$500K Earhart Search Will Answer: Is It a Tree or Plane?

A fresh bid to crack one of aviation's most stubborn mysteries is about to begin. Backed by Purdue University—the school that once funded Amelia Earhart's "flying laboratory"—a 17-person team will depart Tarawa, Kiribati, by boat on Tuesday, with plans to reach Nikumaroro Island on Oct. 13 to probe...