Weekly US jobless aid applications rise to 354K

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. unemployment benefit applications rose by 18,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 354,000. Despite the gain, the level remains consistent with moderate job growth.

Obama commits to tough push on global warming

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is planning a major push using executive powers to tackle the pollution blamed for global warming in an effort to make good on promises he made at the start of his second term.

Obama commits to tough push on global warming

President Barack Obama speaks in front of the iconic Brandenburg Gate in Berlin Germany, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Obama is planning a major push using executive powers to tackle the pollution blamed for global warming in an effort to make good on promises he made at the start of his second …

3 spotted parachuting from Chicago's Trump Tower

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Police are searching for three people who managed to leap from the top of North America's second-tallest building overnight, using parachutes to float to the ground.

Wanted: Committee compromise on Illinois pensions

SPRINGFIELD | Illinois lawmakers didn't solve the state's pension crisis Wednesday but saved themselves from embarrassment over an ill-fated special session by taking steps toward a House-Senate compromise through a bipartisan committee.

NY baseball great's daughter catches falling baby

NEW YORK | The daughter of former New York Yankees manager Joe Torre made a quick-thinking save Wednesday when she caught a baby who had tumbled off of a second-floor Brooklyn apartment's fire escape, the baseball great has confirmed.

Actor James Gandolfini dies in Italy at age 51

LOS ANGELES | James Gandolfini's lumbering, brutish mob boss with the tortured psyche will endure as one of TV's indelible characters.

FBI ends Michigan search for Hoffa's remains

OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. | Beneath a swimming pool, under a horse farm and now a weed-grown field north of Detroit: For at least the third time in a decade, FBI agents grabbed shovels and combed through dirt and mud in the search for Jimmy Hoffa's remains or clues to the disappearance of the …

Best Buy recalls batteries over fire risk

Best Buy is recalling 5,100 replacement batteries for the MacBook Pro due to a fire risk.

Ohio woman accuses 3 of holding her captive

This undated photo released by the Department of Justice shows Daniel Brown. Authorities in Ohio have arrested three people, including Brown, on charges of enslaving a mentally disabled young mother and her daughter over a two-year period. Federal agents and Ashland police said Tuesday, June…

Ohio woman accuses 3 of holding her captive

ASHLAND, Ohio | A woman told authorities she was held captive for more than a year by three people who forced her to do housework, raided her bank account and menaced her with snakes and pit bulls.

Ohio woman accuses 3 of holding her captive

Ashland City police Lt. Joel Icenhour answers questions during a news-conference Tuesday, June 18, 2013, in Cleveland. Authorities in Ohio have arrested three people on charges of enslaving a mentally disabled young mother and her daughter over a two-year period. Federal agents and Ashland p…

Ohio woman accuses 3 of holding her captive

FBI Assistant special agent Eric Smith, right, answers questions during a news-conference Tuesday, June 18, 2013, in Cleveland. U.S. attorney Steven M. Dettelbach, left, listens. Authorities in Ohio have arrested three people on charges of enslaving a mentally disabled young mother and her d…

Ohio woman accuses 3 of holding her captive

U.S. attorney Steven M Dettelbach answers questions during a news-conference Tuesday, June 18, 2013, in Cleveland. Authorities in Ohio have arrested three people on charges of enslaving a mentally disabled young mother and her daughter over a two-year period. Federal agents and Ashland polic…

Ohio woman accuses 3 of holding her captive

A "Private Property No Trespassing" sign greets visitors Tuesday June 18, 2013, at this three-apartment building in Ashland, Ohio, which a neighbor says was home to at least one of the three suspects charged with enslaving a mentally disabled woman and her child. (AP Photo/Kantele Franko)

Ohio woman accuses 3 of holding her captive

This undated photo released by the Department of Justice shows Jordie L. Callahan. Authorities in Ohio have arrested three people, including Callahan, on charges of enslaving a mentally disabled young mother and her daughter over a two-year period. Federal agents and Ashland police said Tues…

Ohio woman accuses 3 of holding her captive

This undated photo released by the Department of Justice shows Jessica L. Hunt. Authorities in Ohio have arrested three people, including Hunt, on charges of enslaving a mentally disabled young mother and her daughter over a two-year period. Federal agents and Ashland police said Tuesday, Ju…

Ohio woman accuses 3 of holding her captive

A "Private Property No Trespassing" sign greets visitors Tuesday June 18, 2013, at this three-apartment building in Ashland, Ohio, which a neighbor says was home to at least one of the three suspects charged with enslaving a mentally disabled woman and her child. (AP Photo/Kantele Franko)

Ohio woman accuses 3 of holding her captive

Three undated photos provided by the Department of Justice show Jessica L. Hunt, left, Daniel Brown, center, and Jordie L. Callahan, right. Authorities in Ohio have arrested the three on charges of enslaving a mentally disabled young mother and her daughter over a two-year period. Federal ag…

FBI hunt for ex-Teamster boss Hoffa's remains ends

Law enforcement officials from the Michigan State Police help search the area in Oakland Township, Mich., Tuesday, June 18, 2013 where officials continue the search for the remains of Teamsters union president Jimmy Hoffa who disappeared from a Detroit-area restaurant in 1975. (AP Photo/Carl…