BASTIA, Corsica — Riders at the Tour de France know to expect the unexpected. But nothing could have prepared them for the mayhem that turned Saturday’s first stage of the 100th Tour into a demolition derby on two wheels.
A Colorado City, Ariz., man awoke from his sleep to see his estranged wife hovering over him and attempting to inject him with six needles full of insulin, according to the Town Marshal’s Office.
Washoe County health officials have identified a third case of hepatitis A as part of a multi-state outbreak linked to frozen berries sold by Costco.
Vice President Joe Biden has asked Ecuador to turn down an asylum request from National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, the country’s president said Saturday.
Five reasons to watch Brazil play Spain on Sunday in the final of the Confederations Cup, a warmup tournament for next year’s World Cup:
Facebook is pulling ads from pages that contain violence or sexual content. The social network said that on Monday, it will expand its definition of pages and groups that are too controversial to carry advertisements.
At the moment, no woman seems capable of providing much of a challenge to Serena Williams on a tennis court. So how about playing an exhibition match against a man? Andy Murray, for example?
After being interviewed by a federal immigration officer earlier this year, Catriona Dowling was told her Irish spouse would have been given a green card – if she were a man.
A previously unknown species of bird has been discovered in Cambodia, not in some remote jungle but in the country’s capital, researchers announced Wednesday.
More than 22 million Egyptians have signed a petition calling for the country’s Islamist president to step down, the youth group leading the signature campaign said Saturday on the eve of mass protests aimed at forcing Mohammed Morsi from office.
Ford is recalling just over 13,000 Explorer, Taurus and Lincoln MKS cars and SUVs because the child safety locks may not work on the rear doors.
Hundreds of relatives, friends and well-wishers have wept together and hugged at the funeral of a semi-pro football player whose killing led to murder and weapons charges against former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez.
Paying tribute to his personal hero, President Barack Obama met privately Saturday with Nelson Mandela’s family as the world anxiously awaited news on the condition of the ailing 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader.
BALTIMORE — In the 15 years between a shotgun blast that ravaged the bottom half of Richard Norris’ face and the face transplant that ended a hermit-like life for him, the man from rural southwest Virginia faced cruelty from strangers, fought addiction and contemplated suicide.
The House and its conservative majority are coming under pressure to act after the Senate passed a landmark immigration bill opening the door to U.S. citizenship to millions while pouring billions of dollars into securing the border with Mexico.
The SWAT officers involved in Thursday’s shooting near Westcliff Drive and Rainbow Boulevard have been identified.
In 2011, a BBCOR bat reduced the sweet spot from 5 inches to 3 and the exit speed of a ball by 5 percent. In other words, the sweet spot of a baseball bat is deadened. And for some, like UNLV coach Tim Chambers, it has changed the college game for the better.
Hobby Lobby and a sister company will not be subject to $1.3 million in daily fines beginning Monday for failing to provide access to certain forms of birth control through its employees’ health care plans, a judge ruled Friday.
Michael Jackson’s longtime stylist told jurors Friday that she tried to warn the singer’s manager that concert promoter AEG Live LLC would look responsible if the singer died because of numerous signs his health was declining.
This could be the last time, as Mick Jagger once sang. For the Rolling Stones, it’s definitely a first.
By the time 10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan finally got a lung transplant last week, she’d been waiting for months, and her parents had sued to give her a better shot at surgery.
HONG KONG — Members of a congressional advisory panel believe U.S. regulators should tighten scrutiny of casino companies operating in Macau, the world’s top gambling market, because of the risk of money laundering.
MGM headliner Deadmau5 vows he is “finally free” now that his engagement has ended with TV tattoo lady Kat Von D — in a flurry of social media drama.
My first political corruption trial was a lesson in crooks, kickbacks and double-dealing in Las Vegas.
We’ve all been there; 3 p.m. rolls around and suddenly you need a snack. As children, we thrived on snacks, but as we grow older many of us ignore those in-between-meals hunger pangs. We ignore the signals our stomach sends us in an attempt to be healthy. However, healthy snacking not only boasts the metabolism, but keeps cravings for less healthy foods – like that chocolate cake – at bay.
The common image of Mormon missionaries has long been two young men wearing white shirts and ties walking through neighborhoods, knocking door-to-door.
But in a few years, that image may be replaced by one of young Mormons sitting with an iPad, typing messages on Facebook.
Magical bathrooms, homemade ice cream and princess pink chandeliers highlight the interior of Sloan’s, while pedestrians can’t help but notice the exterior lime green paint, black-and-white striped awnings and the distinct smell of fresh waffle cones wafting outside.
A man arrested after a police shooting Thursday morning was identified Friday.
Newspaper journalists believe they’ve seen it all, so nothing really surprises them. But when NBA Commissioner David Stern stepped to the lectern Thursday night to unveil the No. 1 pick in the 2013 NBA Draft — even pausing a couple of seconds to exacerbate the surprise — and announced the Cleveland Cavaliers had selected Anthony Bennett, jaws dropped around the entire Review-Journal newsroom (which is actually two rooms, for those keeping score).