The triumph of mountaineer Mark Inglis, who last week became the first double amputee to climb Everest, has been soured by the news he left a dying climber to his fate. Ethicist Daniel Sokol asks whet...

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Monkeys and apes in Budapest's Zoo drink their way through 55 litres of red wine each year, albeit in small quantities each day, to help boost their red blood cells, the zoo said...

It has become a big no-no in school lunchboxes because of its unhealthy reputation. But it seems that Sunny D, formerly known as Sunny Delight, is not half as bad for children as it is for fish. ...

DALLAS -- A muffin mystery is surfacing at a North Texas school after a group of teachers who ate muffins possibly laced with dangerous ingredients were taken to a hospital Tuesday. Three teachers...

It's not known how he ended up in the wall, but a veterinarian is guessing he fell from the ceiling and survived on rodents and condensation. Harley's owner, Cindy Hoffman, says he lost more than h...

WALDRON, Ark. (AP) - Waldron's mayor was released on a signature bond Wednesday after being accused of soliciting two women for sex after they fell behind on their water bills....

A Brooklyn man with a long history of bloody encounters with the police barricaded his family in its apartment early yesterday - then bit off his tongue and spat it at cops and EMTs as they struggled...

Police in Germany are hunting a dog snatcher who stole a pet and painted it in the black, red and gold of the German flag. Owner Theresa Carl, 47, said: "They must have taken little Simba from my g...

The future of air travel will touch down at Heathrow airport on Thursday - and it will be big. Nearly 240ft long, eight storeys high and carrying up to 900 passengers at one time, the Airbus A380, th...

A white bear with brown patches shot dead in northern Canada is the first grizzly-polar hybrid found in the wild, DNA tests have confirmed. Canadian wildlife officials say it is the offspring of a...