The United Nations' 35-year peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara ended over the weekend after the U.N. Security Council ...

On Nov. 2, 1947, Howard Hughes built and piloted the world's largest airplane, the 200-ton flying boat Spruce Goose, on its ...

Those born on this date are under the sign of Scorpio. They include: -- Frontiersman Daniel Boone in 1734 -- Marie Antoinette ...

Spanish officials late Sunday confirmed the identities of most of the victims of last week's tragic train wreck, identifying ...

Russian authorities announced the detention of a teenager following a tip from U.S. law enforcement concerning a threat ...

Seabiscuit, the cast-off son of a cheaply held father, today stood unchallenged as America's greatest race horse.

Baz Luhrmann's screen adaptation of Romeo & Juliet -- starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes -- was released in cinemas ...

Goonies, Sprung and Task actress Martha Plimpton has joined The Lowdown as an influential Oklahoma sheriff in the quirky FX ...

A south-central Washington state resident hospitalized after contracting avian influence has died, according to local health ...

S. Korea's party membership rolls face scrutiny as low voting costs, inactive members and weak duplicate-registration checks ...

New York Mets pitching great Jerry Koosman, who won Game 2 of the historic 1969 World Series, has died at age 86, the team ...