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Elon Musk has caused a stir by tweeting that he was buying the English soccer team Manchester United. But several hours later on Wednesday, he said it was a joke. It comes as the billionaire Tesla CEO faces a legal battle in the U.S. after backing out of a deal to buy Twitter for $44 billion. With his billions and...

Federal investigators say a man who jumped to his death from a small airplane in North Carolina appeared to be upset over damaging the landing gear during a failed runaway approach and told the pilot he needed air.

The teen, known as Jane Doe 22-B in court papers, had told the lower court that she wasn’t ready to have a baby, didn’t have a job and the father was unable to assist her.

Scientists and students embarking on a census of Georgia lake sturgeon have found three females with mature eggs — an indication the armored “living fossils” may be reproducing in that state for the first time in a half-century.

‘Empire’ actress Lindsey Pearlman’s cause of death was revealed six months after she was found dead in Los Angeles.

Abby the poodle-hound mix normally weighs about 50 pounds but her owner guessed she lost half her body weight in the cave.

The 2023 Girl Scout Cookie season will feature a new contender: the Raspberry Rally cookie, which is being marketed as the “sister” of the arguable queen of cookies — Thin Mints.

Boston Children’s Hospital has warned employees about mounting threats and is coordinating with law enforcement after far-right activists on social media began targeting the hospital with false claims about its treatment of young transgender people.

A former U.S. Congressman from central California was arrested Tuesday by federal agents on wire fraud, money laundering, and campaign contribution fraud charges stemming from “multiple fraud schemes.”

Federal authorities and experts who study online extremism are warning of a risk of additional attacks on federal law enforcement following the FBI’s search of ex-President Donald Trump’s Florida home.

An American tourist was found dead at a Bahamas resort, police announced Tuesday.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its monkeypox transmission guidance to include pets after the first suspected case of human-to-dog infection was reported in France.