A woman in Texas who was arrested and charged for attempting to offer her child up for adoption on Craigslist was released from jail Wednesday after posting a $1,000 bond.
The earthquake occurred during lunch time, but did not appear to cause much disruption. The Southern California coastline felt a "real good jolt" today at about 1 p.
It's taken 64 years, but Columbia University is finally responding to requests to lift restrictions on a fellowship that is only allowed to be awarded to white students.
Soccer aficionado Richard Swanson set off to dribble a soccer ball 10,000 miles to Brazil to see the 2014 World Cup, but his 11-country,12-month tour was cut short on Tuesday when he was hit by a pickup truck and killed while traveling on a highway in Oregon.
A model in Japan, allegedly traumatized after enduring a childhood in which she was constantly teased for being "busaiku" (translation: ugly), has gone to unfathomable extremes to ensure she'll never be dubbed unattractive again.
A New York City teacher residing on the Upper East Side of Manhattan has filed a lawsuit against a former college friend for allegedly "torturing, mutilating and murdering" her cat, a 3-year-old Siamese named Cassie, amongst other crimes.
The grandson of slain civil rights activist Malcolm X was killed Thursday while on a trip to Mexico. Investigators are looking into the murder but so far the events that led to the young man's death are unclear.
Two-time Olympic gold medal yacht-racer Andrew Simpson died Thursday when his boat overturned in the San Francisco Bay while training with his teammates for America's Cup
The United States government on Thursday arrested eight men from New York for their participation in an international conspiracy involving a high-tech theft ring that launched cyber attacks on financial institutions around the world, resulting in losses estimated at $45 million.
A couple who were taking a Carnival Cruise in the South Pacific were discovered missing from the ship on Thursday, sparking a major air and marine search over a vast portion of ocean off the coast of Australia.
A small helicopter in Hawaii lost power mid-flight and crashed down onto a crowded street on Honolulu on Wednesday, though miraculously nobody was hurt in the accident.
