Most times it’s bad weather or bird strikes that delay flights. This time it was an alligator. Anthony Velardi says his plane had just landed at the Orlando International Airport on Monday when he spotted the large reptile casually lumbering across the tarmac toward a pond. He posted a 10-second… Read More

U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, the Louisiana Republican who was shot and nearly killed during a congressional baseball practice last year, apparently has a memoir coming this fall. The 304-page book is called “Back in the Game,” according to listings on Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble.com and the website for the publisher,… Read More

Authorities say a family of five was killed in an explosion at their vacation property on Washington state’s Hood Canal. Brinnon Fire Chief Tim Manly said Monday that two adults and their three young children died in the fire early Sunday. He says the family from Washington state spends weekends… Read More

Two young boys are earning acclaim for rescuing an adult swimmer who started struggling in the middle of Walden Pond. But 9-year-old Herman Tsakhaev, of Sudbury, and 11-year-old Bodie Thompson, of Lincoln, say they were just doing the right thing. The boys were paddleboarding Sunday on the Massachusetts pond made… Read More

A new exhibit that highlights Rhode Island’s role in helping spark the American Revolution has opened at the state archives. The archives in Providence have created an exhibit about how Rhode Island colonists burned a British ship, the HMS Gaspee, in June 1772. Rhode Islanders feel slighted because they don’t… Read More

A Kirtland Air Force Base officer with top security clearance who disappeared 35 years ago has been found in California. The Air Force Office of Special Investigations said in a news release this week that William Howard Hughes, Jr., was apprehended at his home after a fraud investigation involving a… Read More

A Tennessee woman accused of driving her two young grandchildren around in pet kennels is scheduled to appear in court. Leimome Cheeks will be arraigned Monday on child endangerment charges. News outlets cite a Memphis police affidavit saying Cheeks, 62, told officers there wasn’t room inside her vehicle Saturday, so… Read More

Fox News contributor and syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer says he has “only a few weeks to live” because of an aggressive form of cancer. Krauthammer disclosed his doctors’ prognosis in a letter released Friday to colleagues, friends and viewers. Krauthammer wrote that he underwent surgery in August to remove a… Read More

Pope Francis has met on Earth with the astronauts he recently chatted with when they aboard the International Space Station. Their gift to the pope? A customized blue astronaut flight suit, complete with a papal white cape for flair. Led by Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli, members of the 53rd ISS… Read More