Cleve R. Wootson Jr.

Police guard statue of Christopher Columbus in New York around the clock

October 7, 2017 at 4:30 p.m.

It's a dangerous time to be a controversial statue in America. Monuments of Confederate leaders have been removed in several Southern cities, where leaders say statues honoring the men who...

Santa Claus was spotted near Kathmandu, ...

Santa’s dead, archaeologists say

October 5, 2017 at 11:34 a.m.

Archaeologists in southern Turkey say they have discovered the tomb of the original Santa Claus, also known as St. Nicholas, beneath his namesake church near the Mediterranean Sea.

A fire alarm from gun smoke led police to the Las Vegas shooter’s room, retired officer says

October 2, 2017 at 12:07 p.m.

It wasn't the hundreds of muzzle flashes that exploded from the shooter's automatic rifles that gave away his position.

In Puerto Rico, they are called satos - unwanted, often abused mongrel dogs that have been dumped on a beach in the southeast corner of the island called Playa Lucia.

Hurricane Maria pummeled Puerto Rico’s “Dead Dog Beach” and the effort to save its pups

September 30, 2017 at 7:21 p.m.

In Puerto Rico, they are called satos - unwanted, often abused mongrel dogs that have been dumped on a beach in the southeast corner of the island called Playa Lucia.

Investigators believe a Russian couple knocked their victims out with sedatives, then skinned them alive. Afterward, police say, they ate parts of their victims, froze the remains or packed them in jars filled with saline solution.

Russian “cannibal couple” may have drugged, killed and eaten as many as 30 people, police say

September 27, 2017 at 2:43 p.m.

Investigators believe a Russian couple knocked their victims out with sedatives, then skinned them alive. Afterward, police say, they ate parts of their victims, froze the remains or packed them...

Authorities: Gold miners at a bar bragged about slaughtering members of a reclusive Brazilian tribe

September 12, 2017 at 6:11 a.m.

The outside world might never have heard about the suspected massacre if not for some barroom boasting by a group of miners fresh from working an illegal gig in the...

Before Irma hit, stranger gives last generator to crying woman for her ailing father

September 9, 2017 at 6:54 p.m.

Of all the Floridians in the path of Hurricane Irma, Pam Brekke's father is one of the most vulnerable.

Michael Bazan and Juanita Casanova help sort donations to a school that was converted into a shelter in Cuero, Texas, on Monday after Hurricane Harvey went through the area.

Here’s how you can help Texas residents affected by Harvey

September 2, 2017 at 7:23 p.m.

Harvey dumped record levels of rain on Houston and other parts of Texas, with the storm and flooding, which still might not recede for days in some areas, affecting millions...

White lawmaker in Georgia warns black attorney she may “go missing” if Confederate statues are threatened

August 30, 2017 at 9:49 p.m.

The discussion started when Spencer posted a picture of himself next to a memorial of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Jones, who has advocated for removing Confederate memorials from the state's...

Mavis Wanczyk, of Chicopee, Mass., stands ...

A hospital worker won the Powerball. Her prize: $758.7 million — and police outside her house.

August 26, 2017 at 7:27 p.m.

In many states, lottery winners must do a bit of publicity work before they can plop down some cash for their own water park or go on a decades-long shopping...

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