A historic church in New York City was destroyed in a raging fire just hours after its Orthodox worshippers celebrated Easter. The fire that started at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Sava in Manhattan sent plumes of smoke billowing into the city’s skyline. The fire… Read More

The curtain fell a final time for elephants performing at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus as the circus ended a practice that enthralled audiences for two centuries but became caught between animal rights activists’ concerns and Americans’ shifting views. Six Asian elephants danced, balanced on each others’ backs… Read More

It ain’t over until a team is sure the umpire has signaled the final out. A Dallas-area high school softball team lost a district championship game Friday night by celebrating too soon while three runs scored after an umpire called a runner safe when the team thought it had gotten… Read More

A 15-year-old boy pleaded guilty Thursday to charges expected to keep him locked up at least until he’s 21 for opening fire on fellow students in a school cafeteria for reasons that remain unclear. James Austin Hancock, replying “Yes sir” and “No sir” as Butler County Juvenile Court Judge Ronald… Read More

For decades, a modest farmhouse in central Virginia was thought to be what remained of President James Monroe’s home in Charlottesville, Virginia. It turns out, historians were wrong. New evidence suggests the building that has long been billed as the home that the Founding Father lived in beginning in 1799… Read More

An Apple employee that the company described as “young and talented” was found dead in a conference room inside Apple’s world headquarters in California, authorities said. Sgt. Andrea Urena of the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office said no foul play was suspected in the death of the male employee on… Read More

Police say a Pittsburgh man driving a stolen car ditched the vehicle and jumped into a river to escape from authorities. Police say after being captured, he fled naked from a hospital and hid inside a dumpster. Police first chased 30-year-old James Edward Williams when a detective saw him driving… Read More

Police say a man wearing only a T-shirt during a snowstorm would have frozen to death at the base of an Arizona mountain had it not been for an alert 2-year-old black Labrador mix. Flagstaff officer Melissa Seay says the dog named Marley heard the man’s cries for help, according… Read More

Women would be required to register for the military draft under a House committee bill that comes just months after the Defense Department lifted all gender-based restrictions on front-line combat units. A divided Armed Services Committee backed the provision in a sweeping defense policy bill that the full House will… Read More

Prescription drugs were discovered with Prince when he was found dead in his Paisley Park home in suburban Minneapolis, several news organizations reported. ABC, NBC, CBS, and CNN, citing unidentified law enforcement sources, reported that prescription painkillers were found on the 57-year-old musician and in his home. The Star Tribune,… Read More