WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Three people were killed after a light plane and a helicopter collided in mid-air north of New Zealand’s capital Sunday, police said. Two men in the helicopter on a training flight were killed when it slammed into a building after its tail brushed the wing of …

NEW YORK – Undercover NYPD investigators secretly set up a fake water-purification company last year to demonstrate how easily and anonymously a terrorist could purchase toxic chlorine on the Internet for a deadly chemical strike against the city. A videotape — showed at a counterterrorism briefing for private security executives …

NEW YORK – A judge in New York says Ja Rule can’t post bail for co-defendants in a gun possession case — and she wants the duo to come up with their own money. State Supreme Court Justice Micki Scherer said Wednesday the rapper “put himself in the position of …

This is a rush transcript from “Hannity & Colmes,” February 1, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. ALAN COLMES, CO-HOST: A parent’s worst nightmare: losing their child. But what do you do in a situation where your child has been diagnosed brain …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Three youngsters found wounded but alive in a house where six other people were slain are under police protection, and not even their relatives can visit them in the hospital. “Nobody will see those children,” said homicide detective Joe Scott. “This is a sensitive investigation. We’re keeping …

YEREVAN, Armenia – Armenian police say eight people were killed and 33 officers injured in clashes between police and protesters angry over alleged election fraud. Police spokesman Sayat Shirinian announced the deaths in a statement Sunday. He did not say whether the eight killed were protesters or police, or give …

NEW YORK – She stood silently, stunned beside her husband, New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, as he read a statement of apology to his family Monday afternoon following disclosure of what is believed to be his love tryst with a high-priced prostitute. But the words failed to soothe Silda Wall …

HAPPY VALLEY, Calif. – The only person to survive Shasta County’s largest mass murder is under arrest in Wyoming on suspicion of a sex crime. Detective Sergeant Mark Trimble of the Casper, Wyoming, police department says 45-year-old Bruce Wulfert is in jail in lieu of $15,000 bail, accused of incest …

Leading doctors urged a return to older, tried-and-true treatments for high cholesterol after hearing full results Sunday of a failed trial of Vytorin. Millions of Americans already take the drug or one of its components, Zetia. But doctors were stunned to learn that Vytorin failed to improve heart disease even …

NEW YORK – Matt Damon and his wife Luciana are expecting another baby, his rep told People magazine. “They couldn’t be happier,” his spokeswoman Jennifer Allen told the magazine. “They’re so excited!” People’s current Sexiest Man Alive, 37, and his wife, 32, attended the Empire Film Awards in London Sunday …