The Great Smoky Mountains National Park will scale back operations slightly but remain open through Jan. 4 if the federal government shutdown persists, local leaders announced. The new agreement ...

Gusts in higher elevations could be up to 30 percent stronger, the National Hurricane Center said. By Francesca Regalado Hurricane Melissa’s destructive winds could be significantly stronger in ...

Researchers in the Andes of Argentina discovered one of the oldest known dinosaurs as a species new to science. Lucas Fiorelli (CRILAR-CONICET), Martín Hechenleitner (CRILAR-CONICET), and Léa ...

Grimes’ fans were divided and left “so confused” after the singer shared an eccentric new face tattoo. The songstress showed off the new ink, a barely perceptible ring near her left eye, in an ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – As the third annual Apple Festival wraps up, organizers hope it’s just the beginning of a new family tradition. Three years ago, the Dudley family took over 140 acres of one of New ...

On January 19, 2007, while heading toward rehearsals for the Broadway musical adaptation of 9 to 5, based on her 1980 comedy hit, Dolly Parton found herself riding around New York City in a limousine, ...

Huayracursor jaguensis lived during the Late Triassic period. Paleontologists may have discovered when plant-eating dinosaurs evolved their long necks after a new species of sauropodomorph was found ...

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Former Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez, New York’s first-round draft pick in 2009, faces up to six years in prison on a felony battery charge after an incident last Saturday that resulted in Sanchez ...

A sprawling private estate in New York state with ties to one of the nation’s founding families has hit the market for the first time in America’s history at $14 million. The Livingston Manor at ...

New Hampshire Fish and Game officials say they are in peak foliage season and visitors should expect crowds everywhere - from parking lots to highways to trails. Colonel Kevin Jordan of New Hampshire ...