An explosion and fire at a coal mine in western Turkey killed over 200 people Tuesday and trapped many more underground, Turkish officials said. A rescue operation is under way.
Nation and World
A thunderous standing ovation congratulated Norm Lewis as he became the first black actor to take on the title role in Broadway’s “The Phantom of the Opera.”
The longtime TV journalist Barbara Walters, 84, will be bidding adieu to ABC’s talk show program “The View” Friday, a show she created 17 years ago and entering a “new chapter” in her life and career.
The wildfire that roared through Southern California forcing the evacuation of more than 20,000 homes is under control as the San Diego Fire Department works to tame the blaze and some residents in San Diego have started returning home.
The discovery of a man the FBI regards as one of the most prolific pedophiles in memory has set off a crisis in the close-knit community of international schools, where horrified parents are being told their children may have been victims of a favorite teacher. Hundreds have approached the FBI with information in the ongoing investigation.
A man claiming to be God rammed a truck through the front of a Baltimore-area television station Tuesday, leaving a gaping hole as reporters and other staff fled the building.
In a landmark ruling that could rock the Internet search-engine industry, Europe’s highest court said Tuesday that people are entitled to some control over what pops up when their name is Googled.
An underwater explorer said Tuesday that he may have found the long-sought wreckage of one of Christopher Columbus’ original ships off northern Haiti, but the find is far from confirmed.
The New Hampshire police officer fatally shot by a man who later died in a roaring house fire was invited into the home by the gunman’s father during an argument and was immediately cut down, authorities said Tuesday.
The widow of the man killed in the car crash involving actor Paul Walker last November is suing Porsche automaker, claiming design flaws caused both men to die in a fiery crash.
The centerpiece of the new Harry Potter-themed area at Universal Orlando Resort will take visitors into Gringotts bank to help retrieve a magical object and re-create a scene from the wildly popular book and movie series.
One of the professional hazards of being a defense attorney for despised terrorism suspects is the flack that comes with the territory, professionally and socially.
Two New York boys are hospitalized, one girl hurt after a strong gust of wind blew a bounce house high off the ground while they were playing inside it.
General Motors’ recall of 2.6 million small cars has shed light on an unsettling fact: Air bags might not always deploy when drivers — and federal regulators — expect them to.
Rutgers announced Tuesday that it has dismissed quarterback Philip Nelson from its football program after he was charged in connection with an assault that left another man critically injured in Minnesota.
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