The collapse of an under-construction railway bridge over a major river in China has killed at least 12 workers and left four ...

Congo’s public prosecutor on Friday asked for the death penalty for former President Joseph Kabila, who is being tried in ...

Erik and Lyle Menendez were denied parole by a California board this week after decades in prison for killing their parents ...

Antanina Kanavalava says her four years in a Belarusian penal colony as a political prisoner were filled with a fear and ...

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung is in Tokyo to hold his first full summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in ...

Braxton Kimura dreads eating at restaurants. The California teenager is severely allergic to peanuts, shellfish and most tree ...

As Hurricane Erin pelted North Carolina’s barrier islands with strong winds and waves this week, it destroyed many nests of threatened sea turtle, burying the eggs deep in sand or washing them out ...

Lyle Menendez was denied parole Friday by the same board that a day earlier rejected his brother Erik’s appeal for freedom after serving decades in prison for killing their ...

Tylor Megill tossed five scoreless innings in a rehab start for Syracuse on Friday night, helping the Mets shutout the ...

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano resumed erupting Friday by shooting an arc of lava 100 feet (30 meters) into the air and across a ...

Former NBA star Shawn Kemp was sentenced Friday to 30 days of electronic home monitoring for shooting at two men inside a vehicle in a Washington state mall parking lot. Kemp ...

Eight-year-old Lyncoln O’Neill was honored for his heroic act of calling 911 after his mother passed out, potentially saving her life.