No Bill, No Peace: Demonstrations broke out nearly immediately in New York after a Staten Island grand jury declined to bring charges against a police officer in the case of a man who died after being placed in a chokehold. …

Nation: Senate Republicans blocked a proposal to raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, saying a hike would slow the economy and force employers to shed hundreds of thousands of jobs. The federal minimum is now $7.25. But …

Mystery Jet: Two objects spotted by satellite in the Indian Ocean 1,500 miles Southwest of Perth might be pieces of the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, according to Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott. He said several aircraft were sent to …

Flight 370: Authorities say the two men who boarded the missing Malaysian Airlines jet with stolen passports are unlikely to have links to terrorism. One was a 19-year-old Iranian flying to Germany to meet his mother, they said.   Searchers …

Ukraine Crisis: Russian parliament leaders are saying they welcome Crimea breaking away from Ukraine and joining the Russian Federation. They are unlikely to have said it without the approval of Russian President Vladimir Putin.   A Kiev court ruled that …

World: A storm 500 miles wide, described as the biggest in recorded history to make landfall, hit the Philippines early today. Sustained winds were 195 mph and gusts reached 235. One woman said, “Galvanized iron sheets were flying just like …