Headline News

A cargo ship runs aground on its maiden voyage from Southampton to the Channel Islands.

Russell Simmons' New York City penthouse is back on the market with its original price tag of $11 million. The home was close to selling in 2001 and had a price-cut in 2005, but failed to sell. Spanning 7,175 square feet...

Hundreds of swimmers brave the cold of the Northumberland coast for a record attempt skinny dip.

BOSTON -- Jim Thome hit a go-ahead double in the 12th in his first game in nearly two months and the Baltimore Orioles won their 16th straight extra-inning game, beating the Boston Red Sox 9-6 on Saturday.The Orioles won...

Seven bodies that had been dismembered and burned were found in the western Mexican state of Michoacan on Saturday, authorities said.

Small government and free-market capitalism are about to get put to the test in Honduras, where the government has agreed to let an investment group build an experimental city with no taxes on income, capital gains or sa...

David Villalobos, who told investigators he leapt into the enclosure at the Bronx Zoo because he wanted to be “one with the tiger,” could be charged with trespassing.

What is the solution to the torture of insomnia? Drugs? Therapy? Or are different sleep patterns natural? A new book investigatesEvery night, about a third of adults have problems falling or staying asleep that aren't re...

NEW YORK — Kevin McClatchy, the former owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates and now the board chairman at the McClatchy Company newspaper chain, said in an interview with The New York Times that he is gay.The interview,...

President Obama told supporters in Wisconsin he needs more that one term to make the changes that Washington needs.

Always, it’s at this time of year, when Fashion reigns around Europe as the spring/summer collections go on display at Fashion Weeks, rolling from one capital of haut couture to the other - New York, Paris, London...

Three people are under arrest on murder charges in conjunction with the disappearance of Kennedy McLaurin Jr., 16, who vanished on Sept. 9 in Goldsboro, N.C. Despite the fact that no body has been found, Leonard Joyne...

Following her arrest on Wednesday for drug possession, singer Fiona Apple shared the details of her jail time experience with the lucky audience at her Houston show on Friday night. The 35-year-old singer was arrested at...

The Deputy Prime Minister says he will stand firm over taxes, but a poll reveals just 23% of supporters are "satisfied" with him.

SEATTLE — Edwin P. Wilson, a former CIA operative who was branded a traitor and convicted of shipping arms to Libya but whose conviction was overturned after he served 22 years in prison, has died. He was 84.Wilson...

CAIRO -- Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court has upheld last summer's ruling that dissolved parliament just days before Mohammed Morsi was declared victor in the country's presidential election.It ruled against an appea...

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Central Michigan's David Harman drilled a 47-yard field goal with 3 seconds left and the Chippewas scored nine points in the final 45 seconds and stunned Iowa 32-31 on Saturday.Central Michigan (2...

A man is rescued from a block of flats following a suspected arson attack in Londonderry.

A serviceman who died at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, is named as Sergeant Jonathan Eric Kups, of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.

  When the Hotel Detective is off duty, one of his hobbies is fantasy shopping antiques and art fairs. Recently he had the chance to indulge himself at what may be the world’s most elite example, the Biennale...

VideoChivalry, a "first person slasher" launches October 16th. Watch a new and very bloody trailer below. Chivalry successfully funded on Kickstarter recently, pushing the game past the finish line in time for an Octo...

Sarah Palin urged Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan to "go Rogue" and said America needs a "come to Jesus" moment in a Saturday statement to The Weekly Standard."With so much at stake in this election, both Mitt Romney and Paul ...