On Thursday, it looked like Mars in the Australian city of Mildura.... read more

The US Supreme Court on Friday accepted a Justice Department appeal to review the cases of three men in the Air Force whose rape convictions were overturned last year -- including one whose confession the Air Force recorded -- when the top military appeals court found a five-year statute of limitations existed for military sexual assault before 2006.... read more

A man serving 24 years in a Nigerian maximum security prison used a network of accomplices to conduct an international scam that brought in $1 million, officials said.... read more

A school district in Colorado has closed schools for two days after a virus outbreak rapidly spread through the student population, according to school officials. It's the first time the Mesa County Valley School District 51 has had to close all schools due to illness, the district said Wednesday.... read more

A woman from New Zealand and a man from Australia took their love of aviation (and each other) to new heights by tying the knot 37,000 feet in the air.... read more

On the contrary, the ambassador's testimony may well help Republican politicians chart a path through the impeachment inquiry that separates Trump from the most serious allegations, writes Scott Jennings.... read more

Thanks to a minor geomagnetic storm, the northern lights may be visible in parts of the northern United States and across Canada on Wednesday night.... read more

A 10-year-old boy who was injured when gunfire interrupted a New Jersey high school football game last week has died, prosecutors said Wednesday.... read more

The RAICES immigrant advocacy group says it's using donations to pay bond for about 200 detained immigrants across the United States on Wednesday.... read more

Amazon is burning through billions to get you stuff faster. It'll spend more than $35 billion on shipping costs this year, more than twice what it spent two years ago.... read more

America's banks have rapidly shut down branches over the past decade to slash costs and adapt to a world in which deposits can be made on smartphones.... read more

Bad news for spicy fast food fans: A popular Burger King sauce is in short supply because of the ripple effect of a global horseradish shortage.... read more

The EPA needs to do more to address the risks that could pose to people's health, a watchdog group says.... read more

Target's CEO Brian Cornell talks often about the split in retail between winners and losers. Target is clearly in the winners' camp right now and is set to benefit during the holidays.... read more

A third Israeli election within 12 months now appears more likely after political kingmaker Avigdor Liberman refused to back either Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or former IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz, leaving both without the seats necessary to form a coalition.... read more

Attacks by the Taliban were deadlier than those committed by any other group in 2018, according to a report released by an international think tank on Wednesday.... read more

Joey Peterson wandered out of his parents' rural house wearing a sweatshirt and pajama pants. It wasn't nearly enough to protect him from the brutal cold, which has dipped well below freezing. Now authorities are scouring the remote Wyoming wilderness by both ground and sky.... read more

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A Confederate monument that had stood in front of a North Carolina courthouse for 112 years was taken down overnight after months of debate and protests.... read more

Can I, as an economist, focus on the things that I like about the Democratic hopefuls, and ignore the things that bother me?... read more