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Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! This Week [March 3-9th, 2019] Scientists discover a new killer whale species, a stray runs in the Iditarod, and Japan gets a robotic goddess in this week's...

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Did you know there exists a secret carnival language spoken by professional wrestlers? It's called Cizarny (or Cizarnizy). Or, in English, it's called Carn...

BERLIN - Germany’s transport ministry says the country is closing its airspace to Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft, following a similar decision by Britain. The ministry confirmed to news agency dpa on...

MONTREAL - The father of a 10-year-old boy who disappeared in Montreal one year ago stood by a church altar Tuesday night and defiantly told the roughly 200 people gathered that his son is still alive...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - “To Kill a Mockingbird” author Harper Lee railed against her Alabama hometown for trying to exploit her success in a letter that helps explain later legal battles involv...

BOSTON - Hollywood stars Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin were charged along with nearly 50 other people Tuesday in a scheme in which wealthy parents bribed college coaches and other insiders to get...

CHICAGO - A lawyer for Jussie Smollett said Tuesday that she would welcome cameras in the courtroom during the “Empire” actor’s trial on charges accusing him of lying to police, sayi...

RICHMOND, Va. - A Virginia woman parlayed a feeling to purchase 30 lottery tickets with the same numbers to win $150,000. Deborah Brown says she purchased 20 Pick 4 tickets with the numbers 1-0-3-1 af...

OTTAWA - Longtime Canadian national women’s baseball team members Kate Psota and Ashley Stephenson are retiring as players. The 32-year-old Psota, of Burlington, Ont., and 36-year-old Stephenson...

MONTREAL - Sunwing Airlines is temporarily grounding its four Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft in the wake of the Ethiopian plane crash that killed all 157 people on board. The Canadian low-cost airline says...