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A teenage skier who went missing two days ago on Maine's Sugarloaf Mountain sheltered himself from the elements by building an igloo, authorities said. He was found Tuesday morning by a snowmobiling firefighter.
Monday marked the 100th anniversary of the creation of the U.S. Department of Labor, which began when President William Howard Taft signed the legislation authorizing the department on his last day in office. The Labor Department launched a new website marking the centennial that includes a thorough history of the department, a close look at the current Labor Department and its mission, the future of labor and the department, a timeline of key events, historical documents and much more.
A storm packing heavy, wet, travel-snarling snow threatened the Midwest on Tuesday with its hardest punch of the winter, and forecasters said it could curl through the major cities of the Northeast later this week.
The one-day-old baby boy delivered by C-section after his parents were killed by a hit-and-run driver in Brooklyn died Monday, and police have narrowed their search for the driver.
An 18-year-old Baylor University freshman died Sunday after a bizarre accident while doing a backflip, the school said in a statement.
CHICAGO -- Mother Nature is apparently saving the best, or at least the biggest, for last. When the Chicago area awakes Tuesday, it will find itself in the midst of a storm that could wind up dumping as much as 10 inches of snow before the end of the day.
The New Jersey woman known as "Tan Mom" has big plans now that the criminal case against her is over: a self-tanning lotion line, a book proposal, a comedy act — and a raft of lawsuits. But right now what Patricia Krentcil wants is a vacation.
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - A Dominican woman who previously stated in a video that she was paid to have sex with Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey now says the allegations were false, according to a sworn statement released by a lawyer on Monday.
Gangster James "Whitey" Bulger cannot present evidence to a jury about his claim that he was given immunity for future crimes, a federal judge ruled Monday.
A gay, black mayoral candidate killed last week in Mississippi was beaten, dragged and set on fire before his body was dumped near a river, according to his family.
