In an unexpected turn of events it was announced this week that an individual visiting the Grand Canyon spotted and photographed a lone gray wolf there, a habitat that hasn't seen a single gray wolf since at least the 1940’s.
Wedged between Halloween and All Saint's Day is a Mexican tradition of celebrating the ancestors that goes back thousands of years - Dia de los Muertos. The festival used the mark Harvest Time but that was before the Spaniards occupied Mexico. Mano a Mano are organizing a two day festival for New Yorkers.
New York City officials agreed to settle a wrongful death lawsuit for $2.5 million with family members of a mentally ill, homeless veteran who died earlier this year in an overheated jail cell on Rikers Island.
Members of Travis Alexander's family delivered emotional testimony about how his tragic death has affected their lives during day six of the Jodi Arias sentencing retrial.
Officials at a Stamford, Connecticut, transfer station made a macabre discovery Thursday - the day before Halloween - when they found two human skulls in a pile of recyclables brought from Fairfield. The site also revealed a human jaw bone.
Oct. 31 is Halloween Day, but it's also the last day for early voting in Texas. Public opinion of the state's controversial voter ID laws are also positive than negative despite claims "hundreds of thousands" of voters will be disenfranchised from voting.
The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating a former Navy SEAL who helped kill Osama bin Laden and later wrote a book about the operation. Matt Bissonnette, who penned "No Easy Day" under the pseudonym Mark Owen, may have revealed classified material, federal officials say.
Maine health officials were able to persuade the court to issue a order restricting the nurse's movements. U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. just returned from Ebola stricken countries but is self-monitoring.
News reports about Latino children being sent home instead of educated at a Long Island school promoted the New York Civil Liberties Union to survey other county schools with shocking results. Children are being asked for social security numbers, proof of citizenship, questioned about their immigration status and demand for 'original' birth certifications all in violation of constitutional laws that guarantee a child a free public education.
The man accused of shooting and killing Pennsylvania state Trooper Byron Dickson was due in court on Friday, a day after the end of a seven-week manhunt for the fugitive, USA Today reported. Eric Frein, whom the newspaper described as a "self-trained survivalist," was apprehended by U.S. Marshals on Thursday evening.
If you're feeling lucky, then you may want to purchase a ticket for the Mega Millions lottery jackpot, which has risen to a whopping $284 million. The drawing will take place on Friday, Oct. 31, at 11 p.m. EST.
Following the influx of undocumented immigrant children entering the U.S. this summer, border security became the top important issue among Texans based on new polling statistics.
A study released Thursday shows that nearly a third of shrimp products are being misrepresented. A study released Thursday shows that nearly a third of shrimp products are being misrepresented.
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul likened Republican party could in fact "do better." While on a voyage through Detroit on Wednesday, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, who has constantly criticized the Republican party's efforts to extend their platform to minority voters in hopes to make it more pleasant.
Business investment, sales abroad, a huge jump in military spending and large companies submitting stronger quarterly results contributed to Thursday's soaring stocks.
A professor in Long Island, New York, was brutally beheaded by her mentally deranged son, who subsequently took his own life by jumping in front of a train on Tuesday.
Law enforcement will go door-to-door to remind registered sex offenders of rules during Halloween that prevent them from coming in contact with children during the holiday.
