After tracking down a small alligator skulking in a baggage claim area at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, authorities are now hunting for its traveling companion.
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A camera trap in a forest in central Vietnam has managed to snap a photo of one of earth’s rarest mammals, the saola, which hadn’t been seen in 15 years.
The mother of a boy with nonverbal autism says she witnessed a miracle recently when her son spontaneously put words together for the first time by singing part of Katy Perry’s “Roar.”
A teen faces charges of intimidation and terroristic threats after an Instagram account revealed names of victims and witnesses in criminal cases. Police said a 17-year-old owned the “rats215” account — a reference to Philadelphia’s area code — that posted affidavits and photos of victims and complainants.
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has admitted to the City Council that he has bought illegal drugs in the past two years. The mayor made the confession under direct questioning by councilors who are debating a motion that would ask him to take a leave of absence.
A 1969 painting by Francis Bacon set a world record for most expensive artwork ever sold at auction.
Well into the fourth quarter in Saturday’s 60-6 loss to Arizona Lutheran Academy, Hopi High School wide receiver Charles Youvella fell hard on his head and collapsed a couple of plays later. He died Monday at the hospital of a traumatic brain injury, the Arizona Interscholastic Association said.
Five days into what could be the Philippines deadliest disaster ever, workers still struggle to get aid to those affected by Typhoon Haiyan.
A Chicago-born man kidnapped as a toddler and taken to Mexico more than three decades ago was caught sneaking back across the border in California last week in hopes of being reunited with his mother, but has since gone missing in San Diego.
Hundreds of people are snatching up bobblehead dolls of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, signed by the embattled politician himself.
Thanksgiving is slowly becoming just another shopping day. Over the past few years, major retailers, including Target and Toys R Us, slowly have pushed opening times into Thanksgiving night to one-up each other and compete for holiday dollars.
The hills of southern Iowa bear the scars of America’s push for green energy: The brown gashes where rain has washed away the soil. The polluted streams that dump fertilizer into the water supply. It wasn’t supposed to be this way.
Aid is coming to Tacloban: medical supplies, pallets of water and food. But the scale of the disaster and challenges of delivering the assistance means few in this city have received any help.
An expert committee of architects declares that New York’s new 1 World Trade Center tower is now the tallest building in the U.S., surpassing Chicago’s Willis Tower.
The longtime employee killed by a cougar this weekend at a suburban Portland animal sanctuary had expressed concerns about safety measures at the facility, her mother said Monday.