Ankita Mehta

At least five were killed, including gunman and five other were wounded in Nevada when man armed with an AK-47 opened fire on a group of five uniformed National Guard members who were eating breakfast at an IHOP restaurant on Tuesday.

The number of American adult smokers has declined by about 1.5 percent, or 3 million people, from 2005 to 2010, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

An increase in seismic activity with small earthquakes has been reported at Iceland's one of the largest volcanoes, but scientist on Tuesday said that there are no signs that the activity will trigger eruptions.

A roaring wildfire stormed in Texas on Monday destroying nearly 500 homes.

A roaring wildfire stormed in Texas on Monday destroying nearly 500 homes.

Dominos Pizza is planning to expand its fast food chain in a huge way by building a pizza restaurant on the moon.

California Fire officials said that an approximately 18-foot long shark was sighted in the waters off Cambria on Sunday afternoon.

Hurricane Katia on Monday night strengthened into a major Category 4 storm, the second highest level as it moved over the Atlantic Ocean, the National Hurricane Center said.

As heavy rains and strong winds lashed the southern part of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama on Saturday the Tropical Storm Lee has begun to barrel down the Gulf Coast now.

An unmanned spacecraft privately financed by the Internet billionaire Jeff Bezos, the chief executive of Amazon.com, lost control and crashed during its third month of test flight in West Texas.

As many as 21 people were killed when a military airplane crashed into the Pacific Ocean off Chile’s Juan Fernández Island, Chile’s government said on Saturday.

Tropical Storm Lee has begun to barrel down the Gulf Coast as heavy rains and strong winds lashed the southern part of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama on Saturday.

Scientists announced on Friday that a satellite orbiting Mars has discovered that a huge crater on the red planet was once a water-filled lake.

The large storm that was churning in the Gulf of Mexico grew as Tropical Storm Lee, on Friday, is bringing up to 20 inches of rains to parts of the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

Casey Anthony’s lawyer argued in a hearing on Friday against the repayment of $517,000 that was associated with her murder trial after the Orlando mother was acquitted of killing her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee.

Investigators have concluded that the death of Rebecca Zahau, who was found hanging naked at millionaire Jonah Shacknai's mansion in Coronado, Calif., in July was a suicide, the dead woman's sister said on Thursday.

A California man who hacked into hundreds of women’s and teenage girls' computers, for extorting sexually explicit videos and photos from them, has been sentenced to six years in prison.

A new research suggests that our human ancestor’s made sophisticated stone tools about 1.76 million years ago but didn’t take the tools along with them to Africa.

A new study has found out that there is a link between 9/11 firefighters and increased risk of cancer.

Owners of newlywed Kim Kardashian’s 39-minute-long sex tape with her ex-boyfriend Ray J have valued it at more than $26 million.

A 49-year-old unemployed Illinois man who lost his house found cash worth $150,000 while picking some greens from his backyard on Monday.

Marc Anthony finally spoke about the breakup with his wife Jennifer Lopez.

A 35-year-old Southern California man, who was arrested for throwing his 7-year-old son overboard, said in a round of television interviews that he and his child were just screwing around.

Hurricane Irene devastated East Coast and New York, and now a wildfire caused by drought is affecting North Texas and Oklahoma City.

After Akon’s composition its Lady Gaga turn to sing a song for Bollywood.

Despite her pregnancy pop star Beyonce will still perform at the Michael Jackson tribute concert via satellite.

A Southern California man arrested for throwing his 7-year-old son overboard during a sightseeing cruise says he and his child were horse playing.

Teen pop star Justin Beiber was uninjured in a car accident in the San Fernando Valley Tuesday afternoon, the Los Angeles Police Department said.

Warren Jeffs, imprisoned polygamist sect leader and convicted child rapist, was in a critical condition at a Texas hospital on Monday, prison official said.