Category: North America

Militant group al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the deadly shooting at a mall in Kenya, according to several media reports.   "On its Twitter feed, the al-Qaeda-linked group said it...

LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, Md. — In April 2009, a high-stakes drama played out in the middle of the Indian Ocean.   For nearly five days, three teenage pirates held Richard Phillips,...

Female college students are doing better than ever.   Women earn about 60% of bachelor's degrees, get better grades than their male peers and have even regained all the jobs...

One of two hydrogen bombs that a doomed B-52 accidentally dropped on North Carolina in 1961 came perilously close to exploding, according to a recently declassified report.   The 4-megaton...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Technical experts at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons were reviewing Saturday a further disclosure from Syria about its chemical weapons program.  ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman who became famous for her uncontrollable hiccupping was found guilty of first-degree murder Friday night and will serve life in prison without parole....

A 26-year-old mother, Vicki Griffiths has declined breastfeeding her new born baby after she discovered she was born with two fully formed front teeth. It was when Vicki went to...

Brazilian businessman buries his £310,000 Bentley so he has can use it in the afterlife!!!!!! JUST LIKE Egypt's Pharaohs!!!THEY BURIED THEIR WEALTH!! He has all the riches he could ever...

SHIRLEY, New York (AP) — An animal-control officer had hundreds of snakes, including two 6-foot (1.8-meter) Burmese pythons, at his home, where he ran an illegal side business selling them,...

Two drivers are dead after a "road rage" incident in the Ionia, Mich., area escalated into a shootout, WZZM-TV in Grand Rapids is reporting.   Witnesses told the station that...