In the rural Mississippi community they served, two nuns found slain in their home “would do anything for anybody,” friends said. Did that cost them their lives? The women, both 68 and nurse practitioners, were found dead Thursday morning when they didn’t report to work at the nearby clinic where… Read More

Army officials in Kentucky say a 101st Airborne Division soldier fired two shots at Fort Campbell and then fled in his vehicle before being apprehended by military police. He tried to continue home like nothing had happened. Fort Campbell spokesman Robert Jenkins said in a news release that the soldier… Read More

A string of violent tornadoes hit Indiana and Ohio this week. And one tornado that touched down in Kokomo, IN wasn’t moving NASCAR fast — but it was close. The National Weather Service says a preliminary damage survey shows the EF3 tornado that hit Kokomo had an estimated peak wind… Read More

Apparently natural disasters aren’t just limited to Earth. The European Space Agency’s Rosetta space probe has captured images of a bright burst of light on the comet it is orbiting, apparently caused by a landslide. The dramatic light flashes were recorded Feb. 19 and accompanied by rising temperatures and sharp… Read More

The dodo bird is extinct – but one collector can now have their own dodo skeleton. Summers Place Auctions in London is selling what it describes as a rare composite skeleton of a dodo bird, a creature once found on the island of Mauritius. It comes from a collector who… Read More

Is that smartphone you trust with your life being turned into a sophisticated spy gadget? You might be surprised. The suspicious text message that appeared on Ahmed Mansoor’s iPhone promised to reveal details about torture in the United Arab Emirates’ prisons. All Mansoor had to do was click the link…. Read More

It was a time of conquest and conversions. Above all, it was a time of construction, on a scale never seen before. Over 250 years, from the 11th century onwards, the rulers of Bagan built more than 10,000 magnificent religious monuments. The stupas, temples and monasteries became the defining emblems… Read More

The developer of the world’s largest aircraft says the blimp-shaped airship sustained damage after it made a bumpy landing Wednesday on its second test flight in eastern England. Hybrid Air Vehicles said it is trying to figure out what caused the rough landing of the 302-foot (92-meter) Airlander 10 during… Read More

Astronaut Jeffrey Williams has a new record for NASA under his space belt. The commander of the International Space Station marked a U.S. recording-breaking 521st day in orbit Wednesday, a number accumulated over four flights. That surpasses the 520-day record set by Scott Kelly, whose one-year space station mission ended… Read More