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Those enjoying the first day of Spring have something else to look forward to tonight. The first Spring equinox supermoon in 20 years will light up the sky, assuming your area isn’t cloudy. The ...

51 children have been rescued in Italy after the bus they were on was hijacked by its driver and set on fire. The BBC reports two classes of teens an an adult escort were on their way from school to a...

Google has been hit with a $1.68B (US) antitrust penalty by European Union regulators for what they say is abuse of competition in online advertising. “Today’s decision is about how Google...

According to a General Social Survey, a record 61 percent of Americans now say marijuana should be legalized. Approval across all age groups, US regions, and political affiliations is at all-time high...

In what could amount to good news for oceanic life but bad news for the plastic industry, Hawaii lawmakers are considering a statewide ban on plastic products at restaurants. If the proposed bill is a...

A medical examiner has confirmed the official police account of a Virginia teen’s death: She shot herself through her mouth while her hands were cuffed behind her back. The results back up the C...

After a cranky neighbor forced him to cut down his view-restricting fence, a Santa Rosa man has gotten revenge by giving the complainer something to look at. Jason Windus has staged what he calls R...

A fleet of 2,000 vehicles, including a number of $294,000 Porsches, is available for anyone who wants to come by to grab one. But it’s going to require scuba gear and some sort of underwater cra...

A police officer has admitted she was having sex with her supervisor while her daughter was dying in her hot patrol car. Biloxi resident Cassie Barker, 29, made the confession Monday before agreeing t...

In what’s being called the largest drug seizure in Philadelphia’s history, officers on Tuesday found at least 537 kilos of cocaine aboard a ship heading from Colombia to Europe. The cocain...