The parents of a Marine sergeant who died while stationed in Greece say that they discovered weeks after his funeral that his body had been sent home without a heart — and that the Department of Defense later gave them somebody else’s heart in its place.
A judge has awarded nearly $80 million to the family of a New Mexico woman who died in 2002 when a tractor-trailer struck her car and buried it in sand, suffocating the woman as teachers and students at a nearby school frantically tried to dig her out.
A Texas woman and former actress pleaded guilty Tuesday to sending ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, under a deal that her attorney has said would cap prison time at 18 years.
Need a hand lifting something? A robotic device invented by University of Pennsylvania engineering students can help its wearer carry an additional 40 pounds.
South Carolina police have filed a report after a dog was caught stealing bones and dog treats from a Dollar General.
Congress’ easy renewal of an expiring ban on undetectable plastic guns belies the larger reality that one year after the horrific school shooting in Newtown, Conn., major new firearms restrictions have little chance of enactment anytime soon.
A woman who faithfully taped TV news on 140,000 videocassettes with the hope that one day it would prove to be valuable, searchable historical material did not live to see her dream realized.
A cockroach that can withstand harsh winter cold has appeared in New York. Experts say competition with other insects will probably keep the new bug’s population in check.
Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson has scrapped promotional appearances in London because previous convictions — sentences that exceed four years in prison — bar him from entering Britain.
A 6-year-old boy has been suspended from a Colorado school for kissing a girl on the cheek. School officials in Canon City are accusing the boy of sexual harassment and they want it on his school record.
