Jim Nabors, who played Gomer Pyle on TV's The Andy Griffith Show and on his own sitcom, has died at 87.

One retired U.S. Coast Guard captain says American policymakers have debated boosting the icebreaker fleet for decades. Climate change adds a new element to the discussion.

The pilot of a tour helicopter that crashed in Pearl Harbor last week felt a vibration then heard a grinding noise and a loud bang, then tried to land, U.S. aviation regulators said Wednesday in a preliminary report on the incident.