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BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — Investigators are hoping that a cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder will tell them what caused a fiery weekend plane crash in Bedford, Massachusetts that took the lives of Philadelphia Inquirer co-owner Lewis Katz and six others. The black boxes were recovered late last night when an investigator was lowered to the burned cockpit. Katz's Gulfstream jet crashed during takeoff at Hanscom Field.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A former political consultant and social media maven is behind bars following a federal manhunt. Forty-two-year-old Ryan Kelly Chamberlain was captured Monday afternoon just south of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. He had been wanted on suspicion of possessing explosives. An official says Chamberlain is now being questioned by the FBI, which plans to hold a news conference later this morning.
BEIJING (AP) — Security is tight in China on the eve of the 25th anniversary of pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square. There also are restrictions on political activists, lawyers and other government critics. And China is allowing no discussion of the events of June 3-4, 1989, when soldiers accompanied by tanks and armored personnel carriers fought their way into the heart of the city, killing hundreds of protesting citizens and onlookers.
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott says President Barack Obama's plan to slash U.S. greenhouse gas emissions takes sensible steps. Abbott wants to remove Australia's unpopular carbon tax on industrial polluters, but his conservative government faces resistance in the Senate. The tax was introduced by a previous government in 2012 as a transitional measure before Australia joined the European Union's carbon emissions trading plan in mid-2015.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Former Charlotte, North Carolina Mayor Patrick Cannon is expected to plead guilty in federal court today to a public corruption charge that could send him to prison until 2034. According to a federal criminal complaint, Cannon accepted more than $48,000 in cash, airline tickets, hotel rooms and the use of a luxury apartment from undercover FBI agents posing as real estate developers. The 47-year-old Democrat resigned shortly after his arrest in March.
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