A U.N. panel warned North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Monday that he may be held accountable for orchestrating widespread crimes against civilians in the secretive Asian nation, ranging from systematic executions to torture, rape and mass starvation.
The roof of a resort auditorium collapsed during a welcoming ceremony for South Korean university freshmen, killing nine and likely trapping about 10, officials said Tuesday.
American skier Bode Miller is responding to criticism of an NBC post-race interview by saying it was a “crazy emotional moment.”
Scientists have solved the mystery of the “jelly doughnut” rock on Mars that appeared to come out of nowhere. NASA said Friday that a wheel of the rover Opportunity broke it off a larger rock and then kicked it into the field of view.
The California Highway Patrol says two officers have been killed in an early morning accident in Fresno County. The officers were killed while responding to a multi-vehicle accident on Highway 99 in the Central Valley town of Kingsburg at around 6 a.m. Monday.
Locking the pilot out of the cockpit, an Ethiopian Airlines co-pilot hijacked a plane bound for Italy on Monday and diverted it to Geneva, where he asked for asylum, officials said.
A snake-handling pastor who appeared on the National Geographic television reality show “Snake Salvation” has died after being bitten by a snake during a weekend church service in Kentucky.
After a rip-roaring Red Flag air combat exercise at Nellis Air Force Base last week, big, black, bat-shaped B-2 Spirit jets returned to Missouri, taking with them the lessons learned from flying mock war sorties with a mix of 100 U.S. and foreign warplanes.
Roughly a dozen people had their head shaved to raise funds for child cancer research through the St. Baldrick’s Foundation event at L’Oracle gymnasium in southwest Las Vegas on Sunday, Feb. 16.
Five things to know about the Olympics this week, including slipping ratings and the return of Bob Costas’ eyes.
The U.S. is falling behind in the medal standings as the Olympics reach the halfway point. Here are five other things to know.
As more Native American archaeological sites are being uncovered around the nation, the findings are posing difficult questions for the cities where they are found.
A winter storm that brought snow and ice to the East Coast moved offshore Friday after causing at least 25 deaths, leaving hundreds of thousands without power and causing a large pileup in Pennsylvania that injured 30 people.
Sandra and Steve Huntsman were aspiring actors in their early 20s who shared a passion for theater and music.
Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee Olympic athlete who faces a murder trial next month, says he is consumed by sorrow for fatally shooting his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in his home a year ago on Valentine’s Day.
