The moon doesn’t get much bigger and brighter than this. On Monday, Earthlings will be treated to a so-called supermoon — the closest full moon of the year. Monday’s supermoon will be extra super — it will be the closest the moon comes to us in almost 69 years. And… Read More

La Nina has arrived and could hang around through winter, government weather forecasters said Thursday. La Nina, the flip side of El Nino, is the periodic cooling of the central Pacific Ocean that affects weather patterns around the globe. Predictions called for fleeting La Nina conditions that could last through… Read More

A Utah trucker who pleaded guilty to keeping women as sex slaves in his semi-trailer as he drove across the country was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison. Timothy Jay Vafeades, 56, sexually assaulted and brutally beat the victims almost daily after trapping them in his truck and forcibly… Read More

An investigation into whether Brad Pitt was abusive toward his son on a private flight in September says the case has been closed with no finding of abuse by the actor, a source familiar with the inquiry said Wednesday. The source, who was not authorized to speak publicly, told The… Read More

A bond hearing is set for an Ohio man accused of trying to travel to Libya to join the Islamic State group. A federal prosecutor in Columbus says Aaron Daniels wired $250 to an Islamic State group operative in January and told an undercover informant about his interest in traveling… Read More

An Ohio woman has been charged with child endangerment after she sneaked a sippy cup of vodka into a high school football game and her toddler son drank from it and became ill. Thirty-year-old Andrea Mucciarone pleaded not guilty to the misdemeanor charge Tuesday in Conneaut (KAW’-nee-awt) Municipal Court. The… Read More

More valleys, fewer chocolate peaks: The maker of Toblerone Swiss chocolate says it’s widened the spaces in its iconic, triangle-array bars for some discount shops in Britain to keep prices down, and chocolate lovers are furious. Mondelez International says the move aims to meet pricing targets by customer Poundland and other… Read More

A gay YouTube personality has pleaded guilty to felony vandalism in an incident in which he claimed he was the victim of a hate crime. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office says London-native Calum McSwiggan pleaded guilty Monday and was sentenced to three years of supervised probation and 52… Read More

A woman was crushed to death by a subway train Monday in New York City after another woman pushed her onto the tracks at the bustling station beneath Times Square, police said. Authorities said the women were on the platform shortly after 1 p.m. and had been seen having some… Read More