While the average lifespan of North America’s largest and most rare tortoise species is unknown, biologists have said it could span upward of a century. So saving the endangered species is a long game — one that got another nudge forward Friday as U.S. wildlife officials finalized an agreement with […]

Indianapolis police officers fatally shot a man and critically wounded a woman after one of the armed robbery suspects fired at officers pursuing their vehicle near Lucas Oil Stadium, police said Saturday. Officers investigating an armed robbery of a business Friday night on the city’s south side got a description […]

About two dozen members of local resistance forces in central Burma were killed in an army ambush as they sought to evacuate villagers ahead of a feared attack by the military, according to resistance members and media reports. The total number of resistance fighters killed last Friday near Chay Yar […]

One person was injured when shots were fired during an argument between two groups of people at the Oklahoma State Fair on Saturday, sending a crowd of people running for safety, police said. One person was arrested on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon after the evening shooting, […]

Lecturers and other staff at some 40 U.K. universities staged a new round of strike action on Monday in a long-running dispute over pay and work conditions, disrupting college students as many turned up at campus for “freshers’ week,” or their first week at university. The University and College Union, […]

A law enforcement officer was heard saying, “Hey, Greg,” while escorting a captured fugitive who had been on the run using a dead man’s ID for 32 years. Greg Lawson, 63, was convicted in 1991 for nearly killing Seth Garlington during a fierce “gun battle” in Ringgold, Louisiana, on April […]

Egypt will hold a presidential election over three days in December, officials announced Monday, with President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi highly likely to remain in power until 2030. Waleed Hamza, the chairman of the National Election Authority, said the vote will take place on Dec. 10-12, with a runoff on Jan. […]

Amusement park guests on Saturday at Canada’s Wonderland amusement park were left upside down on a ride for nearly 30 minutes. Guests on the Lumberjack ride at Canada’s Wonderland were on the ride when park officials say it became “inverted” at 10:40 p.m. local time on Saturday.  A spokesperson for […]

Republican legislation that would create additional federal safeguards to protect U.S. agriculture land from Chinese buyers overcame its latest hurdle by a substantial margin, putting it on track for a full floor vote. The Agricultural Security Risk Review Act — introduced by Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla., who chairs the House […]

Libya’s chief prosecutor said Monday he ordered the detention of eight current and former officials pending his investigation into the collapse of two dams earlier this month, a disaster that sent a wall of water several meters high through the center of a coastal city and left thousands of people […]