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FILE - In this Wednesday, July 18, 2012 file photo, alleged Hungarian war criminal Laszlo Csatary sits in a car as he leaves the Budapest Prosecutor's Office after he was questioned by detectives on charges of war crimes during WWII and prosecutors ordered his house arrest in Budapest, Hungary. Hungarian prosecutors say on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 that they have indicted a 98-year-old former police officer for abusing Jews and assisting in their deportation to Nazi death camps during World War II. Laszlo Csatary, who has denied the charges, was first detained by Hungarian authorities in July 2012 after his case was made public by the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a Jewish organization active in hunting down Nazis who have yet to be brought to justice. (AP Photo/MTI, Bea Kallos, File)

Hungary indicts Nazi-era suspect for war crimes

Hungarian prosecutors indicted a 98-year-old former police officer Tuesday for abusing Jews and assisting in their deportation to Nazi death camps during World War II. They said Laszlo Csatary was the chief of an internment camp for 12,000 Jews at a brick factory in Kosice — a Slovak city then ...

  • Updated: 11:13 a.m. Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Investigators look over the scene in Oakland Township, Mich., Monday, June 17, 2013, where officials search for the remains of Teamsters union president Jimmy Hoffa who disappeared from a Detroit-area restaurant in 1975. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Reputed Mafioso tip triggers new Hoffa body search

The FBI saw enough merit in a reputed Mafia captain's tip to once again break out the digging equipment to search for the remains of former Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa, last seen alive before a lunch meeting with two mobsters nearly 40 years ago. Tony Zerilli told his lawyer ...

  • Updated: 9:50 a.m. Tuesday, June 18, 2013
In this photo taken Tuesday, April 23, 2013 an unidentified farmer walks among his cattle on land near Harare. The nation’s first “Cattle Bank” has just opened its books in a unique kind of banking where owners are being asked to bring in their animals as a cash deposit enabling them to withdraw and borrow money against their value while retaining ownership (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe 'Cattle Bank' takes deposits that moo

William Mukurazita's deposit at the bank has four legs and moos. Zimbabwe's first "Cattle Bank" has just opened its books in a unique kind of banking where owners bring in their animals as collateral against cash loans. For many rural poor in this southern African country once wracked by world-record ...

  • Updated: 12:41 p.m. Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Russia: G-8 declaration won't mention Assad's fate

The G-8 summit's joint statement on ending the Syrian civil war will not mention whether Bashar Assad must step down from power as part of any peace settlement, a senior Russian diplomat said Tuesday ahead of the document's publication. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told reporters the eight nations ...

  • Updated: 8:52 a.m. Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Saatchi admits assault on wife Nigella Lawson

Prominent British art collector Charles Saatchi has admitted assault and accepted a police caution after published photos showed him grasping the throat of his wife, celebrity chef Nigella Lawson. In Tuesday's editions, The London Evening Standard newspaper quoted him as saying that he had approached police to discuss the incident ...

  • Updated: 8:50 a.m. Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Boston Bruins center Patrice Bergeron (37) congratulates Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask (40), of Finland, on his shutout to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 2-0 in Game 3 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals in Boston, Monday, June 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Rask shuts down Blackhawks as Bruins take 2-1 lead

The puck bounced off the post and rolled across the crease, away from the goal line. The red light flashed briefly, but replays would confirm that Tuukka Rask's shutout streak was intact. For the last 122 minutes, 26 seconds of the Stanley Cup finals, the Bruins goalie has prevented Chicago ...

  • Updated: 6:34 a.m. Tuesday, June 18, 2013
G-8 leaders from left, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister David Cameron, U.S. President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Francois Hollande, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy walk prior to a group photo opportunity during the G-8 summit at the Lough Erne golf resort in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, on Tuesday, June 18, 2013. The final day of the G-8 summit of wealthy nations is ending with discussions on globe-trotting corporate tax dodgers, a lunch with leaders from Africa, and suspense over whether Russia and Western leaders can avoid diplomatic fireworks over their deadlock on Syria’s civil war. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

10 Things to Know for Today

Your daily look at late-breaking Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. HANDOVER IN AFGHANISTAN Karzai says his country's armed forces are taking over from the U.S.-led NATO coalition for the first time in the nearly 12-year war. 2. ...

  • Updated: 6:01 a.m. Tuesday, June 18, 2013
FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2008 file photo, John Martorano is questioned about his plea agreement in exchange for testifying against former FBI agent John Connolly, in the Miami Courthouse. Connolly is accused of helping the Boston mob murder Miami gambling executive John Callahan in 1982, at Miami International Airport. Martorano, who served 12 years in prison after a plea deal, and who has admitted killing 20 people, is expected to testify at the trial of James "Whitey" Bulger, Monday, June 17, 2013 in federal court in Boston. (AP Photo/Marice Cohn Band, Pool, File)

Ex-hitman: I was heartbroken Bulger was informant

An ex-gangster who admitted killing 20 people was unemotional Monday when describing his line of work at the trial of his former partner, James "Whitey" Bulger, but called himself heartbroken when he learned that Bulger had become an FBI informant. John Martorano gave short answers and spoke nonchalantly when questioned ...

  • Updated: 1:40 a.m. Tuesday, June 18, 2013
U.S. President Barack Obama gestures during a speech at the Belfast Waterfront on Monday, June 17, 2013, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Obama is attending the G-8 summit in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland where leaders are expected to discuss the ongoing conflict in Syria, and free-trade issues. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama: NSA secret data gathering 'transparent'

President Barack Obama defended top secret National Security Agency spying programs as legal in a lengthy interview Monday, and called them transparent — even though they are authorized in secret. "It is transparent," Obama told PBS' Charlie Rose in an interview broadcast Monday. "That's why we set up the FISA ...

  • Updated: 12:32 a.m. Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Boston Bruins fans pass a large banner through the stands before Game 3 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals against the Chicago Blackhawks in Boston, Monday, June 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Bruins beat Blackhawks 2-0, lead Cup finals 2-1

Tuukka Rask watched most of the action at the other end of the ice. And when the Blackhawks did make a late charge, he was ready. The Bruins goalie stopped 28 shots for his third career playoff shutout, helping Boston beat Chicago 2-0 on Monday night to take a 2-1 ...

  • Updated: 12:24 a.m. Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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