Popocatepetl volcano

Popocatepetl volcano , Mexico's erupting Popocatepetl volcano, just east of Mexico City, has been spewing large clouds of ash and vapour...

Typhoon Soulik Taiwan

Typhoon Soulik , Hundreds of villagers were evacuated and schools and businesses shut down in Taiwan Friday as it prepared for the arrival...

Mortgage rates rise

Mortgage rates ,The 30-year mortgage rate rose to its highest level in nearly two years, according to mortgage financing company Freddie Ma...

Iceberg Antarctica broke off

Iceberg Antarctica , An iceberg larger than the city of Chicago broke off of Antartica's Pine Island Glacier Monday and is now floating...

New York building collapse

New York building collapse , About eight people and four firefighters were injured when part of a building in New York's Chinatown neig...

Boston Strangler case

Boston Strangler , For nearly two years back in the early 1960s, a man who came to be known as the “Boston Strangler” preyed on women, sexu...

Fish oil study Links Prostate Cancer Risk

Fish oil study , A new study has found a link between fish oils – omega-3 fatty acids – and prostate cancer, raising concerns that people wi...

N.C. deck collapse

N.C. deck collapse , A deck collapsed at a condominium in Ocean Isle Beach, N.C., on Tuesday evening, WECT reported. At least 21 people wer...

waltons actor dies

waltons acto r , Joe Conley, an actor best known as the small town storekeeper on the TV series "The Waltons," has died at age 85....

Kandahar attack

Kandahar attack , KABUL, Afghanistan -- An Afghan soldier opened fire on NATO troops at the Kandahar airfield on Tuesday, wounding three so...

Obamacare smokers

Obamacare smokers , A conflict in the Affordable Care Act has led to an unexpected glitch that may take up to a year to correct, and in the...

Kroger buys Harris Teeter

Kroger buys Harris Teeter , Kroger Co said on Tuesday it would buy regional grocer Harris Teeter Supermarkets Inc in a $2.5 billion deal...