When Grace Mariani graduated from Seton Hall University this week, the school president had a special gift for Justin, her service dog.
Kurt Cobain’s broken guitar sells for nearly $600,000
The Nirvana frontman was known for smashing guitars during performances and in the studio. This one includes messages to his old friend, Mark Lanegan of the Screaming Trees.
An Indiana man is dead after a grenade found in a grandfather’s belongings exploded
The man’s two children — a 14-year-old boy and an 18-year-old woman — were wounded by shrapnel and transported to a nearby hospital.
A Maryland man has been carrying an AR-15-style rifle near a school bus stop
Community members from Severn, Md., have been fuming after a local resident began displaying his rifle near a school bus stop in protest of gun control legislation. Police say he’s broken no laws.
Checking in with Joseph Dituri on his 79th day living underwater
Biomedical engineer Joe Dituri has broken the record for longest time spent living underwater without depressurization. He talks about what he’s learned so far.
76 days and counting underwater, Florida professor breaks world record, for science
Joseph Dituri set out to live underwater back in March as part of a project to see how the human body changes living under extreme pressure.
How wine and candy helped an Australian woman survive 5 days in the bushland
She doesn’t normally drink, but when Lillian’s car got stuck in the mud after making a wrong turn on a remote road, she downed the bottle. Police say it may have helped her survive.
Swastika Mountain is renamed Mount Halo in honor of a historical tribal leader
The mountain in Oregon and a nearby town, no longer in existence, were named Swastika more than 100 years ago after a local ranch that bore the same name.
How a drugs lord’s ‘cocaine hippos’ got out of control in Colombia
A drugs lord’s exotic pets got out of control in Colombia — it’s the tale of the so-called “cocaine hippos.”
Solved: The mystery of the pasta in the New Jersey woods
Hundreds of pounds of pasta was found dumped illegally in the woods in New Jersey last week. Neighbors say they know how it got there.