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JERUSALEM (AP) — The United States has never been willing to consider an early release from prison for convicted spy Jonathan Pollard -- but that position may be changing. According to a person familiar with the Mideast peace negotiations, the U.S. is talking about the possibility of releasing Pollard from prison before he finishes serving his sentence for giving thousands of classified documents to Israel when he worked as a civilian intelligence analyst for the U.S. Navy. In return, Israel would have to make significant concessions to the Palestinians that would allow peace talks to continue.
WASHINGTON (AP) — There's been a flood of last-minute applicants to HealthCare.gov with the midnight deadline for enrollment just hours away. The federal online marketplace for insurance coverage had recorded 1.2 million visitors by noon today, despite a couple of glitches. The website was out of service for nearly four hours this morning as technicians patched a software bug. Another hiccup this afternoon temporarily kept new applicants from signing up, but that too was resolved.
PERTH, Australia (AP) — Australia's prime minister says the search for a missing Malaysian Airlines jet is nowhere near the point of being scaled back. The three-week search has turned up no sign of the Boeing 777. Ten planes and eleven ships have found no evidence of the missing plane in the search zone about 1,200 miles west of Australia. Items recovered so far were found to be unrelated to the plane.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Department of Transportation is issuing a final safety rule that requires rearview technology in many new vehicles. The move is an effort to reduce deaths and serious injuries caused by backup accidents. The rule issued today by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will require new vehicles under 10,000 pounds— including buses and trucks— to include rear visibility technology if they are manufactured on or after May 1, 2018.
UNDATED (AP) — Elton John and his partner David Furnish are planning a low-profile wedding in May -- now that British law has been changed to allow gay marriages. The singer told NBC's "Today" show that he wants to celebrate "very quietly." The two men have been in a civil partnership since 2005.
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