A woman was sentenced to 10 years in prison for beating her 93-year-old neighbor with a vacuum cleaner during a robbery that netted her $5.

A 30-foot-long sperm whale weighing more than 8 tons was euthanized after stranding itself in shallow surf along the Texas coast.The whale washed up about 40 feet from the shore Tuesday on Mustang Island. Onlookers watched it thrash about...

A Russian supply ship docked to the international space station on Friday, delivering more than 2 tons of food, water, equipment and scientific experiments.The three men aboard the space station monitored everything from inside. Russian and U.S....

A school bus driver has been charged with child endangerment for slamming on the brakes because she was angry at kids on her bus, tossing children from their seats and injuring 19, police said.One child was sent to a hospital and paramedics treated...

A school bus driver angry at children on her bus slammed on the brakes, which threw them from their seats and injured 19 of them, police said.One child was sent to a hospital and paramedics treated 18 others at the scene Wednesday. The children,...

Charges have been dropped against a man accused of smuggling prohibited items to his jailed boss, the founder of the “Girls Gone Wild” videos.The charges against Scott Barbour were dropped this week because his boss, Joe Francis,...

Police in western Georgia have determined that a father whose body was found in a wooded field next to those of his three children shot them and himself.The body of 28-year-old Eddie Harrington was found Wednesday near the family’s home in...

Family, friends and admirers of millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett gathered Thursday to remember him as an energetic, upbeat and generous man.Fossett, who lived part-time in this resort town, was declared dead in February, five months after his...

The countdown began Saturday for NASA’s next shuttle launch, an unusually long space station mission by Endeavour.The shuttle’s seven astronauts arrived early in the morning, delayed for hours by stormy weather between their home base...

A hairstylist shot an unhappy client after she complained about her haircut, police said.Lauren Newton, 28, was getting her hair cut Thursday at the home of Monique Reed when the two began to argue about the style, police said.”She (Reed)...