Tom Petty, an old-fashioned rock superstar and everyman who drew upon the Byrds, the Beatles and other bands he worshipped as a boy and produced new classics such as "Free Fallin,' "Refugee" and...

Stephen Paddock (above) lived in a tidy Nevada retirement community where the amenities include golf, tennis and bocce. He was a wealthy real-estate investor, recently shipped his 90-year-old mother a...

The gunman who unleashed hundreds of rounds of gunfire on a crowd of concertgoers in Las Vegas had two "bump-stocks" that could have converted semi-automatic firearms into fully automatic ones,...

For observers concerned about a resurgence of the far right, the AfD’s showing in Germany’s election raised alarm. The anti-European Union, anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim Alternative...

Catalonia's leader is calling for international mediation to solve the political deadlock over the Catalan independence referendum....

Troubled British carrier Monarch Airlines has suspended flights after failing to resolve its financial woes, and authorities have launched a major operation to bring home 110,000 stranded...

A gunman perched on the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas hotel-casino unleashed a hail of bullets on an outdoor country music festival below, killing at least 59 people as tens of thousands of concertgoers...

An Australian teenager has died after being crushed by weightlifting equipment at a gym, the BBC reports. Ben Shaw, 15, was attempting to bench press almost 100kg (220 lb) when the accident...

Catalonia's regional government declared a landslide win for the "yes" side in a disputed referendum on independence from Spain that degenerated into mayhem Sunday, with more than 800 people injured...

A car and knife attack on a police officer outside a football game and a high-speed chase of a moving van that left four people injured appear to be the work of a single suspected terrorist, Canadian...