An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer became the oldest person to reach the top of Mount Everest on Thursday - although his record may last only a few days. An 81-year-old Nepalese man, who held the previous record,...More >
An 80-year-old Japanese man who began the year with his fourth heart operation became the oldest conqueror of Mount Everest on Thursday, a feat he called "the world's best feeling" even with an 81-year-old Nepalese...More >
Wednesday, May 22 2013 11:21 PM EDT2013-05-23 03:21:24 GMT
It's not abnormal for lawmakers to begin a political meeting with a prayer. But in Arizona, an atheist state representative began the daily session with a quote from a well-known atheist.More >
It's not abnormal for lawmakers to begin a political meeting with a prayer. But in Arizona, an atheist state representative began the daily session with a quote from a well-known atheist.More >
Wednesday, May 22 2013 9:32 PM EDT2013-05-23 01:32:31 GMT
ORLANDO, FL (RNN) – A man with possible ties to a Boston Marathon bombing suspect was shot and killed after the FBI interviewed him early Wednesday. The FBI confirmed a special agent fatally shot a manMore >
A man killed Wednesday during questioning by the FBI said he and Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev were accomplices in a 2011 slaying. More >
Anthony Weiner's run for a renaissance is officially on.More >
Anthony Weiner knows there may be a lot of New Yorkers who would never consider voting for him again, but he says he's running for mayor because he wants to bring his ideas to the fore - and win.More >
Wednesday, May 22 2013 1:23 PM EDT2013-05-22 17:23:38 GMT
A Charlotte mother is teaching her young son a lesson, by having him arrested, after he stole her Pop-Tarts, according to a police report. According to a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police report, officersMore >
A Charlotte mother is teaching her young son a lesson, by having him arrested, after he stole her Pop-Tarts, according to a police report.More >
Wednesday, May 22 2013 12:54 PM EDT2013-05-22 16:54:10 GMT
(RNN) - Yesterday Steve Wilhite, the creator of the popular file format GIF, or Graphics Interchange Format, dropped a bombshell about the ubiquitous internet mainstay and put an end to more than a decadeMore >
Wilhite was honored with a lifetime achievement award at The Webby Awards and spoke out about the pronunciation of the popular file format. More >
Wednesday, May 22 2013 10:56 AM EDT2013-05-22 14:56:39 GMT
(CNN) - Every issue in the Michael Jackson wrongful death trial is so disputed that even giving candy to jurors caused an argument. AEG lawyers gave a bag of peppermint candy to the bailiff to hand outMore >
Every issue in the Michael Jackson wrongful death trial is so disputed that even giving candy to jurors caused an argument.More >
Wednesday, May 22 2013 12:13 AM EDT2013-05-22 04:13:11 GMT
A British woman who claimed to have hit a cyclist while driving her car and then driving off tweeted about driving off and not caring much about it. But then the cops tweeted back.More >
The first rule of Twitter - it's not smart to tweet about a crime. More >
Rescue crews are working through the night after a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood.More >
Helmeted rescue workers raced Tuesday to complete the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb where a mammoth tornado destroyed countless homes, cleared lots down to bare red earth and claimed 24 lives,...More >
Tuesday, May 21 2013 8:39 PM EDT2013-05-22 00:39:52 GMT
Tiara Drake (Courtesy: Nash County, NC Sheriff's Office)
A woman in North Carolina is accused of poisoning her family with cheese tainted with household chemicals. Tiara Drake, 24, is charged with five counts of attempted first-degree murder, according to theMore >
A woman in North Carolina is accused of poisoning her family with cheese tainted with household chemicals.More >
Citing a lack of leads, a police agency said Monday that it is closing the active investigation of the disappearance of Susan Powell, a Utah mother whose now-dead husband was a prime suspectMore >
The lawyer for the family of missing Utah woman Susan Powell said Tuesday that even as local police close the active part of their investigation into her disappearance, federal authorities continue to review the case - a...More >
Tuesday, May 21 2013 7:16 PM EDT2013-05-21 23:16:48 GMT
MOORE, OK - The Oklahoma County Sheriff's office tweeted a photo of a frightened, muddy dog Monday after the deadly EF-5 tornado ripped through the town.The comment accompanying the photo said, "scared,More >
A heartbreaking photo of a little dog guarding the body of his owner, who was killed in the Moore, OK, tornado, is going viral.More >
Monday, May 20 2013 10:45 AM EDT2013-05-20 14:45:33 GMT
(CNN) - Yahoo has agreed to buy the blogging site Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash. This marks the biggest deal for Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer since taking over last summer. Mayer is trying revamp the companyMore >
Yahoo has agreed to buy the blogging site Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash.More >
Monday, May 20 2013 10:39 AM EDT2013-05-20 14:39:51 GMT
A 14-year-old will face several charges after being chased by police in a stolen vehicle early this morning. A police spokesman says it all started in Marion County at about 3:20 a.m. today, when a hitMore >
A 14-year-old will face several charges after being chased by police in a stolen vehicle early this morning. A police spokesman says it all started in Marion County at about 3:20 a.m. today, when a hitMore >
Monday, May 20 2013 10:37 AM EDT2013-05-20 14:37:02 GMT
(CNN) - Scientists have trained dogs, and even rats, to sniff out explosives like landmines. Now researchers in Croatia are training regular honeybees to sniff out bombs. That's according to Tiramisu,More >
Scientists have trained dogs, and even rats, to sniff out explosives like landmines.More >
