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DUMA, West Bank (AP) — There is outrage among Palestinians and Israelis alike, over an attack on a West Bank home today by suspected Jewish extremists. The assailants set fire to the home, in an attack that burned a sleeping Palestinian toddler to death. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas calls the attack a "war crime." And it threatens to set off another violent escalation. Critics say the Israeli government hasn't done enough to stop attacks on Palestinian property by extremists who are intent on retaliating for Israeli moves that are seen as favorable to the Palestinians.
SAINT-ANDRE, Reunion (AP) — The six-foot-long airplane part that washed up on a beach in the Indian Ocean is headed to a French aviation lab, where analysts are hoping to get clues as to what happened to it, and where it's been. If, in fact, it's part of the Malaysia Airlines flight that disappeared 16 months ago, it may have drifted thousands of miles to the French island of Reunion. Experts say the condition of the metal may help determine how fast the plane was going when it hit the ocean.
OPA-LOCKA, Fla. (AP) — The Coast Guard's search for two 14-year-old fishermen off the Florida coast is coming to an end. But family members who think the boys might still be alive are vowing to push ahead with their own hunt. Private planes and boats are preparing to keep looking for clues on what happened to Perry Cohen and Austin Stephanos.
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are closing with small losses, as a big drop in energy stocks offsets gains in other parts of the market. The S&P fell four points. The Dow lost 55 points, and the Nasdaq finished about even. Shares of Exxon Mobil and Chevron, the two largest publicly-traded energy companies, fell roughly 5 percent each after both companies reported slumping profits. Bond prices rose after a report showed that U.S. wages and benefits grew in the spring at the slowest pace in 33 years.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A judge in Pennsylvania is recognizing a 2001 same-sex union as a common-law marriage in the state -- even though one partner died before gay marriage became legal. Sabrina Maurer's (MOW'-erz) case involves her fight over death benefits and inheritance taxes following the 2013 death of Kim Underwood. The judge says the women retroactively qualify as common-law spouses. A family lawyer says the ruling is creating plenty of buzz in the legal community as gay clients pursue death benefits, divorce settlements and other claims.
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