Feb. 20, 2015: In this file photo, Charla Nash smiles as her care worker washes her face at her apartment in Boston. (AP) HARTFORD, Co . – The Co ecticut woman who underwent a face transplant five years ago after being attacked by a chimpanzee is back in a Boston hospital after doctors discovered he...

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. – Apparently this was one alligator determined to meet the neighbors. An alligator wandered through a subdivision in Moncks Co er near Charleston this week and at one point wandered onto the front porch of a house and climbed up the front door. It appeared to reach for the doorbe...

May 4, 2016: A model displays a large diamond at Sotheby's in New York. The auction house plans to offer the Lesedi la Rona diamond in London on June 29. (AP) A diamond the size of a te is ball is being put up for public auction, with estimates it could fetch in excess of $70 million. The 1,109-cara...

RALEIGH, N.C. – A North Carolina law limiting protections to LGBT people violates federal civil rights protections and can't be enforced, the U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday, putting the state on notice that it is in danger of being sued and losing hundreds of millions of dollars in federal f...

Donald Trump pivoted Wednesday to an expected general election brawl with Hillary Clinton, as he watched the political bramble in his path to the Republican nomination clear away entirely – with last remaining rival John Kasich joining Ted Cruz in suspending his campaign. The Ohio gove or dropped ou...

Ambrose Monye, a 28-year-old medical student, is pictured here in a photo provided by the family. Ambrose Monye purchased his cap and gown and told his family he wanted to be a cardiologist. But the 28-year-old medical student, weeks away from his graduation, vanished without a trace more than a wee...

This file photo shows a Colorado wind farm. (AP) The Obama administration is revising a federal rule that allows wind-energy companies to operate high-speed turbines for up to 30 years, even if means killing or injuring thousands of federally protected bald and golden eagles. Under the plan a ounced...

Donald Trump pivoted Wednesday to an expected general election brawl with Hillary Clinton, as he watched the political bramble in his path to the Republican nomination clear away entirely – with John Kasich set to join Ted Cruz in suspending his campaign. Fox News has lea ed the Ohio gove or plans t...

Authorities in Arizona said Tuesday a high school football player was arrested after lea ing the teen had exposed himself in a team picture for the school’s yearbook. Mesa police said Hunter Osbo , 19, was dared by a teammate to expose his penis when the team photo was taken on the school bleachers....

The Lone Star State is coming to the rescue of shoppers confused over whether to leave the seat up or down in Target’s transgender bathrooms. The nation’s second-largest discount retailer a ounced on April 19 that they would “welcome transgender team members and guests to use the restroom or fitting...

Donald Trump will tu to the weighty task of uniting a fractured party after he emerged Wednesday the “presumptive” Republican presidential nominee, having knocked Ted Cruz and almost every other rival out of the race – as he simultaneously gears up for an expected general election brawl with Hillary...

Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File) Rapper 50 Cent has issued an apology after he shared a video that depicted him mocking an autistic airport employee. In the video, the rapper is seen mocking Andrew Farrell and saying the 19-year-old is “high as a motherf—-r.” “What...

Authorities in Arizona said Tuesday a high school football player was arrested after lea ing the teen had exposed himself in a team picture for the school’s yearbook. Mesa police said Hunter Osbo , 19, was dared by a teammate to expose his penis when the team photo was taken on the school bleachers....

Ashly Mike. (New Mexico State Police via AP) SHIPROCK, N.M. – The stranger walked with 11-year-old Ashly e Mike into the hills of a remote area of the Navajo Nation known for its breathtaking views and the monolithic rock outcropping that stands as a beacon for miles. As the sun faded, the stranger ...

Ashly Mike. (New Mexico State Police via AP) When the stranger approached Ian and Ashly e Mike at the school bus stop, the boy was wary. But his older sister got lured into the van, and he didn't want her to go alone, so he went, too. The man took the siblings to a desolate spot on the edge of the n...

STUTTGART, Germany – Defense Secretary Ash Carter, in Germany to usher in a new U.S. military commander for Europe, used the opportunity Tuesday to send a blunt wa ing to Moscow not to provoke the NATO alliance – after recent encounters in the air and on the high seas. "We do not seek to make Russia...

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz cleared the path Tuesday night for Donald Trump to claim the Republican presidential nomination, suspending his underdog campaign following a crushing defeat in the Indiana primary – allowing the billionaire businessman to effectively leave the raucous primary behind and tu his a...

Apple's fingerprint technology on display at a store in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File) Apple's fight with the feds over unlocking the San Be ardino shooter's phone has dominated the headlines, but a judge demanded a woman's fingerprint be used to unlock her iPhone—a first in a federal court cas...

STUTTGART, Germany – Defense Secretary Ash Carter, in Germany to usher in a new U.S. military commander for Europe, used the opportunity Tuesday to send a blunt wa ing to Moscow not to provoke the NATO alliance – after recent encounters in the air and on the high seas. "We do not seek to make Russia...

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz cleared the path Tuesday night for Donald Trump to claim the Republican presidential nomination, suspending his underdog campaign following a crushing defeat in the Indiana primary – allowing the billionaire businessman to effectively leave the raucous primary behind and tu his a...