MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine air force said one of its Italian-made light planes crashed at sea on a training mission Saturday, killing the two pilots. The single-prop SF-260FH was flying in formation with two other planes on a training flight when it crashed off Nasugbo township in Batangas province …

KARACHI, Pakistan – Police say gunmen have shot and wounded a U.S. citizen in the Pakistani port city of Karachi. Police officer Pir Muhammad Shah says four men shot at Debra Lobo, a physician, as she drove to work at a medical college on Thursday. He says Lobo is married …

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The mayor of Puerto Rico’s capital is banning horse-drawn carriages in San Juan following allegations of animal abuse. Carmen Yulin says tourists and locals have complained about the horses’ condition and treatment. The executive order signed Sunday comes a few days after people posted pictures …

George’s Night | Rock Hall of Fame | ‘Sopranos’ Kidney Punch | George Plimpton Beatle Wife, Girlfriend, Come Together The biggest surprise appearances last night at the New York screening of “Concert for George”? Jerry Seinfeld with wife Jessica and Michael J. Fox with wife actress Tracy Pollan and their …

And now the most scintillating two minutes in television, the latest from the wartime grapevine: Iraqis Hopeful for Future A new poll, described as the first scientific survey of Iraqi public opinion, shows 69 percent of Iraqis expect their country and their personal lives to improve over the next five …

NEW YORK – Autopsy results show New York Times media columnist David Carr died of complications from metastatic lung cancer. Julie Bolcer (BOHL-suhr), a spokeswoman for the New York City medical examiner’s office, says the autopsy shows heart disease was a contributing cause of death. Carr collapsed at the newspaper’s …

NEW CASTLE, Del. – Police in Delaware have issued an Amber Alert for a 3-year-old girl who they say was kidnapped by her father after he assaulted her mother. Police are looking for 43-year-old Michael Trotta and 3-year-old Elinor Trotta, saying they believe the girl “is in imminent danger.” New …

All-Star Fundraiser | Joel Gallen | Michael Jackson Friday’s All-Star Show Shrouded in Secrecy Here’s a little update to the story below, concerning the planned all-star fundraiser to benefit the victims of the World Trade Center and Pentagon tragedies, which may run on all four broadcast networks (Fox, NBC, CBS, …

Chief Justice John J. Roberts suffered what was described as a “benign, idiopathic seizure” Monday, similar to the one he suffered in 1993. Both incidents could not be attributed a specific cause, and both seem to leave no lasting effects. The fact that doctors couldn’t point to a specific reason …

WASHINGTON – One Republican senator who co-sponsored an amendment to force a withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq by April 30, 2008, said Democrats missed their chance to win over Republicans because of theatrics that offered no substance to the debate. Sen. Gordon Smith of Oregon said Democrats could have …