Monday, May 20 2013 10:23 AM EDT2013-05-20 14:23:02 GMT
A 23-year-old father is charged after allowing his 9-year-old daughter to drive. Police were called to the parking lot of Headland's State Park in Painesville Township on Sunday around 10:15 p.m. afterMore >
A 23-year-old father is charged after allowing his 9-year-old daughter to drive.More >
Monday, May 20 2013 9:55 AM EDT2013-05-20 13:55:48 GMT
A naturalist filmmaker captured and up close and personal video of a grizzly bear. (Source: YOUTUBE.COM/BRADJOSPEHS/CNN)
(YOUTUBE.COM/BRADJOSPEHS/CNN) - Naturalist photographer Brad Josephs captured amazing pictures and videos of the great outdoors and the wildlife that lives there. But even he couldn't believe the sceneMore >
Naturalist photographer Brad Josephs captured amazing pictures and videos of the great outdoors and the wildlife that lives there.More >
Friday, May 17 2013 7:16 PM EDT2013-05-17 23:16:53 GMT
One person has died in a crash near Harrisonville, MO, Thursday evening. The crash happened on Missouri Highway 7 and Walker Road. It involved a car and a tractor-trailer. Harrisonville is in Cass County.More >
Savannah Nash celebrated her 16th birthday last week. She died Thursday when her car slammed into a semi while she was texting during her first time driving by herself.More >
Friday, May 17 2013 3:23 PM EDT2013-05-17 19:23:19 GMT
HOUSTON (KPRC/CNN) – Four hundred pounds, seven hives and 250,000 bees were all inside one home in Houston, until this week. The homeowner said the bees had been living at their address for almost fourMore >
Four hundred pounds, seven hives and 250,000 bees were all inside one home in Houston, until this week.More >
Friday, May 17 2013 3:15 PM EDT2013-05-17 19:15:31 GMT
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO (KRDO/CNN) – A farmer in Colorado is making history with his hemp seeds. He's planting the first crop of industrial hemp in the southeastern part of the state since World War II. GrowingMore >
A farmer in Colorado is making history with his hemp seeds. He's planting the first crop of industrial hemp in the southeastern part of the state since World War II.More >
There's nothing unusual about the southeast Portland storefront, until you look closer at the sign on the window and see a tiny word with a ponderous meaning. Fat Yoga is the name of this new yoga studio.More >
Fat Yoga, a new yoga studio in Portland, has struck a chord with many who say they've felt uncomfortable taking yoga classes in the past. More >
Thursday, May 23 2013 9:05 AM EDT2013-05-23 13:05:24 GMT
For two years, the Channel 3 Eyewitness News I-Team has been following a New Britain woman who has filed dozens of lawsuits. She's sued everyone from Connecticut Light & Power and World Wrestling Entertainment,More >
For two years, the Channel 3 Eyewitness News I-Team has been following a New Britain woman who has filed dozens of lawsuits. More >
Thursday, May 23 2013 8:26 AM EDT2013-05-23 12:26:53 GMT
Meriden police are investigating after several shots were fired right behind the police department on Hanover Street.More >
Police in Meriden are investigating after gunfire erupted just a few hundred feet from the police department's front door early Thursday morning.More >
Thursday, May 23 2013 6:37 AM EDT2013-05-23 10:37:09 GMT
BJ's Wholesale Club in West Hartford will be selling gas at $2.50 a gallon on Thursday as Americans get ready for the Memorial Day weekend.More than 34 million people traveled by car over the MemorialMore >
BJ's Wholesale Club in West Hartford will sell gas at $2.50 a gallon on Thursday as Americans get ready for the Memorial Day weekend.More >
Wednesday, May 22 2013 8:27 PM EDT2013-05-23 00:27:13 GMT
State police said investigators found a 14 inch butcher knife under the pillow of a 4-month-old baby during a drug arrest at an apartment in Danielson Wednesday morning.The state police Quality of LifeMore >
State police said investigators found a 14-inch butcher knife under the pillow of a 4-month-old baby during a drug arrest at an apartment in Danielson Wednesday morning.More >
Thursday, May 23 2013 6:53 AM EDT2013-05-23 10:53:17 GMT
A massive, 11-year study of brain cancer at jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney is coming to an end with what could be definitive information about fatal occupational illnesses at Connecticut plants.TheMore >
A massive, 11-year study of brain cancer at jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney is coming to an end with what could be definitive information about fatal occupational illnesses at Connecticut plants.More >
Thursday, May 23 2013 1:55 PM EDT2013-05-23 17:55:34 GMT
Firefighters still remain on the scene after a large fire ripped through a multi-family home in the Taftville section of Norwich. The fire broke out in the home on Norwich Avenue around midnight Thursday.More >
Firefighters still remain on the scene after a large fire ripped through a multi-family home in the Taftville section of Norwich.More >
Thursday, May 23 2013 5:08 AM EDT2013-05-23 09:08:06 GMT
Happy Saturday, Rain is on its way – as expected – but it will not hamper the entire weekend. Early this morning, there will be low clouds, fog and drizzle in many parts of Connecticut. This will haveMore >
Thursday, May 23 2013 8:51 AM EDT2013-05-23 12:51:58 GMT
Vice-President Joe Biden is known for gaffes, and he did not disappoint during his visit to Connecticut Wednesday. Biden had come to Connecticut to be the keynote speaker at the U.S. Coast Guard AcademyMore >
Vice-President Joe Biden is known for gaffes, and he did not disappoint during his visit to Connecticut Wednesday.More >
Thursday, May 23 2013 6:49 AM EDT2013-05-23 10:49:30 GMT
Seven Metro-North railroad workers injured in last week's collision on the commuter line have hired a lawyer to pursue damages. The Hearst Connecticut Media Group reports the engineers of the two trainsMore >
Seven Metro-North railroad workers injured in last week's collision on the commuter line have hired a lawyer to pursue damages.More >
