In 1901, daredevil Annie Edson Taylor became the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

Today is Saturday, Oct. 24, the 297th day of 2026 with 68 to follow. The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mars, ...

Rep. Duncan Hunter on Tuesday pleaded guilty in federal court in San Diego to misusing campaign funds. U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter of California said Monday he will plead guilty to one of the 60 criminal ...

Milwaukee Brewers bats sizzled early before Jacob Misiorowski's muscular fastballs buried the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday for a ...

Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Japanese author Ryu Murakami, whose award-winning debut novel "Almost Transparent Blue" launched a ...

A Chinese national is accused of helping launder millions of dollars stolen from U.S. victims in a $36.9 million ...

A U.S. government contractor was arrested Friday on charges of leaking classified national defense information to his ...

Four people have pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to produce and distribute videos depicting the torture and ...

The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit calling on the courts to block the certification of Alaska's Senate race if the ...

Oil prices climbed to their highest level in six months amid fears of renewed U.S. strikes against Iran and attacks in the ...

MLB's best two teams will fight for their first World Series title, starting Friday when the Milwaukee Brewers host the Tampa ...

A magnitude-7.0 earthquake struck Tibet late Thursday, killing at least 16 people, local authorities said Friday.