A Maine woman learned the hard way that quicksand doesn’t just happen in jungles or rainforests in Hollywood movies
A Texas family got a brief scare when a nibble from a giraffe turned a 2-year-old's safari visit into an airborne adventure
Four Russian ships, including a nuclear-powered submarine, will arrive in Havana next week, Cuban officials said Thursday, citing “historically friendly relations” between both nations and as tensions escalate over Western military support for Ukraine in its war with Russia
The wife of an Irish businessman who was beaten to death in 2015 and the woman's father have been released from North Carolina prisons
An Alabama sheriff has evacuated his county’s jail, citing a need to prevent “health and safety issues.”
Amanda Knox told Italian TV that she was surprised by a Florence appeals court decision to convict her of slander for accusing a Congolese bar owner of murdering her British housemate
Doug Porter, the longtime football coach at historically black colleges who was the oldest living member of the College Football Hall of Fame, has died
Organizers have unveiled a display of the five Olympic rings mounted on the Eiffel Tower as the French capital marks 50 days until the start of the Paris Games
The Stockholm-based Royal Swedish Opera has been fined 3 million kronor or $300,000 after a stage technician died last year when he fell around 13 meters or more than 40 feet from a balcony as he was carrying out work inside the building
An American veteran and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shared an emotional moment at a ceremony to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion to liberate France in World War II
A German court has dropped a case against tennis star Alexander Zverev after he agreed to pay 200,000 euros — about $218,000 — and reached an out-of-court settlement with his former partner
Prince William has served as an usher at the wedding of his friend Hugh Grosvenor, the Duke of Westminster
President Vladimir Putin says that he sees no current threat to Russia’s sovereignty that would warrant the use of nuclear weapons but has again warned that Moscow could send arms to countries or groups to strike Western targets
Unusual spray-painted images and messages with references to Ukraine have appeared on the streets of Paris as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with U.S. President Joe Biden in the French capital
The home of Kevin McCallister’s hijinks is changing hands
Mike Tyson’s fight with Jake Paul is now set for Nov. 15 after the former world heavyweight champion fell ill on a flight last month
The total global volume of fish, shrimp, clams and other aquatic animals that are harvested by farming has topped the amount fished in the wild from the world’s waters for the first time ever
A massive rare fish thought to only live in temperate waters in the southern hemisphere has washed up on Oregon's northern coast
A prosecutor says he will not file any criminal charges over the purchase of a $19,000 lectern by the office of Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders
A teenager who was convicted of fatally shooting four students at his high school in Michigan is appealing his life sentence
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
Authorities say seven people have been arrested after smuggling 26 migrants near San Antonio, Texas, in a secret compartment of a trailer with little water and in sweltering heat
Formula 1 points leader Max Verstappen left the track early with his Red Bull machine smoking, while Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso had the fastest lap Friday in the second free practice at the Canadian Grand Prix
Arpichaya Yubol followed a career-best finish on the LPGA Tour with a career-low 10-under 61 and took a two-shot lead over Jenny Shin after the first round of the ShopRite LPGA Classic
A state judge has ordered academic workers at the University of California to temporarily halt their weekslong strike over the war in Gaza
China's Huawei starts taking pre-orders for Mate 70 smartphone
BOJ open to tightening, mum on timing
India cenbank plans 2025 launch of cloud services, countering dominance of global firms
Shrouded in smog, Delhi pollution reading is the highest this year
Late Quincy Jones, Bond film producers bestowed with honorary Oscars
Beyoncé will perform at halftime of Ravens-Texans Christmas Day game on Netflix
As China cracks down on bookstores at home, Chinese-language booksellers are flourishing overseas