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Posted on May 24, 2013 at 10:00am

(AP) — An American man accused of killing a family of four in the Czech Republic has been arrested in the United States, police said Friday.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 9:59am

(AP) — A truck carrying an oversize load struck a bridge on the major thoroughfare between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the span and two vehicles into the Skagit River below, though all three occupants suffered only minor injuries.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 9:59am

(AP) — The Syrian government has agreed "in principle" to attend a conference proposed by Russia and the United States on ending the country's civil war, Russia's Foreign Ministry said Friday, the first confirmation that President Bashar Assad's regime would be willing to take part in the talks with the opposition.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 9:58am

(AP) — UK police: 2 men arrested after flight from Pakistan to England diverted.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 9:57am

(AP) — Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is in Switzerland to sign a free trade pact with the Alpine nation — the first comprehensive agreement the country has reached with a major western economy.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 9:56am

(AP) — A look at legislation passed in Turkey's parliament early Friday that would ban all alcohol advertising and tighten restrictions on the sale of such beverages, and how such a law could affect tourists and liquor companies in the mainly Muslim but secular country.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 9:55am

(AP) — United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging African leaders to implement a plan that the U.N. hopes will stabilize eastern Congo after years of turmoil.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 9:51am

(AP) — Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni fired his top military commander Friday, the ouster apparently linked to turmoil over Museveni's alleged plan to have his son succeed him as head of state.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 9:47am

(AP) — Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street, putting the market on track for its first weekly loss after four weeks of gains.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 9:37am

(AP) — A British fighter jet was launched to divert a civilian plane carrying nearly 300 passengers from Pakistan to England after an incident on board, British officials said Friday.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 9:34am

(AP) — An advocacy group says patients at Kenya's only psychiatric hospital are often confined and immobilized using drugs that put them into a comatose-like state, factors that could have led to the recent escape of 40 male patients.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 9:32am

(AP) — New Jersey rolled out some of its big guns Friday to proclaim that the shore is back following Superstorm Sandy, using Gov. Chris Christie and the cast of MTV's "Jersey Shore" to tell a national audience the state is ready for summer fun.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 9:26am

(AP) — Britain's Ministry of Defense says a Typhoon jet has been launched to investigate an incident involving a civilian aircraft.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 9:25am

(AP) — U.S. orders for long-lasting manufactured goods rebounded in April, buoyed by more demand for aircraft and stronger business investment. The gains suggest economic growth may be holding steady this spring.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 9:18am

(AP) — Slovenia's parliament has adopted a cap on public spending to try to convince investors that it will be able to avoid needing an international bailout.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 9:18am

(AP) — As jurors in Jodi Arias' murder trial filed one by one from the courtroom after a dramatic five months of gut-wrenching testimony and gruesome photographs, three women on the panel cried and one looked to the victim's family, mouthing the word, "Sorry."

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 9:16am

(AP) — UK defense ministry: Typhoon jet launched to investigate incident with civilian plane.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 9:14am

(AP) — When President Barack Obama pushed his health care overhaul plan through Congress, he counted labor unions among his strongest supporters.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 9:05am

(AP) — New Jersey rolled out some of its big guns Friday to proclaim that the shore is back following Superstorm Sandy, using Gov. Chris Christie and the cast of MTV's "Jersey Shore" to tell a national audience the state is ready for summer fun.

Posted on May 24, 2013 at 9:01am

(AP) — The slaying of a British soldier in southeast London cast a spotlight on radical preachers that influenced Michael Adebolajo, the attacker seen in videos with bloody hands holding a butcher knife. It also raised questions about the reach of the terrorist group al-Shabab, after a British government official said one of the two men tried to go to Somalia to train or fight with the group. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about the police investigation.