Phillip Blanks, a former football player and Marine, dove to save a child from a burning building last week. Harrowing video caught the act.
Author: Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY
Anti-vaxxers, Kanye West denounce potential COVID-19 vaccine. Here’s the science.
Rapper Kanye West made false claims about vaccinations and expressed hesitancy in receiving one amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Who was Mary Kay Letourneau, the former teacher who raped her sixth-grade student and then married him?
Mary Kay Letourneau, the teacher who raped her student then married him after being released from jail, has died. Here’s what to know about the case.
Another Confederate statue in Richmond, Va., comes down along Monument Avenue
The bronze monument to Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart on horseback was hoisted from its granite base as crowds cheered early Tuesday.
‘Tiny bug slayer’: Meet the pint-size ancient ancestor of dinosaurs discovered in Madagascar
Standing about about 4 inches tall, Kongonaphon kely could be one of the last common ancestors of all dinosaurs and pterosaurs.
Amy Cooper, white woman who called police on Black bird-watcher in NYC, has been charged
Cooper is facing a misdemeanor charge of filing a false report, Manhattan’s district attorney announced Monday.
At least 8 people, including 3 children, killed after planes collide over Idaho lake
The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office said three children were among the passengers in one of the planes that crashed into Lake Coeur d’Alene.
Zoo keeper dies after Siberian tiger attacks as visitors look on
The attack by the Siberian tiger occurred inside Zurich’s zoo Saturday afternoon as visitors looked on in horror.
China reports bubonic plague case, raises local alert level in Inner Mongolia
Health officials in Bayannur said a farmer was sickened and hospitalized, leading to a local plague alert.
Finnish Air Force removes swastika from logo after 100 years
While the use of a swastika in the Finnish Air Force Command’s insignia dates back to before its use by Nazis, the change occurred to avoid confusion.