Several beaches in France were closed due to large quantities of toxic seaweed.
Imagine surfing with a lit flare on the back of your board. That's exactly what surfer Bruce irons did in a shoot with the Red Bull Minor Threat team.
On vacation or teaching English, here's a guide to finding some uniquely Korean sights and tastes within the megacity that is Seoul.
Authorities are searching for Jacob Rigby, who went missing on Sunday.
Burning Man 2011 sold out for the first time in the event's 25 year history. Check out the first photos from this alternative festival in Black Rock, Nevada.
A series of tests were conducted to find the fastest way to board a plane. Turns out, it's not the standard block method most airlines use now.
Labor Day travel is expected to decrease in the wake of Hurricane Irene and an uncertain economy.
Mount Erebus in Antarctica, the southernmost active volcano on Earth, has numerous ice caves beneath the multiple sheets of ice.
Every year tourists gather to watch the soaring tide on the banks of Qiantang River in Haining, eastern China. The tides and waves recorded the highest level in 10 years ahead of Typhoon Nanmadol.
Watch out for a hurled tomato in Bunol, Spain. The annual Tomatina festival brought in five truckloads of tomatoes for one hour of messy fun.
Just because everyone speaks English, doesn't mean we all speak the same language. Here are some well known (and some surprising) vocab differences between American and British English.
Lucimar Pereira, the world's oldest living person, is set to celebrate her 121st birthday on Sept. 3 with her family in an indigenous Amazonian community.
Akwaaba. Welcome, to the road less traveled!
Archeologists at the Archaeological Park Carnuntum, east of Vienna, have uncovered a massive amphitheater that reportedly rivals that of Rome's Colosseum.
It's cool (literally), and the glaciers won't be here forever!
15 Muslims were arrested in Rye, New York after Playland Park officials refused to allow women to wear traditional religious headscarf on certain rides.
The Economist has just released its annual report of the world's most liveable cities. Is your city on the list?
California man denies child abuse, girlfriend defends him.
Starting September 1, First Class passengers on select American Airlines flights will be offered the new “turndown service” that includes slippers, pajamas and high-end toiletries.
Dry, hot weather a concern for spreading wildfires.
The shipwreck discovered in 1996 by a private contractor working for the state of North Carolina has been confirmed to be the Queen Anne's Revenge, the flagship of the notorious 18th-century English pirate Blackbeard, state officials said.
India's full service airlines, buffeted by high fuel costs and intense competition, face new headwinds on their lucrative international routes as budget carriers launch services with rock-bottom fares.
Concourse F at Miami International Airport was evacuated after screeners spotted a suspicious package.
TSA arrested a man at Miami International Airport for attempting to board a flight with 7 snakes and 3 tortoises in his pants.
The body of a hiker was found in Grand Canyon on Sunday, adding to an increasingly deadly summer in United States' National Parks.
Air Transport Rating Agency releases top 10 list of world's safest airline carriers.
A lone hiker was mauled and killed by a grizzly bear in Yellowstone Park last week, the second park visitor this year to perish from a bear attack.
In the wake of Hurricane Irene, airlines are struggling to resume a normal schedule, particularly in New York City.
With Hurricane Irene damage less than expected in the New York area, Monday’s air travel is slowly returning to normal.
Everyone's heard about the Bahamas, but here's a look at the Bahamas not everyone knows about.