Florida police are investigating calls to wrestler Hulk Hogan and his family from the family of the victim of a car crash involving Hogan’s son Nick Bollea after threatening voicemails were played on the radio, FOXNews.com confirmed on Monday. A spokeswoman for the Clearwater Police Department in Florida said they …

WASHINGTON – A U.S. helicopter on a humanitarian mission in the Philippines apparently was shot at, prompting the Navy to temporarily halt the mission, a defense official said Monday. An MH-60 helicopter operating from USNS Mercy hospital ship had gone to pick up 11 passengers about 50 miles inland, and …

PHOENIX – A Nevada woman has been arrested after photo enforcement cameras on a suburban Phoenix freeway captured her behind the wheel of a car speeding 22 times in a 45-day span, authorities said. Jennifer Bitton, 24, of Las Vegas, was arrested by Arizona Department of Public Safety officers on …

NEW YORK – Many of the thousands of people who have gone to court claiming ground zero-related illnesses don’t have serious health problems, lawyers for the city claim in court papers. About 10,800 plaintiffs claim to suffer from a wide variety of health problems from breathing toxic dust from the …

A 12-year-old girl who vanished after being dropped off to meet a friend apparently lied and was actually going to see someone she’d been communicating with online. The family of Brooke Bennett believes the girl made up the story of accompanying a friend to visit a sick relative in the …

LOS ANGELES – The son of “The Godfather” creator Mario Puzo sued Paramount Pictures on Wednesday, claiming the studio failed to pay royalties from a 2006 video game based on the book and movie characters. Anthony Puzo of New York claims in a court filing that he represents his father’s …

NEW YORK – The mother of 50 Cent’s son was granted a temporary restraining order against the rapper on Friday, TMZ reported. As per the order, 50 Cent will have to forfeit any firearms he may have, and any pick-up and drop-off of his 11-year-old son, Marquise, must be “at …

WASHINGTON – Insurgent attacks in eastern Afghanistan have increased 40 percent this year over last year, the top U.S. general in the country said Tuesday. Maj. Gen. Jeffrey J. Schloesser said there have been 40 deaths among uniformed and civilian foreign coalition members in the east since the start of …

KRANJ, Slovenia – President Bush and European allies on Tuesday threatened tougher sanctions to squeeze Iran’s finances and derail its potential pursuit of a nuclear weapon. Bush said the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran would endanger world peace. “They can either face isolation, or they can have better relations with …

BALTIMORE – An unseasonably cold day resulted in some cold hard cash for a Maryland man who found a lottery ticket worth $250,000 in the pocket of his jacket last week. The Baltimore man, whose identity was not revealed, had bought the Mega Millions ticket about a month and a …