Crews have rescued one of two teenage boys who were trapped under ice and snow after a snow bridge collapsed on top of them near a mountain summit east of Seattle.

The Department of Defense will again investigate allegations that the Army Corps of Engineers let a contractor install faulty pumps after Hurricane Katrina despite a...

A man accused of choking an 85-year-old woman in an elevator and stealing her cane and cash was arrested after a detective saw the surveillance video and recognized him...

Rescue crews have made verbal contact with two teenage boys who fell through a snow field near a mountain summit east of Seattle.

Nine polar bears were observed in one day swimming in open ocean off Alaska’s northwest coast, an increase from previous surveys that may indicate warming...

Search and rescue crews are trying to find two teenagers who apparently fell through a snow field near a mountain summit east of Seattle.

A major voting machine maker has cautioned its customers in 34 states to look out for a programming error that may cause votes to be dropped.

A FREAKY feline with four ears named after a Star Wars character is so rare its owners have to keep it indoors to stop it from being catnapped.

Prosecutors reviewing the death of a New York City woman who died in police custody at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport last year said Thursday that they have...

Days after he cracked that being rich in the U.S. meant earning at least $5 million a year, Republican presidential candidate John McCain acknowledged that he...

US chemists have identified the odour that emanates from skin cancer, a development that researchers hope will advance diagnosis and treatment of the deadly disease,...

Residents of a rural Colorado town said a cow named Apple chased off a bear that had climbed into her favorite apple tree.

Apple has admitted that a battery fault had led to a small number of its first generation iPod Nanos overheating.

Two vaccines against cervical cancer are being widely used without sufficient evidence about whether they are worth their high cost or even whether they will...

A 33-year-old man who authorities say wore a “World’s Greatest Dad” T-shirt to have sex with what he believed was a 14-year-old girl has been...

Authorities say a threatening letter containing an unidentified white powder was sent to a John McCain campaign office in the Denver suburb of Centennial, and a similar...

They had no water, hardly any air and no way out.

Search and rescue crews are trying to dig out two teenagers trapped in a collapsed snow cave near a mountain summit east of Seattle.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:

It’s Love, Angel, Music, Baby for Gwen Stefani, who’s given birth to her second child, a boy.