NEW ORLEANS – Marine scientists and Louisiana officials are floating the idea of sinking some of Uncle Sam’s cast-off ships along the water’s edge to create a steel barrier against hurricane flooding. The barrier would be made up of aging and obsolete tankers, research vessels and cargo ships. Since Hurricane …

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Hamas militants stormed a Palestine TV broadcast facility in the southern Gaza Strip, kicking workers out of the building and destroying equipment in a shooting rampage, employees said. There were no reports of injuries. The incident in Khan Younis came amid growing tensions between the …

BEIJING – A homicide bomber attacked his former wife’s wedding in northeast China, killing at least eight other people and injuring five, the government said Tuesday. Lu Wenfeng showed up with the bomb at the ceremony Saturday in Jixian county, Heilongjiang province, and set it off “out of his resentment …

WASHINGTON – A federal judge temporarily has barred the government from publicizing its free credit monitoring offer to veterans whose personal data was stolen and wants to see if they might get a better federal offer. Lawyers who have filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of the 26.5 million veterans …

This is a partial transcript from “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” June 14, 2006, that was edited for clarity. NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: Well, Iran wants to help us on Iraq. That was the news-breaking story our own editorial senior vice president, John Moody, was able to glean from top Iranian …

CHICAGO – Itche Goldberg and Jason Rubin are separated in age by 82 years, but they’re linked by a common passion for an ancient Jewish language that threatens to slip into obscurity. The life of 102-year-old Goldberg spans the recent decline of Yiddish to its heyday early last century when …

SEATTLE – Federal officials have proposed designating nearly all of northwest Washington’s inland waters — about 2,500 square miles — as critical habitat for killer whales, the first major development since the creatures were listed as endangered last year. Following a public comment period, the habitat designation could become official …

DETROIT – Two 911 dispatchers who authorities say wrongly assumed it was a prank when a 5-year-old boy called to report that his mother had collapsed have been charged with neglect of duty By the time an officer arrived, the boy’s 46-year-old mother was dead. “I understand they get a …

NEW YORK – A homeless man was arrested Wednesday in the stabbing of four people, including three tourists, who were attacked in a 12-hour span in Manhattan. Investigators were questioning the 21-year-old man but did not have a motive. Two of the four victims were stabbed near a Times Square …

PITTSBURGH – Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger did not have a valid motorcycle license when he crashed into a woman’s car last week, and the driver — who will be cited for failing to yield — has received threatening phone calls. Roethlisberger will be issued $388 in fines and fees for …