BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING

BOSTON — A jury sentences Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death for the Boston Marathon bombing, sweeping aside pleas that he was just a "kid" who fell under the influence of his fanatical older brother. 

HIDDEN OIL SPILL

WASHINGTON — U.S. regulators believe a damaging Gulf of Mexico oil spill, which began after a 2004 hurricane, will continue for a century or more if left unchecked, according to estimates obtained by The Associated Press. 

AMTRAK CRASH

PHILADELPHIA — The Amtrak train that derailed along the busiest U.S. tracks may have been struck by an object in the moments before it crashed, investigators say, raising new questions about the deadly accident. 

PRESIDENTIAL RACE-CLINTON

WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton and former President Bill Clinton report that they earned more than $25 million combined in speaking fees since January 2014. 

KERRY-CHINA

BEIJING — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in China to press Beijing to halt increasingly assertive actions it is taking in the South China Sea that have alarmed the United States and China's smaller neighbors. 

ROHINGYA-BOAT PEOPLE

LANGSA, Indonesia — More than 1,000 people fleeing persecution in Myanmar and poverty in Bangladesh come ashore around Southeast Asia, describing killings, extortion and near-starvation after surviving a harrowing journey at sea. 

ARGENTINE VIOLENCE

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — The bitter rivalry between Buenos Aires clubs Boca Juniors and River Plate has produced another ugly chapter in Argentina's long history of endemic soccer violence. 

MEXICO-US GIRL SEIZED

MEXICO CITY —A Texas woman got her long-missing daughter back and headed for home after an eight-year search that wrapped up in a Mexican court hearing , ending a cross-border custody case that earlier saw another girl mistakenly sent to the U.S. against her will.