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SYDNEY (AP) — Investigators believe Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was on autopilot as it crossed the Indian Ocean and until it ran out of fuel. The head of Australia's Transport Safety Bureau says investigators came to that conclusion after analyzing data between the plane and a satellite. Commissioner Martin Dolan also says, "The basic assumption would be that if the autopilot is operational it's because it's been switched on."
WASHINGTON (AP) — Current and former officials say an intelligence gap is why the U.S. was caught flat-footed by the recent offensive by a Sunni-backed, al-Qaida-inspired group that has seized a large swath of Iraq. Officials say CIA officers in Iraq have been hunkered down in their heavily fortified Baghdad compound since U.S. troops left the country in 2011. One former CIA officer says, "The U.S. taxpayer is not getting their money's worth."
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government wants to dramatically lower the height limits of buildings near hundreds of airports. The proposal from the Federal Aviation Administration is driven by encroaching development that limits safe flight paths for planes that might lose power in one engine during takeoff. But it's drawing fire from real estate developers and members of Congress who say it will reduce property values.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is spending today with a Minneapolis mother who wrote to him about her struggles to make ends meet. Obama is trying to put a human face on the economic policies Democrats are championing. The president opens a two-day visit today to Minnesota. He'll hold a town hall meeting, headline a Democratic fundraiser and speak about raising the minimum wage.
DETROIT (AP) — Police in Detroit still have questions about the discovery of a 12-year-old boy alive in his basement after being missing for a week. Police on Wednesday found Charlie Bothuell V hiding in the downstairs of his home just hours after police said they weren't ruling out the possibility of a homicide. The father says he's surprised as anyone to hear that his son was in the basement. The father had taken a polygraph test while the child was still missing. The boy's stepmother refused.
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