AUGUSTA, Ga. - It was a most unusual afternoon for Wednesday's Par 3 tournament at Augusta National Golf Club. Jimmy Walker won with a record 8-under 19.
A massive alligator caught in Okeechobee County has some wondering whether it's the largest ever caught in the state. Copyright 2016 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved.
Kesha Rose Sebert's case against Sony Music was dismissed Wednesday, after a New York judge rejected the pop singer's claims that she should be released from her contract because of alleged sexual and emotional abuse by superstar producer Lukasz ...
CHICAGO - An attorney for former speaker Dennis Hastert on Wednesday asked a federal judge to sentence the ex-lawmaker to probation for violating banking laws, noting that Hastert feels "despair" and is "consumed by feelings of regret.
Associated Press | Francois Mori, FILEFILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, March 23, 2016, World Health Organization Director-General Margaret Chan delivers her speech during a conference in Lyon, central France.
A Malaysian parliamentary committee scrutinizing a troubled state investment company recommended the advisory board headed by Prime Minister Najib Razak be dismantled and directed authorities to investigate a former chief executive officer for lapses ...
BRUSSELS The European Union's executive on Wednesday proposed strengthening the bloc's common asylum rules in response to the chaotic arrival of more than a million migrants and refugees last year that has strained EU cohesion.
France's Parliament passed a law Wednesday that makes it illegal to pay for sex. Offenders may be fined up to €3,750 (about $4,300) and required to attend classes about the conditions of sex workers.
BERKELEY -- A trove of investigative and disciplinary documents released by UC Berkeley in the midst of an unfolding sexual harassment scandal reveals 19 employees -- including six faculty members -- were found to be in violation of the university's ...
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What started as a family newspaper written in crayons in a Pennsylvania home has caused 9-year-old Hilde Kate Lysiak to receive a lot of flack recently for a news event she covered earlier this month.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - A police officer for a San Antonio school district has been placed on paid leave after a video shows him slamming a sixth-grade girl to the ground.
... * Political uncertainty, antitrust hurdles deterring big deals. * Some inversions still possible but high risk. * ICE rules out structuring any deal for LSE as inversion -sources.
A new chairman will be elected next month. McDonald's MCD 0.11% said on Wednesday that its long-time chairman, Andrew McKenna, will step down from the hamburger chain's board after next month's annual shareholder meeting.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has pushed back the release of a proposed cleanup plan for the Portland Harbor, which contains heavy metal and toxic pollutants.
Steve Huffman, a co-founder and chief executive of Reddit. Credit Jason Henry for The New York Times. SAN FRANCISCO - Since 2005, Reddit has been a veritable wonderland for the most extreme forms of free speech on the Internet.
The head of the FBI said Wednesday that the government had "purchased" a tool enabling investigators to access an iPhone belonging to San Bernardino gunman Syed Farook.
In a direct assault on Twitter's live-streaming prowess, Facebook is rolling out the ability for all its 1.5 billion users to launch live videos on their timelines and added a slew of new features to encourage everyone to be a broadcaster.
"He was my brother, my friend. I will miss him," writes Willie Nelson in a tweet, accompanied by a photo of himself sharing a laugh with the late Merle Haggard and a link to view their iconic "Pancho and Lefty" video.
...???? A video posted by ROBERT KARDASHIAN (@robkardashian) on Apr 6, 2016 at 6:32pm PDT. Rob Kardashian has been constantly progressing when it comes to his health, but things just got kicked into high gear.
SAN DIEGO -- The Los Angeles Dodgers hobbled into their opening series of the season with 10 players on the disabled list, then danced out of San Diego late Wednesday night with a bit of baseball history.
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The New York Knicks will be in the business of finding a head coach this offseason, and star player Carmelo Anthony wants his voice heard in the impending search.
The USA rolled over Colombia, playing its first game since last summer, with a 7-0 win on Wednesday night before a record Connecticut women's crowd of 21,792 at East Hartford's Pratt & Whitney Stadium.
But the one that cracked just a day before the start of the Masters was Spieth's baby. He had been using it for two years, a stretch that was, well, moderately successful if you'll recall.
US golfer Jordan Spieth arrives on the 9th green during the Par 3 contest prior to the start of the 80th Masters of Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club on April 6, 2016, in Augusta, Georgia. / AFP PHOTO / Jim WatsonJIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images.
Jordan Spieth: If the defending champ gets his putting together, he'll again be tough to beat. Charl Schwartzel: Winner of the 2011 Masters has been in good form this year. Bubba Watson: The 2012 and 2014 Masters winner has a win and a runner-up ...
Scientists sifting through rare isotopic signatures in Earth's crust beneath the sea have found a signal from the heavens: evidence of nearby supernova explosions in just the last few million years.
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Baltimore, MD - Astronomers have uncovered a near-record breaking supermassive black hole, weighing 17 billion suns, in an unlikely place: in the center of a galaxy in a sparsely populated area of ...
Everyone knows at one point the devil went down to Georgia, but where has he been since then? Maybe he's too busy causing droughts in California, the Zika virus in South America or perhaps the devil has humanized in the form of Donald Trump.
Scott Kelly, who returned to Earth last month after spending almost a year aboard the International Space Station, will write a book chronicling his groundbreaking journey.
WASHINGTON– The White House on Wednesday issued a dire warning to Republicans in Congress: Spend money to prevent the Zika virus from spreading within the United States or regret it later.
WEDNESDAY, April 6, 2016 -- Adding chemotherapy to radiation treatment may add years to the lives of people with certain slow-growing brain tumors, a new study finds.
WAYNE - Students at Ryerson Elementary School recently acknowledged April as Autism Awareness Month by taking part in a variety of grade-level appropriate events.
