Baltasar Kormakur’s “Everest,” which opens Sept. 25, is a fact-based account of two 1996 expeditions that faced the immense physical dangers of climbing the iconic peak — their difficulties compounded by a furious storm. The filmmakers never found themselves in such jeopardy, but still encountered major technical hurdles.
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas will host the final presidential debate before next year’s election, boosting the city’s growing influence in a race that already has brought a long succession of candidates to Southern Nevada.
The lawyer for a woman who has accused forward Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks of sexual assault claimed Wednesday that an empty evidence bag was left in the doorway of the woman’s mother’s home in Buffalo, N.Y.
Bad news for some eager early buyers of the new iPhone 6S: If you live in the path of Pope Francis’ visit, your delivery will probably be delayed a day or so.
The holiday, which focuses on reflecting on past mistakes and repairing relationships, highlights the importance of taking individual responsibility for your behavior, experts say.
Starbucks has expanded its Mobile Order & Pay service nationwide, allowing customers to place orders on mobile devices before they get to the coffee shop and skip the line.
A New York City cherry company pleaded guilty on Tuesday to criminal charges of marijuana possession stemming from plants growing in the business’s Brooklyn basement and to dumping waste into city sewers, prosecutors said.
A Burbank, Calif., man who was arrested Tuesday after allegedly punching a 78-year-old man in the face in a Costco over Nutella waffle samples is now facing 11 years in state prison if convicted.
The European Commission is poised to launch a legal challenge against Germany’s air safety authorities and in particular its system for renewing pilots’ licenses, a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
Chart-topping boy band One Direction have revealed the name and artwork for their fifth album, to be called “Made in the A.M.”
A John Doe murdered in San Francisco in 1979 has been identified as a teenager who went missing in Chicago a year earlier, thanks to ongoing efforts to identify victims of serial killer John Wayne Gacy, the Cook County sheriff said on Wednesday.
Donald Trump has reignited his war with Fox News. “Fox News has been treating me very unfairly & I have therefore decided that I won’t be doing any more Fox shows for the foreseeable future,” he wrote on Twitter.
Seattle Seahawks strong safety Kam Chancellor ended his holdout Wednesday after sitting out the first two games of the season in a contract dispute.
“The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” has set comedian Kevin Hart as the guest for its Sept. 28 premiere.
The discovery of what looked like nooses hanging from a tree at the University of Delaware in Newark stirred outrage and anxiety this week, even after police ruled out a hate crime.
