As the Louisiana floodwaters swallowed Lyn Gibson's two-story home, she hacked away on a hole near the roof, desperately trying to get to safety. She used a saw, a screwdriver and her...

The leader of a New York City mosque and a friend were fatally shot in a brazen daylight attack as they left afternoon prayers Saturday. Police said Imam Maulama Akonjee, 55, and...

Police in Switzerland say a Swiss man set a fire and stabbed people on a train in the country's northeast, wounding six people as well as himself. Police in St. Gallen canton (state) say the...

A 7-month-old boy died after being left all day in a hot sport utility vehicle in a San Antonio-area Wal-Mart parking lot, authorities said. The baby's father, who works at the store in the...

The BBC has ruled out remaking the famous World War II sitcom 'Allo 'Allo because bosses were nervous the Nazis in the show would offend viewers, English media report. It comes as the...

U.S.-backed fighters have seized a key Islamic State stronghold in northern Syria after two months of heavy fighting and freed hundreds of civilians the extremists had used as human shields,...

A Polish woman who went into labour on the way to a hospital got a helping hand from a tram driver who used string from an umbrella to tie off the umbilical cord. Paulina Kacperska and her...

In the cold waters of the Arctic, a denizen of the deep lurked for centuries. Now scientists calculate that this female Greenland shark was the Earth's oldest living animal with a...

This is the main news as reported by the Associated Press on 12 August. ...

The French resort of Cannes has banned full-body, head-covering swimsuits from its beaches, citing security reasons — a measure some are decrying as a discriminatory anti-Muslim move that only...