According to researchers, debris from Japan’s devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami could reach Hawaii by early 2011 and the western coast of the continental United States by 2014. Scientists at the...

It has been 125 years since the Statue of Liberty was dedicated. For almost the last hundred of them though, the famous torch in her hand has been closed to the public. Now, thanks to a donation from a...

After capturing one, Florida police are still on the look out for the inmate who broke out of a maximum-security prison on Oct. 24. Police are still seeking Rondell Reed, 52, after he and Leviticus Taylor,...

SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. (AP) — Millions of people from Maine to Maryland were without power as an unseasonably early nor’easter dumped heavy, wet snow over the weekend on a region more used to gaping...

A cargo ship has run aground on a reef off the coast of New Zealand. On October 5, the Liberian-flagged cargo ship Rena stranded itself on top of a reef near the north end of New Zealand, causing tons...

Two year-old Xiao Yueyue died the morning of Friday, Oct. 21 at a hospital in the Guangdong providence of China after harrowing footage circulated last week of the toddler being struck by vehicles and...

Mayor John DeStefano confirmed during a Monday press conference that New Haven Police Chief Frank Limon would be resigning from his position. His resignation becomes effective on Nov. 15 despite having...

For the past 42 years, he has been ruling over the country of Libya; he was the dictator known as Moammar Gadhafi, or as he self-titled himself, the "King of Kings." Driven from the capital city, Tripoli,...

BOSTON (AP) — Downtown Dewey Square is crammed with tents and tarps of Occupy Boston protesters, but organizers made sure from the start of this weeks-old encampment that there was room for the holy.   No...

Since presidential GOP candidate Herman Cain has risen in the polls, his 999 plan for tax reform has come under increasing scrutiny. Now considered a Republican front-runner, he faces the difficult task...

In Connecticut, about ten minutes away from the University of New Haven campus, there is a place known as East Rock; in this area, there is an ordinance in place that forbids any climbing of it.  Two...

The millionaires tax recently proposed by Senate Democrats would hit taxpayers in Democratic-dominated states almost twice as hard as those in Republican-dominated states. According to an analysis by...

The idea of learning from human bodies is something that is commonly associated with medical school students. Many people probably think that future doctors are the only people who have such opportunities....

"We are Anonymous. We are Legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us."  Those words are the motto of Anonymous. Anonymous is the name of a somewhat disorganized group of hackers spread across...

Glorified by MTV’s Jersey Shore and other reality shows, it is no surprise that tanning beds have become a popular trend among younger audiences. In fact, research conducted by Indoor Tanning Association...