CANBERRA, Australia – An official says the deep sea hunt for the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner will likely include cutting-edge sonar when it ramps up again in October after the stormy southern hemisphere winter has passed. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau, which is overseeing the search on Malaysia’s behalf, has …

PLAINS, Ga. – Members of a small Baptist church in southwest Georgia where former President Jimmy Carter frequently teaches Sunday school lessons are capping the number of people who can attend. Church representatives said in a statement that starting this Sunday, seats win the church will be limited to 400 …

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Thirty-year veteran teacher Twila Smith had scarcely begun the school year when a 14-year-old freshman entered her class and pulled a gun. He told her to cover the windows, lock the door and throw the keys and her 27 students’ cellphones on the floor. Smith said if …

SAN FRANCISCO – A San Francisco Bay Area man won $1 million in the California Lottery after buying a winning ticket with money he found at the airport. The California Lottery said Sunday that Hubert Tang had not bought a lottery ticket in 10 years. When he found a $20 …

PHILADELPHIA – Secretary of State John Kerry is bringing the Obama administration’s campaign for public and congressional support for the Iran nuclear deal to Philadelphia. In a speech at the National Constitution Center, U.S. officials say Kerry will make the case that the agreement is the best way to prevent …

MILLIS, Mass. – Police in Massachusetts say an officer fabricated a claim that a gunman fired at his cruiser before it crashed into a tree and caught on fire. NECN reports (http://bit.ly/1ECSouG) that Millis police Sgt. William Dwyer says the only ballistics evidence recovered at the scene Wednesday were from …

BEIJING – China’s central bank governor has told a meeting of the G-20 that China’s currency has stabilized against the dollar after the country’s surprise announcement last month to revalue the yuan amid stock market turmoil. Zhou Xiaochuan told a meeting of G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors in …

LONDON – Fun facts about Queen Elizabeth II as she becomes Britain’s longest reigning monarch. ___ CORGIS, SWANS, ROYAL FISH Elizabeth’s love of the corgi is well known. Her father, George VI, introduced the breed to the royal famiy in 1933 when he bought a corgi called Dookie. The animal …

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – Sierra Leone’s Supreme Court has said that the president had the authority to fire the vice president. The court, in a unanimous vote, said Wednesday that because Vice President Samuel Sam-Sumana didn’t belong to a political party, one of the requirements to hold office, President Ernest …

UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution sparked by Argentina’s debt crisis Thursday that sets out nine principles to restructure national debts. The non-binding resolution, adopted Thursday by a vote of 136-6 with 41 abstentions, calls on debtors and creditors “to act in good faith and …