SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea on Wednesday selected a Chinese-led consortium as a preferred bidder to salvage a ferry that sunk and killed more than 300 people in April last year in one of the country’s deadliest disasters in decades. South Korea’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said it …

TRENTON, N.J. – Police say a man shown in a surveillance video trying to rob a New Jersey business later watched the recording online and turned himself in. Trenton police Lt. Stephen Varn tells NJ.com (http://bit.ly/1Kblz72) that Dwaine Whitaker appeared on surveillance video trying to hold up a business at …

A Russian-speaking cybercrime ring has stolen millions of dollars from banks in the U.S., Russia, and Eastern Europe, a cybersecurity firm has claimed in a report published Monday. The Russian security company Kaspersky Lab says the hackers have been active since at least the end of 2013 and hit at …

Editor’s note: The following column first appeared in The Washington Times. Watch out — as the new year approaches the powers-that-be always unleash a new hoard of laws, rules and regulations. Already, we’re seeing another Orwellian idea re-emerge from its musty cave: The notion that drivers should pay an additional …

MORRISTOWN, N.J. – The founder of Craigslist has donated $10,000 for a composting toilet that will be named in his honor by a northern New Jersey organization. Grow It Green Morristown says Craig Newmark’s donation will likely cover the purchase of the toilet for the group’s Early Street Community Garden. …

NEW YORK – Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday introduced a plan to redesign and rebuild LaGuardia airport, replacing the cramped, outdated hub with a unified terminal that will have more than double the space. “Welcome to the new LaGuardia Airport,” Cuomo said. “This is what New Yorkers deserve and have …

HEMPSTEAD, Texas – Texas authorities say they will release more video of Sandra Bland during her three days in jail. Waller County Judge Trey Duhon said several hours of jail footage will be distributed to the media Tuesday afternoon, partially in response to conspiracy theories about her death. Duhon said …

SEOUL, South Korea – Samsung Electronics reported Thursday a fifth straight quarterly profit drop as the Galaxy S6 series of smartphones failed to reverse its declining fortune in the smartphone industry. Samsung’s April-June net income was 5.8 trillion won ($5 billion), down 8 percent from 6.3 trillion won a year …

BEIJING – Chinese state media say police have rescued a newborn baby who was stuck face down in a public toilet in Beijing. She is in stable condition at a hospital in the capital. The police station responsible for the rescue confirmed it Tuesday after it was reported by the …

SILVER SPRING, Md. – Authorities say a man left his 6-month-old baby in a truck parked at a Metro station in Maryland for hours before realizing his mistake and calling authorities, who rescued the child. Metro spokesman Dan Stessel says the man parked at the Forest Glen station about 7:30 …