BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP)—The deep-sea explorer who discovered the wrecked Titanic is tackling an aviation mystery: Amelia Earhart’s disappearance. Robert Ballard and a National Geographic expedition will search for her plane next month near a Pacific Ocean atoll that’s part of...

HAGATNA, Guam (AP)—A drug possession case in Guam involving a Grammy Award-winning singer has been closed. The Pacific Daily News reported Monday that a superior court judge in Hagatna ordered the case against Yvonne Elliman-Alexander and her husband, Allen Alexander, to be...

HONOLULU (AP)—Officials at a tsunami monitoring center in Hawaii say a fake threat was circulated about an earthquake in Japan and subsequent tidal wave. News outlets reported Tuesday that the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center on Oahu said there is no tsunami threat in the Pacific...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP)—A powerful earthquake rattled coastal town-ships in Papua New Guinea late Tuesday and authorities say there have been no initial re-ports of major damage or injuries. The magnitude 7.5 quake struck in the ocean about 45 kilometers (28 miles) northeast...