Pilots of a Royal Malaysian Air Force CN-235 aircraft manage their plane during a search and rescue operation for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane over the waters at Malacca straits, Malaysia, on Thursday, March 13, 2014. Planes sent Thursday to check the spot where Chinese satellite images showed possible debris from the missing Malaysian jetliner found nothing, Malaysia’s civil aviation chief said, deflating the latest lead in the six-day hunt.Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
- MALAYSIA DISPUTES REPORT THAT MISSING PLANE KEPT FLYING
The country’s defense minister denies a newspaper report that engine data from the missing Boeing 777 indicated it may have kept flying for hours after its last communication.
- DEATH TOLL NOW AT 6 IN NYC APARTMENT BLAST
The rescue efforts have been hampered by cold, rainy weather, and the massive piles of debris.
- TRAGEDY AT SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST
Police say two people were killed after a drunken driver crashed through barricades set up for the festival on a crowded street. More than 20 others were hurt, five critically.
- WHO’S AT RISK IN PAKISTAN’S BIGGEST CITY
In Karachi, 44 police officers were killed in the first two months of the year. Authorities blame the Pakistani Taliban and affiliated militant groups.