Ashley Portero

A 12-year-old Swedish girl was uninjured after being struck by lightning twice while taking a shower during a thunderstorm on Aug. 17.

Thirty-five percent of Americans surveyed in an August Gallup poll said race relations in the U.S. have improved since President Obama's election, a decline from the 70 percent who predicted it would get better directly after the 2008 election.

Rep. Dennis Kucinich discussed topics such as marijuana legalization, universal healthcare and the Patriot Act while addressing a crowd at Seattle's Hempfest.

An Indianapolis law firm has filed a pro bono class action lawsuit against the state of Indiana on behalf of the victims of the recent state fair stage collapse.

A New York Supreme Court judge dismissed charges against former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who was accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid in May.

There were no illegal drugs in the 27-year-old soul singer's system at the time of her death, according to a family statement.

A new study found that both men and women are at risk of gaining weight following a marital transition, especially if they are over age 30.

Google Maps has already accepted the name change of Green Square to Martyr's Square.

NASA has activated Robonaut 2, a humanoid robot that may eventually be used as a helper to astronauts in the International Space Station.

Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman praised the ouster of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi even though he has been a vocal critic of U.S. intervention in the country.

A German study found that dogs can reliably sniff out lung cancer on an affected patient's breath.

A report from the Congressional Budget Office found that federal disability payments may be tapped out by 2017, while a larger Social Security fund could be bankrupt by 2040.

Rep. Ron Paul derided Fox News for questioning him about a supporter's newspaper advertisement that attacks Texas Gov. Rick Perry.

An experiment from a Dutch artist found that a combination of human skin cells and genetically engineered spider silk was capable of stopping bullets fired at reduced speeds.

The state of Schleswig-Holstein released a statement saying Facebook's Like button violates some of Germany's privacy and data collection laws.

Medicinal Genomics successfully sequenced the marijuana genome in order to understand the plant's medicinal properties.

The first two human cases of West Nile Virus this year both came from Illinois.

Rick Perry reportedly invested thousands of dollars in Movie Gallery in 1995, a video rental store chain that was once the largest pornography distributor in the U.S.

A father-son duo were arrested for allegedly making hundreds of menacing phone calls to Sarah Palin's family and lawyer.

Susanne Eman consumes 22,000 calories a day in order to reach her goal weight of 1,600 pounds.

An elderly couple who decided they wanted to end their lives were evicted from their New Mexico retirement home after they informed staff of their plan to refuse food and drink.

Researchers believe a greater awareness of the disorder may account for the rise of ADHD diagnoses.

This week, Gov. Rick Perry has not been able to resist knocking down scientific theories that are considered facts by a good chunk of the modern world. First it was global warming; now, it's evolution.

Researchers found that a high-tech electronic monitoring device was no better at alerting doctors when surgical patients began regaining consciousness than less expensive techniques.

News Corp. stock rose 1.4 percent on Tuesday even as the British Parliament released documents indicating that company executives may have been aware of phone hacking practices at the News of the World

A New Mexico man who witnessed a little girl's abduction pursued her kidnapper in a high-speed car chase.

The 33-year-old Brooklyn native was reportedly shot once before his body was burned by his assailants.

The drug Zelboraf has been approved to treat late-stage melanoma patients who have mutated BRAF proteins.

Charinez Jackson, 17, was killed on Tuesday night after she was shot multiple times by an unknown gunman.