THIS is the heart-stopping moment a swimmer grabbed what she thought was a floating log – only to discover it was a live alligator. The young woman noticed what seemed to be a harmless floating object ...

Trump's Trump-class battleship concept packs impressive buzzwords into one very expensive hull, but when you stack it against what the Navy actually needs in the 2030s, the math falls apart fast. Here ...

Although Ashleigh doesn't quite remember which year she fell in love with video games, what she does remember is that it involved The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. That said, most of her video ...

Christmas has a set day – Dec. 25. Independence Day is always July 4. Some holidays are locked on the calendar. Easter isn't. Yes, Easter is always on a Sunday, but it can be in late March or ...

Forget checking your Oura ring data. If you really want insight into your health, you should check out your poop. Even if you don’t go to the lengths of mailing your excrement to a team of scientists ...

Some 20 years ago, a cobweb descended over my right eye. What I thought was a migraine, turned out to be a semi-detached retina. Even saying those words now makes me flinch. I was lucky and my sight ...

NEW ORLEANS — Speaking at a law enforcement press conference Tuesday, New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick confirmed to reporters that the riders removed for alleged misconduct from a ...

Leaders of the Krewe of Carrollton said Monday that they planned to investigate allegations that some riders in their parade aggressively threw beads at New Orleans police officers, leading to a pause ...

Out on open water, wildlife has a way of turning ordinary outings into small, unscripted scenes. A sea lion swims up to a small object floating in the ocean and springs onto it in one quick motion. “I ...

Kristi Noem, the secretary of homeland security, has become an evangelist of a certain sort. During her tenure, her department has on multiple occasions released slick social-media recruitment videos ...

Indonesia’s flirtation with the idea of acquiring an aircraft carrier has resurfaced again, this time justified primarily on humanitarian grounds. Proponents of the idea argue that a carrier would ...

Plastic pollution is not just in oceans and soil. Scientists have now found enormous amounts of microscopic plastic floating through urban air, far exceeding earlier estimates. Road dust and rainfall ...