19 firefighters perish in Ariz.

83-year-old Salem woman victim of hit-and-run

SALEM, Mass. (AP) -- Police are looking for the vehicle they say fled the scene after striking and killing an 83-year-old Salem woman crossing a street in front of her home.(   07/01/2013 7:15 AM )

• Fisherman missing after fall from boat in Old Lyme

• Thole's error gives Red Sox 5-4 win over Blue Jays

• Bulger trial to feature drug dealers, prison calls

• A guide to the trial of James 'Whitey' Bulger

A guide to the trial of James 'Whitey' Bulger

James "Whitey" Bulger is on trial in a 32-count racketeering indictment accusing him of a long list of crimes, including participating in 19 killings. Here's a look at the case against him, his defense and what's happening in the courtroom as the trial enters its fourth week:(   07/01/2013 3:14 AM )

• Ariz. man watched home burn in fire that killed 19

• Fast-moving Arizona wildfire kills 19 firefighters

• Another ordeal for Newtown: Divvying up donations

• Federal Reserve official to speak in Conn.

Law requires Chinese to visit their aging parents

BEIJING (AP) -- Mothers and fathers aren't the only ones urging adult children to visit their parents. China's lawbooks are now issuing the same imperative.(   07/01/2013 4:01 AM )

• Obama in Tanzania for final stop on Africa tour

• Kerry shifts focus from Mideast to Asia

• Calm returns to Myanmar after religious clashes

• Humerus reunion: Doc returns Vietnamese vet's arm

Britain may OK creating babies with DNA from 3 people

LONDON -- Britain may allow a controversial technique to create babies using DNA from three people, a move that would help couples avoid passing on rare genetic diseases, the country's top medical officer says. The new techniques help prevent women with faulty mitochondria -- the energy source in a cell -- from passing on to their babies defects that can result in such diseases as muscular dystrophy, epilepsy, heart problems, and mental retardation. For a woman with faulty mitochondria, scientists take only the healthy genetic material from her egg or embryo. They then transfer that into a donor egg or embryo that still has its healthy mitochondria but has had the rest of its key DNA removed. The fertilized embryo is then transferred into the womb of the mother.(   06/29/2013 12:00 AM )

• New NASA satellite to begin sun-watching mission

• NASA launches sun-watching satellite from Calif.

• NASA launches sun-watching satellite from Calif.

• NASA's Voyager 1 craft enters unfamiliar space

Another ordeal for Newtown: Divvying up donations

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- More than six months after losing their loved ones in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, families say dealing with questions over how to distribute the millions of dollars sent to help Newtown heal is instead causing them more pain.(   07/01/2013 6:11 AM )

• Federalist Society success inspires campus copies

• Hesser College now called Mount Washington College

• Police say SKorean man spurred NJ school lockdown

• Benefit for Sandy Hook to air on public TV