A huge iceberg the size of London has broken off the 150-meter thick Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica, scientists say. It finally calved from giant cracks...
A series of mass shootings across the United States left 12 people dead and dozens more injured in less than 24 hours, officials say. A shooting...
At least 8 people are injured, including children as young as three, after a home in Shreveport, Louisiana was fired upon, officials and witnesses say. Family...
A 72-year-old gunman has opened fire at a dance club amid Lunar New Year’s Eve festivities near Los Angeles, killing 10 people and injuring at least...
An elderly woman has shot and killed her terminally-ill husband at AdventHealth hospital in Daytona Beach, Florida, local officials and witnesses say. The woman barricaded herself...
Temperatures in Siberia have dropped as low as -62.7°C (-80.9°F), making it the coldest day in Russia in more than two decades, meteorologists say. Large parts...
An 8-year-old child has shot a younger relative at a home in Goldsboro, North Carolina, local officials say. The victim, a 7-year-old child, was airlifted to...
A 9-year-old girl in Ecuador has tested positive for H5N1 bird flu, making it the first such case in South America, local officials say. The girl...
The Ebola outbreak which erupted in Uganda nearly four months ago has been officially declared over, officials said Wednesday. The outbreak claimed nearly 80 lives in...
New York Times journalist Blake Hounshell, the editor of the “On Politics” newsletter, has died in an apparent suicide in Washington, D.C., his family says. He...
