Six-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer Amy Van Dyken severed her spine in an all-terrain vehicle accident over the weekend, and told emergency workers she could not move her toes or feel anything touching her legs.
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WASHINGTON – Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev, charged mismanagement Monday at the veterans medical center in North Las Vegas after it was flagged for further investigation following a nationwide audit of patient wait times
On Monday in St. George, Utah, Troy James Knapp, known by many as the “Mountain Man,” was sentenced to 10 1/2 years in prison. Knapp agreed to a plea deal on federal weapons charges.
Less than a month into her reign, Weluree Ditsayabut, 22, tearfully announced Monday she was giving up the title that would have allowed her to compete in this year’s Miss Universe competition.
For years, Fred Goldman was adamant that he would never rest until he had held O.J. Simpson accountable for the killings of his son Ron and Simpson’s ex-wife 20 years ago. Unsatisfied with the verdict, Goldman pursued to “punish” Simpson.
Last week was Midburn, Israel’s first Burning Man festival, modeled after the popular carnival held annually in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada. Midburn is a mix of “midbar,” Hebrew for desert, and the English word “burn.”
The Wal-Mart truck driver from Georgia accused of triggering a crash in New Jersey that critically injured Tracy Morgan and killed another comedian had not slept for more than 24 hours, a criminal complaint said.
Miss Nevada Nia Sanchez, a fourth-degree black belt in the Korean martial art of taekwondo, has been crowned Miss USA 2014.
A Michigan teenager who wanted to raise awareness about cerebral palsy by walking 40 miles with his younger brother strapped to his back battled heat, rain, fatigue and more to finish the trek Sunday.
Once a unifying cause for generations of American Jews, Israel is now bitterly dividing Jewish communities.
Officials are working to improve conditions at a makeshift holding center in southern Arizona where immigration authorities are housing hundreds of unaccompanied migrant minors.
Erin Stevens isn’t that kind of evangelist who stands outside the strip club with her bullhorn, yelling at the customers to repent or face the flames.
A Vermont gun importer is blaming the White House for its laying off of 41 workers because the government blocked its plan to bring nearly $30 million worth of antique, American-made military rifles home from South Korea.
Police say two suitcases containing the remains of two people have been found in long grass near a road in southeastern Wisconsin.
The man blasting away with a shotgun paused to reload, and Jon Meis saw his chance. The 22-year-old building monitor pepper-sprayed and tackled the gunman Thursday afternoon in Seattle Pacific University’s Otto Miller Hall, likely preventing further carnage, according to police and university officials.