Unconscious and traveling fast:

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — When police pulled over a Tennessee couple and told them a body was lying on the trunk of their car, they thought it was a joke — until they got out to look. They found an unconscious man who had somehow remained on the trunk for about 14 miles, at speeds of 65 mph. Driver Carl Webb said he had left a Memphis barbecue festival before the officer pulled them over Thursday evening. Webb says there’s a slight lip on the trunk that likely saved the man’s life.

Jury seated for Cosby trial:

PITTSBURGH — The jury that will hear the sex assault case against Bill Cosby will include two blacks among its 12 members in a case Cosby believes could be racially motivated.

Prosecutors and the defense team on Wednesday also chose six alternate jurors, two of them black.

Watchdog critical of DEA:

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration misled the public, Congress and Justice Department officials about an aggressive yet poorly planned strategy that led to a series of deadly confrontations involving agents in Honduras, government watchdogs wrote in a scathing report released Wednesday. The offensive, known as Operation Anvil, involved U.S. State Department helicopters and a special team of DEA agents working with Honduran security forces to stop drug smuggling planes carrying cocaine into the country. The report found sweeping problems with the DEA's response to three violent encounters associated with the effort in 2012, including a May raid that killed four people and wounded four others, whom locals said were innocent civilians traveling the river near the village of Ahuas at night.

Public asset sales encouraged:

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is eyeing plans to encourage the sale of public assets, such as airports and bridges, to help pay for a $1 trillion overhaul of the nation's aging infrastructure, an administration official said Wednesday. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has said over the past few weeks that the plan is being written by a 16-agency task force.

Playboy model punished:

LOS ANGELES — A Playboy centerfold was ordered Wednesday to clean up graffiti as punishment for secretly snapping a photo of a naked 71-year-old woman in a locker room and posting it online with a mocking comment. Dani Mathers, 30, pleaded no contest to misdemeanor invasion of privacy in Los Angeles County Superior Court for the case that sparked outrage over the incident of so-called body shaming.

Bill targets military nude pics:

WASHINGTON — The House has unanimously approved legislation that makes it a crime for U.S. service members to distribute intimate photos or videos of people without first getting their consent. The measure is a direct response to a nude-photo sharing scandal that has rocked the Marine Corps.

Governor vetoes pot bill:

MONTPELIER, Vt. — Republican Gov. Phil Scott on Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have made Vermont the ninth state to legalize recreational marijuana but indicated that he was willing to work with the legislature on a compromise.

House OKs bill to end EPA rule:

WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday passed a Republican-backed measure reversing an Environmental Protection Agency requirement that those spraying pesticides on or near rivers and lakes file for a permit. The chamber voted largely along party lines to approve the Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2017.

34 migrant bodies recovered:

ROME — The bodies of at least 34 migrants, many of them young children, were recovered from the sea off Libya after some 200 migrants tumbled into rough waters when their overcrowded smugglers’ boat capsized Wednesday, the Italian coast guard said.

Bombs kill 3 policemen:

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Two suspected suicide bombings near a bus terminal in Indonesia’s capital Wednesday night killed three policemen and injured ten other people, including five officers, police said.

Taiwan advances gay marriage:

Taiwan just got a lot closer to becoming the first place in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage, after a landmark court ruling declared it unconstitutional to keep people of the same sex from getting married. Videos on social media showed people in the streets celebrating the news, a culmination of decades of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, and queer activism in Taiwan.

ISIS group terrorizes city:

ILIGAN CITY, Philippines — Islamic State group-linked militants swept through a southern Philippine city, beheading a police chief, burning buildings, seizing a Catholic priest and his worshippers and raising the black flag of IS, authorities said Wednesday. President Rodrigo Duterte, who had declared martial law across the southern third of the nation, warned he may expand it nationwide. At least 21 people have died in the fighting, officials said. As details of the attack in Marawi city emerged, fears mounted that the largest Roman Catholic nation in Asia could be falling into a growing list of countries grappling with the spread of influence from the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq. Officials said troops cleared militants from a hospital.