On Thursday, Alabama Republican Gov. Kay Ivey (shown in March) apologized after a radio interview described her wearing blackface during a college skit in the 1960s. Alabama Republican Gov. Kay Ivey has apologized for wearing…
United Airlines pilot Al Haynes crash-landed a plane in 1989 in Sioux City, Iowa. A pilot who is credited with saving dozens of lives has died. United Flight 232 went into total hydraulic failure while…
In surveillance video, Markeis McGlockton (far left) is shot by Michael Drejka during an altercation in a convenience store parking lot in Clearwater, Fla., in July 2018. Updated Aug. 29 at 9:50 p.m. ET A…
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Joe Biden on Saturday referred to President Donald Trump as a “clown” after a supporter asked the former vice president whether he would return Trump’s insults. Biden, who is on the first…
Students and others gather during a demonstration in Hong Kong on Thursday. The protests that have rocked Hong Kong for much of the past three months have followed familiar patterns. First, hundreds of thousands of…
Anton and Sheryl Schermer were dining at a New Jersey restaurant when an extraordinary discovery was made. After eating one of the oysters, Anton felt something hard and spit out a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ pearl. A couple…
Skeletal remains have been found inside the Tower of London. An excavation team found the remains of a woman who was aged between 35 and 45 at the time of her death, and the skeleton…
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accuses House Democrats of bullying State Department employees; chief congressional correspondent Mike Emanuel reports from Capitol Hill. A U.S. district judge on Wednesday ordered the State Department to comply with…
Here are a few fun facts to know about the famous singer and actress. Miley Cyrus tested Instagram's community guidelines on Tuesday by posting a series of selfies in which her nipples are exposed. In the…