New Yorker Kira Kazantsev won the coveted 2015 Miss America Pageant crown on Sunday, a “three-peat” for contenders from the Big Apple.
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Microsoft Corp said on Monday it has agreed to acquire Stockholm-based games developer Mojang and the company’s wildly popular Minecraft video game franchise for $2.5 billion.
An actress who appeared in “Django Unchained” was handcuffed by police responding to a report of indecent exposure.
British aid worker David Haines has been beheaded — like two American journalists before him — and the Islamic State group is threatening to kill a fourth captive.
Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health celebrated five years of patient care by releasing hundreds of butterflies in the garden at the medical center on Friday.
Panthers defensive end Greg Hardy is inactive for Sunday’s game against the Detroit Lions.
Islamic State extremists have released a video showing the beheading of British aid worker David Haines, who was abducted in Syria last year, and British Prime Minister David Cameron is condemning his slaying as “an act of pure evil.”
Rescuers on Saturday have called off their search of the Pacific Ocean for a Navy fighter pilot whose jet was one of two that crashed west of Wake Island.
Walt Disney Co is adding a new attraction based on the movie “Frozen” to its Epcot theme park in Orlando, Florida, the media company’s latest move to capitalize on the popularity of the blockbuster animated film.
Scarlett Lenh received the majority of the votes from her junior class at Sand Creek High School, besting three biological girls for the honor. Lenh, biologically a boy, was born Andy Lenh. She was bestowed the honor during Friday night’s football game in Colorado Springs.
Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson was booked and released from a Texas jail early Saturday on a charge alleging that he spanked one of his sons with a wooden switch.
Star Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson plans to post bond after being indicted Friday on a charge of child abuse stemming from his using a branch to spank his son. Peterson was swiftly benched by the team on Friday for this weekend’s game against New England.
Customers may have to wait three to four weeks to get their hands on Apple Inc’s iPhone 6 Plus, after a record number of orders for the company’s latest smartphones strained available supply.
Two U.S. Navy jets crashed into the western Pacific Ocean on Friday and only one pilot was immediately rescued, military officials said. A night search for the missing pilot was underway.
A former day care worker was convicted Friday of abducting a 5-year-old girl from her school classroom and sexually assaulting her during a 19-hour ordeal.