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Mount Etna erupts, fifth grades take on the Andrew Sisters, Santa goes surfing and more.

President Barack Obama's advisers are finalizing a proposal that would expand background checks on gun sales — without congressional approval.

The MBTA said the runaway Red Line train took off from Braintree Station without its conductor at approximately 6 a.m. Thursday morning.

Two marshals are charged with second-degree murder for their role in the Nov. 3 shooting that killed Jeremy Mardis.

Voters on Chicago's North Side who once supported Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel, are torn over how well they think the Mayor is handling upheaval in the city.

It was not clear what they expected to find.

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un says his country has developed a hydrogen bomb, but there is no evidence that they have made such a weapon.

A body believed to be that of missing Michael Cavallari was found around 10:30 a.m. in steep and rocky terrain near where his car was found abandoned.

The incident sparked a campus lockdown, and police took the man into custody without any shots fired, a university spokesman said.

Police say a New York City man shoved a candy bar in the face of another man and then repeatedly punched him in an apparently random attack.