HONG KONG (AP) — Christie's said Monday that a Hermes designer handbag smashed a world auction record in Hong Kong.
The auction house did not identify the buyer of the crocodile skin Birkin... READ MORE »
WUHAN, China (AP) — Rescuers pulled six survivors to safety after hearing cries for help Tuesday from inside a capsized cruise ship that went down overnight in a storm on China's Yangtze... READ MORE »
ROSTRAVER, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a child was injured by falling debris after lightning struck his family's home in western Pennsylvania.
Emergency crews in Westmoreland County were... READ MORE »
BERLIN (AP) — Police in rural northeastern Germany rushed out to track down a reported mob of up to 15 people armed with knives and sticks. Instead, they found a group of asparagus... READ MORE »
WASHINGTON (AP) — Eight days after blocking it, Senate Republicans have agreed to begin debate on a House bill that would overhaul the National Security Agency's handling of American... READ MORE »
CASTALIA, Ohio (AP) — A mother goose that was badly burned by a fire outside an Ohio government building has been given a second chance at motherhood.
The News-Herald of Port Clinton (http... READ MORE »
LA PINE, Ore. (AP) — A sheriff's officer says four central Oregon residents were rushed to a hospital after they used a phone app to identify wild mushrooms but ended up consuming mushrooms... READ MORE »
PRAIRIE GROVE, Ark. (AP) — The decision by Arkansas authorities to detonate an unearthed Civil War artillery shell has some historians upset about the loss of the artifact.
The 14-pound... READ MORE »
WASHINGTON (AP) — Even for a world getting used to wild weather, May seems stuck on strange.
Torrential downpours in Texas that have whiplashed the region from drought to flooding. A heat... READ MORE »
ALLENTOWN (AP) — A 15-year-old boy is being charged with sexually assaulting a girl in the basement of an eastern Pennsylvania high school.
Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin tells... READ MORE »
