Trending: A woman from Shorewood, Illinois found federal agents in her home and a gun in her face after going to an indoor garden center.
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Superintendent Sandra Lyon has placed high school teacher and wrestling coach Mark Black on leave pending an investigation.
California resident Maria de Jesus Arroyo, 80, was pronounced dead and put in a freezer, only to wake up and unsuccessfully try to escape her "frozen tomb," according to court records.
A man tried to singe the fur off a squirrel he'd captured for dinner and ignited a massive fire. Lawsuits have been filed.
Is it time for plastic bags to go to protect the environment?
A DNAinfo Chicago reporter was there and recorded the rescue on video. "We still need each other," says Eddie Palacios.
Spencer’s retail chain is expected to buy Brookstone for about $147 million.
Watch TV newsman Jay Levine take a swing at an anti-Obama protester who jumped him and screamed into his microphone during a live broadcast.
A woman from New York found out her cancer returned one month into her pregnancy. She faced a choice, end the pregnancy or risk her life.
Enhanced photography offers clues authorities hope will lead to capture.
John Wrana died after police Tasered him and then shot him with beanbag rounds at close range in his senior-living facility.
Rachel Canning made the announcement on her Facebook page.
A study found that overall, vegetarians are less healthy than other dietary groups.
Kwasi Enin has his pick of some of the nation's top schools. How did he get in to all of them despite their minuscule acceptance rates?
A Michigan woman who married on TV was assaulted by three men in a suspected hate crime.
Betty Gay died at 2 a.m. and her husband, Jim, closed his eyes and died just before midnight. "I know he would have been lost without her," says a good friend.
Jim Metz, 62, is dying of cancer, but his friends wanted to give a chance to see what his 11-year-old daughter's big day might be like.
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