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The Broome County Health Department has issued a boil water advisory for all Binghamton water customers as record flooding has left what the mayor calls a dire situation in the area. The department stated that water samples taken on Sept. 8 showed turbidity levels of 14.1 turbidity units.

Complete coverage of Thursday's Blackout in California, Arizona and Mexico, which stalled flights and cut power to five million people.

Batmaning involves suspending oneself upside down in a rather awkward location -- and is a revival of hilarious Planking where a person lies down in the most obscure and dangerous places.

President Barack Obama on Thursday ordered a redoubling of U.S. counter-terrorism efforts in the face of a credible but unconfirmed threat ahead of the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Tropical Storm Lee's residual fury caused a renewed round of flooding across the northeast on Thursday, as rising waters forced the evacuations of some 120,000 people and killed at least six.

Batmanning involves suspending oneself upside down in a rather awkward location -- and is a revival of Planking where a person lies down in the most obscure and dangerous places.

United States recorded the second hottest summer this year, and the hottest in 75 years, government weather experts said Thursday.

A massive blackout caused by human failure left nearly 5 million people without power in parts of California, Arizona and Mexico on Thursday, and officials said many residents may be out of service for a day or more.

Returning to the CBS Television Network on Nov. 29, 2011, for this year's VS fashion show are the super-stunning, ultra-glam Victoria's Secret Angels, Miranda Kerr, Alessandra Ambrosio, Adriana Lima, Doutzen Kroes, Candice Swanepoel, Erin Heatherton, Lily Aldridge, Lindsay Ellingson and many more.

A defunct NASA science satellite will be plunging back to Earth soon, sparking concerns that some debris might shower down on populated areas.

On Sep. 7, 2011, the glamorous contestants of the Miss Universe pageant wowed the crowds with a spectacular display of their national costumes.

In the San Francisco Bay area where tolerance is king, it is a rare politician willing to clamp down on citizens who let it all hang out.

Imagine, for a moment, that some errant instinct prompted you to want to watch an independent film called Danielle Staub Raw, which features the erstwhile Real Housewife of New Jersey engaged in certain X-rated acts. You probably wouldn’t want anyone to know that you were spending your free time watching Danielle Staub Raw. And you might prefer not paying for the movie. So it’s not too tough to discern the motivations of the more than 5,000 people who illegally downloaded the film anonymously t...

A massive power outage triggered by human error left well over a million people without electricity in Southern California and parts of Arizona and Mexico on Thursday, power utilities said, warning service might not be restored until the next day.

Vermont's Ben & Jerry's newest ice cream flavor sounds more likely to tickle funny bones than taste buds: Schweddy Balls.

San Diego-based power outage affecting 1.4 million customers

A massive power outage left well over a million people without electricity in Southern California and parts of Arizona and Mexico on Thursday, San Diego Gas and Electric said, warning service might not be restored until the next day.

A drunk moose, intoxicated from eating too many fermented apples, was stuck in an apple tree in Sweden before being spotted by a Swedish passerby and rescued.

The San Diego power outage has left many residents, businesses, and government bodies without electricity (or running on backup generators).

NYC and Washington D.C. to be on high alert on the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks

Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Louisiana made major contributions toward increasing the national average. Each of these states recorded their hottest summers ever, with the average summer temperature in Texas being 86.8 degrees. In Oklahoma, the average was 86.5 degrees.

An ex-friend of Michelle Le, the nursing student of Kaiser Permanente Medical Center on Hesperian Boulevard in Hayward who has been missing for more than three months, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of murdering Le.

Should the satirical newspaper have won a Pulitzer?

Decades-old flood walls were no match for the swelling waters of the Susquehanna River, which forced 20,000 locals to seek higher ground as heavy rain from the aftermath of Tropical Storm Lee pushes already swollen rivers higher.

What does Perry's metaphor tell us about his beliefs?

Origin of humans up for debate, according to new papers.

Persistent heavy rains from the aftermath of Tropical Storm Lee has left 25,000 customers in New York without power, according to information release from the governor's office.

Footage recorded by NASA Astronaut Frank Culbertson offers an unprecedented glimpse of the 9/11 attacks as seen from the International Space Station, some

More heavy rainfall of up to two inches per hour is falling on parts of Maryland as the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee continue across the northeast of the United States. The National Weather Service on Thursday said a flash flood warning still remains in effect until 4 p.m. for Montgomery County, Md., as the heavy rainfall is being felt from Gaithersburg to the American Legion Bridge, which will cause even more flooding.