Air India Flight AI 171, a Boeing 787-8, crashed into a residential area five minutes after taking off, official says.

The announcement by Oman's foreign minister comes as the U.S. is drawing down the presence of staffers who are not deemed essential to operations in the Middle East.

A crash along Interstate 80 led to slow traffic around the Des Moines metro Thursday morning. The Iowa Department of Transportation reported the right lane of I-80 westbound was blocked near Hickman ...