BANGKOK — In geography and in culture, the rice paddies of northeastern Thailand are thousands of miles away from the birthplace of hip hop in New York City’s Bronx, but for Thai rapper RachYo, the language of hip hop is universal.
SAN DIEGO — A giant tortoise from the San Diego Zoo has created his own Galapagos Islands following — literally.
LOS ANGELES — Universal’s “Dolittle” and “1917” found out what “Bad Boys” will do when they come for you at the box office. Sony’s “Bad Boys for Life,” the third entry in the Will Smith and Martin Lawrence-led series, beat expectations and towered over the competition during the Martin Luthe…
Gary Starkweather, who invented the laser printer in defiance of his corporate boss at Xerox, making the direct printing from computer terminals possible in homes and offices, died Dec. 26 at a hospital in Orlando, Fla. He was 81.
As a woman wandered aimlessly through a Tampa, Fla., Walmart with a child Saturday evening, a store security guard noticed something didn’t seem right. She opened the packaging for an odd array of items she hadn’t paid for such as matches, brad nails, denatured alcohol and a Mason jar. Then,…
Turkey’s top Islamic authority is challenging 1,400 years of religious thinking, with a new ruling on the fraught topic of usury.
BANGKOK — A BASE jumper was left hanging half way up a Thai cliff for several hours after his parachute got caught on jagged rocks hundreds of feet above the ground.
Rapper Jay-Z on Tuesday sued two Mississippi prison officials on behalf of 29 inmates who say authorities did nothing to stop violence that has killed five prisoners in the last two weeks, NBC News reported.
LONDON -- Britons will no longer be able to use credit cards to place bets under the latest move by the government to tackle problem gambling, hurting the owner of PaddyPower Betfair and its takeover partner Canada's Stars Group .
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president said on Tuesday the government has so far failed to sell his predecessor’s luxury $130 million plane that he has slammed as a trapping of power and opulence of an out-of-touch ruling elite.
A Secret Service agent fatally shot a dog that was on a walk in a Brooklyn neighborhood Monday night, according to reporting from the New York Daily News and a statement from government officials.
SERGIYEV POSAD, Russia — When Alexei Voronenkov’s 70-year-old mother passed away, he paid to have her brain frozen and stored in the hope breakthroughs in science will one day be able to bring her back to life.
TOKYO -- Yamaha Corporation, has warned people not to try and squeeze inside musical instrument cases after reports former Nissan Motor boss Carlos Ghosn fled Japan concealed inside in one.
He wrote “SOS” in the snow and traced the letters in ashes. Tyson Steele knew it was his best bet for help.
Matt Pacenza was used to seeing whimsical vanity license plates on the roads of Salt Lake City that celebrated drivers’ love for skiing, dogs or the University of Utah. But when he pulled up behind a Honda SUV last week, the high school English teacher was shocked at what he was reading in f…
LONDON -- The following is the full text of Queen Elizabeth's statement following discussions within the royal family on future arrangements for Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
LONDON -- Britain's Princes Harry and William on Monday blasted a newspaper article that claimed William's "bullying" of Harry and his wife, Meghan, was partly responsible for royal rift.
“Joker,” the controversial drama about the mentally ill Batman villain that sparked backlash with its realistic depictions of extreme violence, triumphed at the 92nd annual Academy Awards nominations on Monday morning, earning 11 nods, the most of any film.
Queen calls for face-to-face showdown with princes Harry, William and Charles; Meghan could phone in
LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II will convene a portentous family meeting on Monday to thrash out the options ahead for Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex — and possibly shape the face of the royal house for years.
LOS ANGELES — Sam Mendes’ “1917” marched to box office victory, earning a solid $36.5 million from 3,434 theaters in its first weekend of wide release.
Roger Federer has responded to criticism from teenaged climate change activist Greta Thunberg, saying he is “happy to be reminded” of his responsibilities.
DUBAI — Iran’s only female Olympic medalist has said on social media she has left her homeland because she had had enough of being used by its authorities as a propaganda tool.
LONDON — Britain’s Prince Harry, the grandson of Queen Elizabeth, said on Wednesday that he and his American wife Meghan plan to step back from their roles as senior members of Britain’s royal family and work to become financially independent.
A former convict pleaded guilty on Wednesday to stealing the identity of an Illinois boy who has been missing for years, in a case that drew national attention last year, a U.S. prosecutor said.
NEW YORK — The U.S. Army is not drafting young Americans — and definitely not doing so by text message — military officials said following a spate of hoax messages that sparked panicked phone calls and emails to recruiters this week.
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis, who last month angrily slapped the hand of a woman who yanked him toward her, gave a light-hearted reaction more typical of his papacy on Wednesday when a nun asked him for a kiss. He said yes, although only after she promised not to bite him.
TORONTO — For the second time in five months, Canadian social media users are obsessing over Justin Trudeau’s face.
Zorica Rebernik has spent her life in red and plans to stay that way — even after she dies.
The animal advocacy group PETA said it is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for help in figuring out who allegedly lured seagulls to the parking lot in Laurel, Md., and then ran them over, killing 10 of them.
It was only four months ago that a gray fox made a bee line toward Norman Kenney outside his home in Maine. The 88-year old stomped it to death.
The National Museum of Civil War Medicine, a quirky and fascinating repository of battlefield medical artifacts including skull saws and rusty scalpels, is amputating the Confederate flag from its logo.
Pennsylvania State Police are searching for the pest who left bedbugs in a Walmart.
LOS ANGELES — The television audience for the Golden Globes on Sunday dipped from last year in a ceremony hosted by acerbic British comedian Ricky Gervais, whose monologue skewering A-list celebrities was praised by some but criticized as dull and cynical by others.
Tennis players typically use the off-season to rest and recover from their punishing schedules but two-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka says she suffered a “near-death experience” while paddleboarding with her sister in the Caribbean.
In late August, when Popeyes was selling about 1,000 sandwiches per store per day, it didn’t seem like there were more than three words — “fried chicken sandwich” — in America’s culinary lexicon.
Users swiping through the dating app Bumble were apparently suspicious when they came across a profile for the Golden Globe-winning actress Sharon Stone. The account was blocked after repeatedly being flagged as fake.
SHANGHAI — A firm run by the daughter of Bruce Lee has sued a Chinese fast food chain for using the late kungfu star’s image in its logo without permission and is seeking more than 210 million yuan ($30 million) in compensation, Chinese media outlet The Paper reported.
RIZAL PROVINCE, Philippines — A man who went on a massive drinking binge was finally rescued from a sewer after he was trapped there for three days.
The thrill of unwrapping gifts is wearing off and you don’t know how much more small talk you can survive with your extended family.
NEWMARKET — Heidi Kimball never buys scratch tickets, but she didn’t pass up the chance to try her luck when a stranger came along and handed her a ticket Monday morning.
It’s a moment dreaded by any driver caught speeding: the wailing of a police vehicle’s siren and the sight of flashing lights in the rear-view mirror.
