The Dutch equivalent of Santa Claus arrived in the Netherlands on Saturday to the delight of thousands of children. But some adults protested vigorously against one element of the beloved tradition they find racist: his servant in blackface makeup, Black Pete.
When a 16-year-old student slammed a metal trash can onto Philip Raimondo’s head, it did more than break open the history teacher’s scalp, knock him out and send him bleeding to the floor.
The pair of lungs sits inside a clear dome, gently inflating as doctors measure how well they’ll breathe if implanted into a patient who desperately needs a new set.
An arbitrator’s ruling reinstating a fired Clark County Department of Family Services hotline worker found fault with the county’s policy for handling calls about suspected child abuse.
Two workers were killed and 20 others were injured Sunday in a mining accident near the southwestern Colorado town of Ouray.
The United States Tennis Association is giving away free tennis rackets to those who want to try the sport, with no strings attached.
An unusually large and strong late-season storm system ripped through several states across the Midwest on Sunday, spawning tornadoes and tearing through homes and overturning cars along its path.
MONROE, N.C. — A North Carolina social worker is under arrest after a foster child was found cuffed by the ankle to her front porch with a dead chicken hanging from around his neck.
Sony says it sold more than 1 million of its PlayStation 4 video game consoles during their first 24 hours on the market.
