Step aside, Burmese python — you may no longer be Florida’s scariest invasive species. Researchers have confirmed that three Nile crocodiles were captured near Miami, and they say it’s possible more of the man-eating reptiles are still out there, although no one can say for sure. The big question now:… Read More

An Afghan police officer turned his gun on his colleagues as they were manning a checkpoint in the volatile southern Zabul province before dawn on Thursday, killing eight policemen, an official said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the assault. Elsewhere in Afghanistan on Thursday, a roadside bombing killed 11 civilians… Read More

Life expectancy worldwide has increased by about five years in the last 15 years according to a report issued Thursday by the World Health Organization in the fastest gain since the 1960s. The biggest increase was seen in Africa due to improvements in health care for children and the better… Read More

Four lucky competition winners are set to be the first people in history to use the Eiffel Tower as a vacation home next month. Rental company HomeAway is taking over part of the first floor of the iconic 300-meter (yard) landmark for the duration of the UEFA Euro 2016 soccer… Read More

Carrie Sapp teased her husband, Brad, about being afraid of ghosts when he said he heard someone whisper “get out of here” while he was sorting cans at his Iowa recycling business. Of course it wasn’t a ghost. It was a naked man in the chimney. Sapp said she was… Read More

In any given week, teams of high-priced lawyers fan out across the country to defend Bill Cosby amid a cascade of sexual assault allegations, defamation claims and insurance disputes. The disgraced TV star is spending millions in a frenzied bid not just to stay out of prison but to salvage… Read More

Morley Safer, the veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent who was equally at home reporting on social injustices, the Orient Express and abstract art, and who exposed a military atrocity in Vietnam that played an early role in changing Americans’ view of the war, died Thursday, according to Kevin Tedesco, a CBS… Read More

Nationals player Max Scherzer made a young boys Met fan’s day when he played catch with the boy in the stands prior to a game. Mets fans love to hate Scherzer, who pitched a no-hitter at Citi Field last October. The Mets beat the Nationals 2-0 in Tuesday’s game. @masnNationals Here… Read More

Time Warner Cable is going away, and that means you might have a new cable company to hate. But you might find one you like better instead. Time Warner, the largest cable provider in New York and Los Angeles, among other markets, was just bought by Charter Communications Inc., which… Read More

A novice fossil collector’s lucky find in a remote Montana badlands more than a decade ago represents a new kind of spectacularly-horned dinosaur, researchers announced Wednesday. The bones unearthed near Winifred, Montana represent a previously-unknown species of dinosaur that lived 76 million years ago. It’s scientific name is Spiclypeus shipporum… Read More