding to a 911 call s...

US lawsuit seeks to protect habitat of endangered corals

An environmental group filed a lawsuit Monday accusing the U.S. government of failing to protect 12 endangered coral species across the Caribbean and the Pacific Ocean that have been decimated by warming waters, pollution and overfishing. The Arizona-based...

Tennessee freeway crash kills 6 youths thrown from car

A car crash killed six young people, including a 1-year-old infant, after they were ejected from their vehicle early Sunday on a freeway in middle Tennessee, authorities said. Two adults were injured, one of them critically. Emergency crews found a car upsi...

Family of Kansas toddler killed by police files federal lawsuit

The family of a toddler who was fatally shot by a police officer during a standoff last year between her father and law enforcement has filed a federal lawsuit over her death. Kansas authorities have said that 2-year-old Clesslyn Crawford was shot by a Jopl...