Like many little girls, a young Kristi Yamaguchi loved playing with Barbie. With a schedule packed with ice skating practices, her Barbie dolls became her 'best friends.'
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U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Wednesday called for the resignation of Columbia University President Minouche Shafik, claiming she has shown poor leadership of the prestigious Ivy League school.
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Joe Exotic's time in Florida is coming to a close.
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Dairy herds infected with the highly pathogenic bird flu H5N1 have been confirmed in eight states
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Texas Department of Public Safety troopers detained a protest organizer during a pro-Palestine demonstration at the University of Texas at Austin on Wednesday.
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A Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate played chess nonstop for 60 hours in New York City's Times Square to break the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon.
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They've been underground for more than a decade and they're appearing with a collective song that can be as loud as jet engines...what are they?
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A robot dog that shoots out flames was unleashed. The flamethrower-wielding robot dog known as 'Thermonator' became available for sale Friday.
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U.S. Representative Donald Payne Jr., D-N.J., has died, according to New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy.
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Homicide detectives are at a crime scene near McCulloh Homes. They are searching for evidence and suspects.

South Carolina native Frederick Calhoun James, the oldest Methodist bishop in the world, has passed away at the age of 102.
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp plans to sign a bill Wednesday criminalizing squatting in the state.
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Ukraine for the first time has begun using long-range ballistic missiles provided secretly by the United States, bombing a Russian military airfield in Crimea last week and Russian forces in another occupied area overnight.
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The Department of Transportation announced new rules Wednesday requiring airlines to automatically provide passengers with cash refunds for canceled and significantly delayed flights.
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Project Baltimore has learned new details in the investigation into an Anne Arundel County elementary school teacher accused of inappropriately touching several students.
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A California lawmaker is warning about an influx of migrants using boats to land on beaches and enter the U.S. illegally.
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A man is in custody after being charged for a fatal shooting at the McDonald’s in Belcamp, according to the Harford County Sheriff’s Office.
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A 45-year-old Pennsylvania woman was arrested for crashing her car into five people outside a grocery store, according to authorities.
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The nation's school meals will get a makeover under new nutrition standards that limit added sugars for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday.
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A man told police he stole a Las Vegas Fire Department ambulance and went on a 40-minute joy ride last week 'to escape the danger he was in,' according to an arrest report.
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