Portuguese officials have refused to reopen the case of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, citing insufficient reasoning to do so, despite new interest in the case.
A controversial new law, dubbed Farewell Intercourse, could possibly come into effect in Egypt which states that husbands will be legally allowed to have sex with their dead wives up to six hours after their death. The Farewell Intercourse law is just one of many new laws being introduced to Egyptians by the Islamist-dominated parliament. Other laws include the legal marriage age lowered to 14-years-old and women's rights to education and employment abolished.
MIT's Green Building was the canvas for a playable Tetris game in this amazing video that has become a YouTube sensation, amassing more than 500,000 views in less than a week.
Today is National Pretzel Day, and that means free pretzels are your for the taking across the country. We've searched out all the best deals so you can jump straight to the best part, eating a free pretzel.
Two TSA airport security employees have been arrested on drug trafficking and corruption charges after federal authorities accused them of taking bribes that allowed shipments of hard drugs to pass through checkpoints in a Los Angeles airport.
The U.S. Secret Service is investigating news reports alleging that about a dozen agents paid for the services of prostitutes while in El Salvador last year.
The rare Amur leopard was photographed for the first time by camera traps set up at the Hunchun Amur Tiger National Nature Reserve in northern China, suggesting the endangered species may be returning to the country.
In hopes of saving her brother, 21-year-old Cera Fearing donated her kidney to her Ray Fearing, 27, who suffered from a common kidney disease. However, when Ray's body rejected the transplant, he elected to pass the kidney on to 67-year-old Erwin Gomez, making this the first documented case of its kind in the U.S.
A new alleged sex and prostitution scandal may hurt the reputation of the U.S. Secret Service, after CNN affiliate KIRO-TV exclusively reported that about a dozen agents are being accused of taking strippers back to their hotel in El Salvador last March.
Alton Hayes III, an 18-year-old Chicago teen suspected of a violent beating of a white teen last Tuesday, told police that his repressed anger was stemmed from the Trayvon Martin case in Florida. Hayes was charged with a hate crime when he and a 15-year-old attacked and violently beat a 19-year-old white man on April 17 in Oak Park, a suburb near Chicago.
Blushing brides wear white gowns made of silk and lace, but for Laxmi Sargara her wedding attire included a diaper. The Indian bride wed her husband, Rakesh, at just one-year-old. He was just three-years-old. Seventeen years later, the child bride has had her marriage annulled, setting a history-making precedent.
After the most popular and bizarre act of Planking, Owling, Horsemanning and Batmanning here comes another bizarre and life-risking act ?Skywalking?. A 19-year-old Russian student, Marat Dupri, who is also a photographer, risks his life scaling sky-high buildings to take photos of the world below.
The New York police have arrested a woman who admitted to faking cancer for years to gain sympathy gifts and money from family, friends and donors.
Royal couple Prince William and Kate Middleton, whose wedding was viewed by more than two billion people, are about to celebrate their first wedding anniversary.After being in the spotlight for a year, the couple wishes to celebrate their wedding anniversary, which is on April 29, away from the public eye.
Texanna Edwards, an 18-year-old senior at Gibson County High School in Colorado, was turned away from her prom this Saturday for wearing a dress with a confederate flag design.
The Feria de abril de Sevilla (Seville April Fair) is in full swing in Southern Spain as revelers flock to the county's Andalusian capital to celebrate in traditional Sevillana outfits. Check out these photos direct from Seville, Spain.
On April 25, Burger King Corp. became the world's first fast food chain to get all of its eggs and pork from cage-free chickens and pigs.By 2017, the world's second-biggest fast-food restaurant will cater to customers who seek more humanely produced fare.
Hackleburg, Alabama, a small town of some 1,400 residents, is trying to mount a comeback one year after a devastating tornado ravaged the area in 2011, killing 18 people.
The Salton Sea is disappearing at an astounding rate, and some environmentalists are fighting the uphill battle for a timely restoration.
Connecticut has become the 17th U.S. state do away with the death penalty after Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed legislation on Wednesday to repeal it.
Over 1,300 Palestinian prisoners remain on a hunger strike in Israel after eight days, protesting indefinite detentions and demanding better conditions.
Pizza Hut first gave British customers a treat by introducing a hot dog stuffed crust to their delivery menu. Now Middle Eastern customers are in for their own treat. They can have a pizza with a crust made of a ring of mini cheeseburgers or chicken nuggets.
The website, set up to collect donations in Zimmerman's defense in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, went dark on Tuesday.
The secretary of the Department of Homeland Security said that, had the prostitutes involved in the Secret Service scandal have connections with any networks or agencies opposing the United States, there could have been a risk to the president.
The right-wing extremist refuted a psychiatric report that found him legally insane in relation to the shooting spree and bombing attack that killed 77 people in Norway last year.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is now facing questions from the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary regarding the Secret Service prostitution scandal, which overshadowed President Barack Obama's visit to Cartagena, Colombia, for the Summit of the Americas.
Mad cow disease has emerged once again in the United States, for the first time in six years. The Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy infection was confirmed on Tuesday. Health concerns were allayed by the USDA, but economic concerns are taking their place.
Ken Konias, a suspect in an armored car heist, was arrested at at an alleged crack house in Florida thanks to a tip off from a pimp and his prostitute girlfriend.
It looks like Kanye West and Kim Kardashian's budding romance may be creating some tension between Kanye and his close friend and mentor Jay-Z. MediaTakeOut is reporting that Jay-Z and Beyonce are refusing to even be in the same room with Kimye.
A military judge on Wednesday denied a defense motion to dismiss all 22 charges against Pfc. Bradley Manning.
