DETROIT (Reuters) - Detroit's creditors will begin to learn on Friday morning what they can recover without driving the financially troubled city into bankruptcy when the city's emergency manager unveils his restructuring plan. Manager Kevyn Orr has dropped hints that creditors would fare better by compromising now rather than in court should he opt to file what would be the biggest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. ...

DENVER (AP) — High winds have diverted 23 flights that were scheduled to land at Denver International Airport.

(Reuters) - The Oakland Athletics beat the New York Yankees 3-2 in a marathon game that went 18 innings on Thursday. A's rookie Nate Freiman hit a walk-off single with the bases loaded off Yankees closer Mariano Rivera to decide the game. It was Oakland's 11th consecutive win at home this season and completed a 3-0 sweep against the Yankees, who grabbed an early lead when second baseman Robinson Cano hit a two-run homer in the first inning. Both teams used six relievers in a game that took more than five and a half hours to finish. ...

BALTIMORE (AP) — Chris Davis singled home the tiebreaking run with two outs in the 13th inning, giving the Baltimore Orioles an exhausting 5-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox in the opener of a four-game series between AL East contenders.

MIAMI (AP) — A packed outdoor deck behind a popular Miami-area sports bar collapsed during the NBA Finals on Thursday night, sending dozens of patrons into the shallow waters of Biscayne Bay. Three people were critically injured.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran state television says polls have opened in the election that will determine a successor to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

CHICAGO (AP) — As she considers another White House bid, Hillary Rodham Clinton intends to work in the nonprofit world on issues like improving early childhood education, promoting the rights of women and girls, and finding ways to improve the economy — a set of priorities that could inform a 2016 presidential campaign.

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranians began voting on Friday to choose a successor to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, state television reported. The election, in which voters have a choice of six candidates, is the first for a head of government since a disputed 2009 ballot touched off months of political unrest in the Islamic Republic. (Reporting by Yeganeh Torbati and Zahra Hosseinian, Editing by William Maclean)

NEW YORK (AP) — The world's oldest Jewish person, Evelyn Kozak, whose family fled Russia to escape anti-Semitism in the 1880s, has died at age 113.

By Keith Coffman COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) - The remains of two people killed trying to flee the most destructive Colorado wildfire on record were found on Thursday as crews fought to keep the fierce, wind-driven blaze from roaring into the outskirts of Colorado Springs. The blaze has ripped across more than 24 square miles of rolling, forested terrain northeast of Colorado Springs since it erupted on Tuesday, forcing some 38,000 people to flee their homes. ...

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — LeBron James scored 24 points while playing with the aggression and ferocity that everyone expects of the four-time MVP, leading the Miami Heat to an 81-76 lead over the San Antonio Spurs after three quarters of Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Ships and helicopters were scouring seas in the central Philippines for survivors of a ferry that sank early Friday with about 60 people aboard. Two people have died, and 41 have been rescued, officials said.

As flames continue to rage across 15,700 acres north of Colorado Springs, Colo., the Black Forest Wildfire is now the most destructive wildfire in state history, and residents in the region are struggling to cope with the scale of the tragedy.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — John Zawahri left a note apologizing for killing his father and brother but left no explanation for the rampage that left them and three others dead in Santa Monica, police said Thursday.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A speeding commuter train slammed into another that had stopped between stations during the morning commute Thursday in suburban Buenos Aires, killing three passengers and injuring more than 300 on a line that has been under government control since a deadly crash last year.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has authorized sending weapons to Syrian rebels for the first time, U.S. officials said Thursday, after the White House disclosed that the United States has conclusive evidence President Bashar Assad's government used chemical weapons against opposition forces trying to overthrow him.

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - The San Antonio Spurs used an 11-2 run in the final three minutes to head into halftime of Game Four of the NBA Finals tied 49-49 with the Miami Heat. Tony Parker shrugged off a mild right hamstring strain to score 15 points on 7-of-12 shooting for the Spurs, while Boris Diaw came off the bench to score seven of the Spurs' final 11 points of the half. LeBron James, who vowed to make up for a horrendous 7-of-21 shooting performance in Miami's Game Three loss, had 15 points on 7-of-11 shooting for a Heat team seeking a second consecutive NBA championship. ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Maybe a game-winning, broken-bat hit against baseball's career saves leader in the 18th inning will get Nate Freiman in a nice groove again.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A massive storm system that started in the Upper Midwest brought soaking rains and heavy winds to the Mid-Atlantic Thursday, causing widespread power outages, flash flooding and extensive flight delays, but largely failing to live up to its fierce billing.

Massive thunderstorms have swept across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic states, knocking out power to thousands of people and causing some flash flooding in certain areas. Here's a snapshot of what is happening, state by state: