Quilty, a mischievous cat living in a Houston animal shelter, has garnered viral attention for his cunning jailbreaks of other cats in the shelter.
Author: Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY
2 people in China infected with plague, the disease tied to Black Death
Two people from Inner Mongolia were treated for pneumonic plague Beijing’s Chaoyang district, local health officials said Tuesday.
This shy, tiny ‘mouse deer’ was lost for almost 30 years. Researchers just captured images of it
The silver-backed chevrotain, or Vietnamese mouse deer, has been recorded in the wild for the first time in almost 30 years, conservationists say.
51 children injured in chemical attack at Chinese kindergarten after man sprays caustic soda
Fifty-one children and three teachers were hurt in the sodium hydroxide attack in the city of Kaiyuan in Yunnan Province, Xinhua News Agency reported.
Missing for 75 years, WWII submarine found after translation error discovered
The USS Grayback, a World War II sub, sank in February 1944 and had been missing ever since. A team of explorers just found it off the coast of Japan.
A dozen striking photos show how the Berlin Wall actually fell in 1989
Saturday marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the barrier that divided West Berlin from East from 1961 to 1989.
‘One lolly left’: Woman stranded at sea survived by eating hard candies, mother says
Kushila Stein was adrift in the Aegean Sea, southwest of the island Folegandros, when the Hellenic Coast Guard rescued her Sunday, authorities said.
‘Unacceptable’: 7-year-old girl shot while trick-or-treating, Chicago police say
A 7-year-old girl trick-or-treating in a bumblebee costume was critically injured by stray gunfire in a Chicago shooting on Halloween, police said.
Quarter of all pigs worldwide could die from swine fever, animal health organization says
A die-off from African swine fever would spark global pig shortages, said Mark Schipp, president of the World Organization for Animal Health.
Greta Thunberg declines environmental prize: ‘Climate movement does not need any more awards’
Greta Thunberg declined an environmental award worth $52,000 from the Nordic Council. She said she wants leaders to listen to science, not prizes.