A World War II veteran will travel to Australia to reunite with his wartime girlfriend after more than 70 years apart. Norwood Thomas, 93, of Virginia Beach will travel to Adelaide, Australia, next month to reunite with 88-year-old Joyce Morris, The Virginian-Pilot reported. Thomas told Morris that he would love to… Read More

The solar system may have a ninth planet after all. This one is 5,000 times bigger than outcast Pluto and billions of miles farther away, say scientists who presented “good evidence” for a long-hypothesized Planet X on Wednesday. The gas giant is thought to be almost as big as its… Read More

A vestige of the drug wars that made Miami notorious for violence and smuggling in the 1980s is being razed, with its new owners anxiously sifting through the wreckage for any last traces of the reign of Pablo Escobar. Demolition began Tuesday on a pink waterfront mansion in Miami Beach… Read More

Physicist Stephen Hawking has warned that new technologies will likely bring about “new ways things can go wrong” for human survival. When asked how the world will end — “naturally” or whether man would destroy it first — Hawking said that increasingly, most of the threats humanity faces come from… Read More

The International Space Station now has a bright pop of orange, thanks to commander Scott Kelly’s green thumb. Kelly showed off his gardening results — a thriving zinnia with a beautiful orange-yellow bloom — over the weekend. He posted photos of the flower on his Twitter account. “Yes, there are… Read More

The IRS says taxpayer losses from phone scammers impersonating agency tax collectors have hit $26.5 million over the past couple of years and it’s again warning people to just hang up on anyone claiming they’re from the agency and demanding immediate payment. The IRS has received reports of about 900,000… Read More

Most of Detroit’s public schools are closed for the day due to teacher absences. The teachers, who are banned from holding school children hostage by striking, organized a massive sick-out day to force the shutdowns. Their demands? Higher wages and better benefits, among others. Detroit Public Schools made the announcement… Read More

Drivers in the Washington area spent hours in icy gridlock ahead of heavy snowfall that’s predicted to arrive by the weekend from the Appalachians to Philadelphia and maybe farther north. Treated roads were clear Thursday morning, but some elevated roads, ramps and side streets were icy with drivers inching along…. Read More

Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx has played super villains and antiheroes on screen. The role of super hero he apparently saved for real life. Foxx and the victim’s father, who met and talked Tuesday, said that Foxx and one other person pulled a man from his burning truck moments before it… Read More