Wheeler Middle School students bring historical figures to life

CROWN POINT | Kings, presidents, astronauts, movie stars, singers and other historic icons came to life Thursday at Colonel John Wheeler Middle School’s fourth annual Day at the Wax Museum.

Trucker bumps I-5 bridge, sees tragedy behind him

A collapsed section of the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River is seen in an aerial view Friday. Part of the bridge collapsed Thursday evening, sending cars and people into the water when a an oversized truck hit the span, the Washington State Patrol chief said. Three people were rescu…

Authorities: Man found dead on tracks committed suicide

HIGHLAND | The headless body of a 53-year-old man was discovered Friday morning on the railroad tracks near Highway Avenue and First Street, according to Highland police.

Andrean among more than 30 four-star schools in NWI

MUNSTER | The state Department of Education has named Andrean High School in Merrillville a four-star school.

Youth baseball teams to take swings against cancer

HIGHLAND | Jacob Kosiara has come to know that there is more to life than just baseball.

Cancer sticks

Mason Skrezyna, of the Morris Elite Baseball 11U team, bolts from the batter's box on way to legging out an infield single during a May 16 game against the Lincoln-Way Prospects at Homestead Park in Highland. The Morris Elite 11U team is taking on the Indiana Warriors in a doubleheader Sunda…

Bayern faces Dortmund in Champions League final

Bayern Munich Arjen Robben of the Netherlands in action during a training session at Wembley Stadium in London, Friday May 24, 2013. Borussia Dortmund will face fellow German soccer team Bayern Munich in the final of the Champions League at Wembley Stadium on Saturday. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Bayern faces Dortmund in Champions League final

Bayern Munich's Franck Ribery of France in action during their training session at Wembley Stadium in London, Friday May 24, 2013. Dortmund will face fellow German soccer team Bayern Munich in the final of the Champions League at Wembley Stadium on Saturday. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Bayern faces Dortmund in Champions League final

Bayern Munich's Claudio Pizarro, right, and Bastian Schweinsteiger in action during a training session at Wembley Stadium in London, Friday May 24, 2013. Dortmund will face fellow German soccer team Bayern Munich in the final of the Champions League at Wembley Stadium on Saturday. (AP Photo/…

Bayern faces Dortmund in Champions League final

Bayern Munich is trying to downplay being the favorite.

Biographer regrets affair with former CIA director

The biographer whose extramarital affair with then-CIA director David Petraeus triggered his resignation says she regrets the relationship and the harm and grief it caused her family.

Calif. plastic ocean debris bill dies in committee

File - In this Aug. 11, 2009 file photo provided by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography shows Matt Durham, center, pulling in a large patch of sea garbage with the help of Miriam Goldstein, right, in the Pacific Ocean. Plastics discarded by people often end up in the ocean, creating coas…

Calif. plastic ocean debris bill dies in committee

File - In this May 24, 2012 file photo, a woman carries her purchases in plastic bags in Los Angeles. Plastics discarded by people often end up in the ocean, creating coastal pollution that harms marine life and gathers out at sea in what's become known as the great Pacific garbage patch. No…

Calif. plastic ocean debris bill dies in committee

A California bill that would have required manufacturers to figure out how to keep the most common plastic junk out of state waterways died in the state Assembly without a vote Friday.

Monfils, Montanes advance to Nice Open final

France's Gael Monfils beat Spain's Pablo Andujar 7-5, 6-4 in the Nice Open on Friday to advance to the final.

Journalist and author Haynes Johnson dies at 81

Haynes Johnson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who migrated from newspapers to television, books and teaching, died Friday. He was 81.

18 hurt in shuttle bus crash near Atlanta airport

A hotel shuttle bus has it's front end crushed after it crashed with a tractor-trailer on the road that loops around Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, in College Park, Ga., on Friday, May 24, 2013. All 16 people in the crash were taken to area hospitals. None of the injuries …

18 hurt in shuttle bus crash near Atlanta airport

A hotel shuttle bus is readied to towing after it crashed with a tractor-trailer on the road that loops around Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, in College Park, Ga., on Friday, May 24, 2013. All 16 people in the crash were taken to area hospitals. None of the injuries are be…

18 hurt in shuttle bus crash near Atlanta airport

A wrecked airport shuttle bus is shown Friday, May 24, 2013 in College Park, Ga.. The bus collided with a truck near Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport injuring 16 people who were taken to area hospitals. (AP Photo/Ray Henry)

18 hurt in shuttle bus crash near Atlanta airport

A wrecked airport shuttle bus is shown Friday, May 24, 2013 in College Park, Ga. The bus collided with a truck near Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport injuring 16 people who were taken to area hospitals. (AP Photo/Ray Henry)

18 hurt in shuttle bus crash near Atlanta airport

Eighteen people were taken to the hospital Friday, at least two in serious condition, after they were hurt in a crash between a hotel shuttle bus and a tractor-trailer near Atlanta's airport, officials said.

Neb. football player's indecency trial gets set

A trial date has been set for a Nebraska defensive end accused of exposing his genitals to a female student.

FDA warns of infections tied to Tennessee pharmacy

Government health officials are investigating cases involving patients who suffered complications after being injected with potentially contaminated medications made by a Tennessee specialty pharmacy.

Barrick fined $16m for Pascua-Lama violations

Mining machinery and barrels with chemicals sit on the facilities of Barrick Gold Corp's Pascua-Lama project in northern Chile, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Chile's environmental regulator has stopped construction and imposed sanctions on Barrick Gold Corp.'s $8.5 billion Pascua-Lama project, cit…

Barrick fined $16m for Pascua-Lama violations

Chile's environmental regulator blocked Barrick Gold Corp.'s $8.5 billion Pascua-Lama project on Friday and imposed its maximum fine on the world's largest gold miner, citing "very serious" violations of its environmental permit as well as a failure by the company to accurately describe what…