The hospital in Liberia where three American aid workers got sick with Ebola has been overwhelmed by a surge in patients and doesn’t have enough hazard suits and other supplies to keep doctors and nurses safe, a missionary couple told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
Police have called off the hunt (for now) for a venomous, “very dangerous” albino cobra that has been loose for days in the LA area.
A graphic designer on a biking trip from Maryland to Miami was stabbed to death by a homeless man outside a Florida McDonald’s while he spoke on the phone with his girlfriend, authorities said.
After four years of considering a professional sports venue and poised to vote on a nonbinding stadium deal Wednesday, the Las Vegas City Council pushed the decision to Oct. 1 to allow Councilwoman Lois Tarkanian more time to speak with city residents about the proposed Major League Soccer (MLS) stadium.
North Carolina’s longest-serving death row inmate and his younger half brother walked out as free men Wednesday, three decades after they were convicted of raping and murdering an 11-year-old girl who DNA evidence shows may have been killed by another man.
A Las Vegas woman who was behind the wheel in a crash that killed her 9-year-old niece was ordered released from jail Tuesday.
Prosecutors filed an amended complaint Wednesday against mixed martial artist War Machine, including charges of attempted murder.
President Barack Obama said Wednesday that the U.S. will not be intimidated by Islamic State militants after the beheading of a second American journalist and will build a coalition to “degrade and destroy” the group.
Undefeated welterweight world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and his father and trainer, Floyd Sr., said the know what to expect from Marcos Maidana when the two meet again Sept. 13 at the MGM Grand Garden and they’ve got a game plan to deal with it.
The family of a 9-year-old girl who accidentally killed her instructor at a northwestern Arizona shooting range spoke out through a lawyer Tuesday, saying they were devastated and are praying for the man’s family.
Three U.S. flights made unscheduled landings in the past eight days after passengers got into fights over the ability to recline their seats.
Pop star Justin Bieber was arrested and charged with assault and dangerous driving over the weekend after an incident near the small Canadian town where he grew up, local police said on Tuesday.
Home Depot may be the latest retailer to suffer a credit card data breach. The Atlanta home improvement retailer said Tuesday it’s looking into “unusual activity” and that it’s working with both banks and law enforcement.
The Islamic State released a video on Tuesday purporting to show the beheading of American hostage Steven Sotloff, raising the stakes in its confrontation with Washington over U.S. air strikes on its insurgents in Iraq.
A pit bull in Oregon is being hailed a hero after saving one of its family members from a swarm of bees.
