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UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic says it has launched an investigation into an allegation of child sexual abuse received this week against one of its peacekeepers. A statement Thursday says the country that contributed the peacekeeper has been asked to investigate as soon as …

BURBANK, Calif. – Two passenger jets bumped wings Saturday while pulling away from a terminal in Southern California, federal officials said. There were no reported injuries after the mishap between two Southwest Airlines jets at Burbank Bob Hope Airport, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Allen Kenitzer said. The Boeing 737 aircraft …

NEW ORLEANS – The last of the “Angola Three” inmates, whose decades in solitary confinement in connection with the death of a prison guard drew international condemnation and became the subject of two documentaries, was ordered released Monday. The ruling would free 68-year-old Albert Woodfox after more than 40 years …