James Earl Jones, who overcame racial prejudice and a severe stutter to become a celebrated icon of stage and screen — eventually lending his deep, commanding voice to CNN, “The Lion King” and Darth Vader — has died. Jones, an Army veteran, was 93.

Former employees of the company that owned an experimental submersible that imploded on its way to the wreck of the Titanic are scheduled to testify before a Coast Guard investigatory board at an upcoming hearing.

Edward B. Johnson, an Army veteran who as a CIA officer traveled into Iran with a colleague to rescue six American diplomats who fled the 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover in Tehran, has died, the CIA confirmed on Monday.

Tropical Storm Francine strengthened Monday in the Gulf of Mexico and was forecast to make landfall as a hurricane this week in Louisiana, where evacuation orders were quickly issued in some coastal communities and residents began filling sandbags in preparation for heavy rains and widespread flooding.

A Wisconsin farm recalled all its eggs and suspended production after a salmonella outbreak that sickened at least 65 people in nine states was traced to its facilities.

Devices powered by lithium-ion batteries are overheating more often during airline flights and passengers often put them in checked bags that go into the cargo hold, where a fire might not be detected as quickly.

Out-of-control wildfires in the foothills of a national forest east of Los Angeles and in a recreational area south of Reno, Nev., threatened buildings and forced hundreds of residents to flee amid a days-long heat wave of triple-digit temperatures.

The U.S. government’s road safety agency wants the auto industry to design new vehicles including i ncreasingly large SUVs and pickup trucks so they reduce pedestrian deaths and injuries.

The remote Duck Valley reservation that straddles Nevada and Idaho has battled toxic contaminants on its land for decades. The discovery of a decades-old document with a passing mention of Agent Orange chemicals suggests the government may have been involved in contaminating the land.

A grueling manhunt stretches into a third day Monday for a suspect in an interstate shooting that struck 12 vehicles and wounded five people in Kentucky.