Mother's Carnival Cruise ends in dramatic medevac after son 'didn't seem ok'

Angela Bridges and her 12-year-old son, Aiden, were airlifted from aboard the Carnival Venezia more than 350 nautical miles offshore in a medical emergency on Saturday.

Canada’s wildfire season prompts air quality alerts in US

An evacuation alert was issued for Fort McMurray in Alberta as crews responded to what they described as an "out-of-control wildfire."

See Northern lights photos as strong solar storm hits Earth

An unusually strong solar storm hitting Earth was able to produce northern lights across parts of the U.S. and the world.

World's largest plant to extract CO2 and turn it to stone opens in Iceland

The world's largest carbon capture facility, Mammoth, has begun operations in Iceland, using direct air capture technology to extract CO2 from the atmosphere and convert it into stone.

Jeddah Tower: Construction resumes on what will be world's tallest building

Once completed, the structure will stand 3,280 feet and will be taller than Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, currently the tallest structure in the world.

Swiss Army Knife maker plans model without a well-known feature

The manufacturer of the classic Swiss Army Knife is developing a new model that will be bladeless to address regulatory barriers hampering access to multitools with knives.

Ian Gelder, 'Game of Thrones' star, dies at 74

Ian Gelder was a British actor best known for his role on the hit HBO series "Game of Thrones."

American, Australians missing in Mexico ID’d after bodies found in well

The three men were camping and had been posting idyllic photos on social media of waves and isolated beaches before they went missing last weekend.

Thieves allegedly killed 3 tourists in Mexico for truck tires: Authorities

Baja California state prosecutors have revealed more details about the crime but have not yet officially confirmed the identification of the bodies. 

Israel votes to block Al Jazeera in the country

Israel’s move to shut down Al Jazeera’s operations in the country is believed to be the first time Israel has ever shuttered a foreign news outlet.

3 bodies found in search for US and Australian surfers who mysteriously vanished in Mexico

Three bodies have been discovered in a popular Mexican tourist area where an American and two Australians suddenly vanished last week having been on an apparent camping and surfing trip.

Man with world's largest feet receives new, custom shoes

Jeison Rodriguez Hernandez, a 28-year-old Venezuelan man with the world's largest feet, received custom-made shoes from a German specialist maker, Georg Wessels, due to his rare condition called acromegaly.

Vietnam War U.S. Air Force major accounted for after nearly six decades

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that U.S. Air Force Maj. John C.G. Kerr, missing since a 1967 mission in Laos, was accounted for on April 24, 2024, decades after being declared Killed in Action.

Americans face 'direct' threats from foreign dictators, terrorists, migrants: 3 things to know

The United States faces an "increasingly fragile global order" that's strained by competition from adversarial world powers and foreign humanitarian disasters fueling migration, a U.S. spy report says.