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Tropical Storm Isaac was upgraded to a Category 1 hurricane after its sustained winds increased to 75 mph and barreling towards the Gulf Coast area at 10 mph with landfall expected tonight, according to the National Hurricane Center.

A Montana man named Randy Lee Tenley was killed on Sunday in a hoax attempt to fool others into a Bigfoot sighing on a highway wearing a Ghillie suit.

As school is set to start in a couple of weeks, Columbia University is already dealing with a tragedy, as a freshman, Martha Corey-Ochoa, jumped from a 10-floor window to her death earlier this week

Hantavirus, a rare disease contracted from rodents, has killed a second person visiting Yosemite National Park as the park cautioned vacationers to be on the lookout for symptoms of the condition.

Prince Harry's naked photos scandal during his trip to Las Vegas sparked not only outrage from the palace and a pouring of fan obsession, but not an entire Facebook group, Salute4Harry, dedicated for users to upload nude photos in a salute to the royal.

After targeting the U.S. Gulf coast Monday with ponderous rains and strong winds, tropical storm Isaac's path is now directed toward New Orleans with threats of a projected landfall Tuesday night, nearly seven years to the day since Hurricane Katrina wrecked the city.

Though Isaac is still being classified as a tropical storm, many are comparing it to Hurricane Katrina considering it is expected to make landfall near New Orleans and on the seventh anniversary of the devastating storm.

A series of over 100 moderate earthquakes rocked southeastern California Sunday, causing minor damage to houses in Imperial County and neighboring counties. No loss of life or injury was reported.

After lashing South Florida with heavy rain and strong wind Sunday, tropical storm Isaac is now heading northwestward into the Gulf of Mexico, posing a threat to the U.S. offshore oil production.

Even as U.S. reels under the spell of Tropical Storm Isaac that lashed Florida Sunday, two other natural disasters seem to have struck southeastern California and the Pacific Ocean Sunday and this time it is an earthquake measuring 5.5 magnitude and 7.4 magnitude, respectively.

Police officers in Essex have warned residents a lion could be on the loose in the area, located on the eastern coast of the U.K. All lions in local zoos have been accounted for, but it is believed there is a circus traveling in the vicinity. The Essex Lion Twitter account already has more than 1,800 followers.

A grizzly bear attacked and killed a hiker in Alaska's Denali National Park and Preserve on Friday, according to the National Park Service. It is the first known such instance in the park's history, although the situation is reminiscent of Werner Herzog's "Grizzly Man" documentary.

With casualties of the earthshaking explosion at Venezuela's largest oil refinery rising to 39 dead and more than 80 injured on Saturday, President Hugo Chavez has called for an investigation to determine the cause of the firestorm at the Amuay plant in Falcon state in the northwest of the country.

Neil Armstrong, who died Saturday, was one of the great American heroes of the 20th century. There was much more to him than the Apollo 11 mission, though, like having his hair stolen and that he described himself as a "nerdy engineer."

Both Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney expressed sorrow at the news that Neil Armstrong, an American hero, died Saturday. Armstrong had previously criticized Obama for canceling scheduled explorations into space.

Kimberly Riggs, a mother of two in Batavia, Ohio, died after her 15-year-old daughter accidentally struck her twice with a car.

When news of Armstrong's death broke, Twitter erupted in a sea of memorial tweets, as the phrases "RIP Neil Armstrong," "Apollo 11" and "First Man" immediately began trending on the social media site. NBC News, which first broke the story, also became a trending topic.

Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, started his career in aeronautics in the Navy and flew jets during the 1950s.

Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, has passed away at 82, according to reports.

Tropical Storm Isaac is expected to be upgraded to a hurricane before it hits the Florida Keys and Tampa regions. The Weather Channel reported that the storm is expected to reach Florida Sunday afternoon and Tampa later in the week.

The Huffington Post has accused the New York Times of publishing a controversial picture of a victim of the Empire State Building shooting.

Flocks of missing birds have British homing-pigeon owners concerned. In a mysterious area that's already been dubbed the Bermuda Triangle of birds, people in the U.K. are worried because their racing pigeons appear to have vanished into thin air.

A shooting that occurred near the Empire State Building on Friday happened during the height of New York City's tourism season, but officials aren't sure what effect, if any, the incident will have on tourism, an industry that brought in more than $34 billion in direct spending last year.

A baffling disease known as Nodding Disease is seemingly transforming otherwise healthy children into zombies who like to start fires, Dead Central reported. As of now the Nodding Disease and fires are specifically concentrated to children in Pader, Uganda.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg held a news conference Friday following a deadly shooting at the Empire State Building that left several people dead, including the gunman. The shooter, who had lost his job, returned to his former employer and shot a manager at close range.

Archeologists believe that King Richard III may be buried under a parking lot, MSNBC reported.

Two people, including the gunman, were killed, and as many as eight others were wounded in a shooting outside the Empire State Building, at 34th Street and Fifth Avenue, on Friday morning, according to the New York Times.

The alleged shooter who left 12 people dead and 58 injured in a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., James Holmes, withdrew from a doctoral program just over a month before his supposed rampage. Holmes dropped out of a neuroscience program after he failed an oral exam and made unspecified threats.

Many of the Mayan people slowly died off because of changed environmental conditions. Their own deforestation was a big factor. Should we worry about their calendar?