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Watch: Great white shark leaps from water to snatch fish off line on Cape Cod Bay

This handout photo made available by the Vatican Media shows the opening of the ossuary at the Teutonic Cemetery in the Vatican as part of a probe into the case of Emanuela Orlandi, an teenager who disappeared in 1983 in one of Italy's darkest mysteries.

Search for missing teenager in Vatican cemetery unearths thousands of bones

Registry fails to alert local police of trouble drivers, flouts law enacted after 2014 traffic tragedy

Kushner to head to Mideast to push Palestinian economic plan July 21, 2019 | 2:27 PM

Protesters react to tear gas during a confrontation with riot police in Hong Kong Sunday, July 21, 2019.

Police launch tear gas as Hong Kong protest turns violent July 21, 2019 | 2:21 PM

Nadler: Mueller hearing to air evidence of Trump wrongdoing July 21, 2019 | 11:25 AM

Massachusetts senators to debate ban on child marriage July 21, 2019 | 10:50 AM

Connecticut man whose wife was struck and killed by vehicle sues FBI July 21, 2019 | 10:30 AM

Rhode Island man charged after dogs found in hot truck July 21, 2019 | 9:47 AM

Vermont police investigate drowning of boy, 4, in pool July 21, 2019 | 9:28 AM

Woman dies in hit-and-run in Somerville July 21, 2019 | 9:17 AM

Maine State Police: Death of Waterboro couple murder suicide July 21, 2019 | 8:37 AM

Video: Shark jumps out of the water behind fishing boat in Cape Cod Bay July 21, 2019 | 8:12 AM

This photo taken onboard by a passenger on a Southwest Airlines flight to Atlanta appears to show the top fin of another Southwest Airlines plane clipped off after the two planes collided, Saturday, July 20, 2019, on the tarmac of Nashville International Airport.

Southwest airliners collide on airport tarmac July 21, 2019 | 7:18 AM

Tony Maws and Dan Scampoli of Kirkland Tap and Trotter in Somerville.

Somerville’s Kirkland Tap & Trotter restaurant is closing July 20, 2019 | 5:43 PM

People enjoy the day playing in a water fountain as the Empire State Building is seen from Williamsburg section of Brooklyn.

'It's brutal': Heat wave across half the US cancels events July 20, 2019 | 5:04 PM

Nantucket, MA

Fisherman rescued off the coast of Nantucket July 20, 2019 | 4:50 PM

In this April 3, 2019 file photo, actress Felicity Huffman arrives at federal court in Boston to face charges in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal.

Co-stars say Felicity Huffman remorseful for role in college case July 20, 2019 | 2:11 PM

Iran's poking at West heightens risks of military missteps July 20, 2019 | 1:37 PM

Mueller's testimony poses risk for Trump, but also Democrats July 20, 2019 | 1:24 PM

Visitors pose for photos beside a portrait of Neil Armstrong at the Armstrong Air & Space Museum.

Nation celebrates 50th anniversary of 1st lunar footsteps July 20, 2019 | 1:20 PM

Greenland, NH

Police charge man with going 142 mph on 65 mph interstate July 20, 2019 | 12:38 PM

In this Monday, June 17, 2019, photo, a cashier displays a packet of tobacco-flavored Juul pods at a store.

Flavored tobacco targeted in bid to stem youth vaping July 20, 2019 | 12:33 PM

What consumers can do as regulators weigh compounds' risks July 20, 2019 | 9:51 AM

Ex-Marine, professor, MLB draft pick among high court clerks July 20, 2019 | 9:24 AM

In a Monday, July 15, 2019 photo, Albert Flick, sits in court at his murder trial in Auburn, Maine.

He was deemed too old to be dangerous. Now, at 77, he's been convicted of another murder. July 19, 2019 | 9:01 PM

Governor Charlie Baker.

Bill would toughen commercial driver rules in Massachusetts July 19, 2019 | 8:42 PM

MBTA releases video footage of Red Line derailment July 19, 2019 | 6:50 PM

Panel orders federal judge to reconsider Trump appeal July 19, 2019 | 6:28 PM

Michelle Obama weighs in on Trump feud with 'the squad' July 19, 2019 | 6:16 PM

Child dies after bounce house blown into power lines July 19, 2019 | 6:02 PM

Parade-goers carrying rainbow flags walk down a street during the LBGTQ Pride march on Sunday, June 30, 2019 in New York, to celebrate five decades of LGBTQ pride, marking the 50th anniversary of the police raid that sparked the modern-day gay rights movement. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

He allegedly threatened to 'shoot up' a Pride parade. It led to charges - of bank robbery. July 19, 2019 | 5:38 PM

Plastic or paper? Trump campaign weighs in on straw debate July 19, 2019 | 4:55 PM