A charter bus carrying passengers to the NBA All-Star game clipped a La police patrol vehicle Sunday morning, police mentioned. Nobody was injured in the crash, but the officer's patrol automobile sustained minor harm, stated La Police Lt. Jim Gavin. Gavin stated the officer was driving towards the All-Star sport at Staples Center to present protection Sunday when he made a correct turn from your turn-only lane of Pico Boulevard onto Figueroa Street at about nine: 30 a.m. The bus driver was ...

An inquiry into the crash of a British aircraft in Afghanistan three years ago calls the accident "preventable," citing a loss of focus on safety in an effort to save money for the armed forces, the defense secretary said Wednesday.

Low visibility was to blame for a helicopter crash that killed 10 Americans on Monday in western Afghanistan, the U.S. Army said Wednesday.

Chelsea are seeking to have the English club's worldwide transfer ban put on hold until an appeal is heard by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The London outfit have already lodged an appeal against FIFA's ruling, which prevents the club from registering any new players during the next two transfer windows. They had been found guilty of illegally inducing teenager Gael Kakuta to breach his contract with French club Lens two years ago. The CAS has now confirmed ...

World number one-elect Serena Williams has crashed out of the China Open, beaten in three sets by Russian Nadia Petrova just two days after reclaiming the top position. Second seed Williams battled back several times but was unable to overcome the 13th seed, who reached the quarterfinals 6-4 3-6 7-6 in Beijing. The 28-year-old Williams looked lethargic in the first set, with her ground strokes sailing long and her serve broken twice to hand her 27-year-old opponent the early lead. ...

Actor Dennis Hopper was taken to a New York City area hospital Wednesday morning for an undisclosed ailment, according to a publicist. Hopper, 73, is in New York promoting his role in the Starz TV show "Crash," according to Sheila Feren, who handles publicity for the show. He was still being treated at the hospital Wednesday afternoon, she said.

Unseeded Kim Clijsters is through to the semifinals of the U.S. Open after beating China's Li Na in straight sets -- setting-up a potential last four showdown with defending champion Serena Williams. The 26-year-old Belgian, who has returned to competitive action after two years away from the sport to have a baby, cruised to a 6-2 6-4 victory and will play either second seed Williams, or Italy's Flavia Pennetta, for a place in the final. "I'm just glad I got ...

Investigators probing last weekend's fatal aircraft collision over New York's Hudson River focused Friday on an air traffic controller, though union leaders angrily said the controller could have done nothing to prevent the crash. In a report, the National Transportation Safety Board said that the controller at New Jersey's Teterboro airport did not advise a pilot of potential traffic when he handed off radar monitoring of the plane to the tower at Newark airport at 11:52:20 a.m. Saturday. But, union ...

A Bedouin who was just a boy when a U.S. Navy pilot's plane crashed in the Iraqi desert in 1991 was the key to finding his remains more than 18 years after he was killed, the Pentagon says. The new details of the final hunt for U.S. Navy pilot Scott Speicher, who was lost over Iraq on the opening night of the Gulf War in January 1991, were released by the Pentagon Friday. Two sites were searched by U.S. troops ...

The remains of the first American shot down in the 1991 Persian Gulf War have been uncovered, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Sunday. U.S. Navy Capt. Michael "Scott" Speicher was shot down in an F/A-18 Hornet on January 17, 1991, the first night of the war. The announcement early Sunday of the discovery of Speicher's remains ends more than 18 years of speculation about whether Speicher may have survived the crash and been held captive, or died in ...