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An Australian fishing vessel with 27 people on board is trapped in the ice 900 miles north of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica.

A Texas teenager got fired from her new job less than 24 hours before she started after she used a some choice expletives to describe it on Twitter.

A Texas teenager got fired from her new job less than 24 hours before she started after she used a some choice expletives to describe it on Twitter.

The estimated jackpot if one person picked all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing was $500 million — the fifth-richest ever.

Officials say the Powerball jackpot has risen to an estimated $500 million, which would make it the fifth largest lottery prize in U.S. history.

CBS confirmed that veteran "60 Minutes" correspondent Bob Simon, 73, was killed Wednesday night in a car accident.

The Army National Guard is joining local agencies in Massachusetts in helping clear snow off roads but more snow in the forecast this weekend will make that effort very difficult.

More than 2,000 people attended a vigil at the University of North Carolina on Wednesday to mourn a dentistry student, his wife, and her sister.

CBS confirmed that veteran "60 Minutes" correspondent Bob Simon, 73, was killed Wednesday night in a car accident.

The brother of Deah Barakat, one of the three Muslim students killed near Chapel Hill, NC, spoke at a candlelight vigil in honor of the victims Wednesday night.