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The Mediterranean fruit fly lays eggs that hatch into maggots inside fruit. Officials plan to halt population growth by dropping millions of sterile male flies...

Many of the puppets were still missing, however, after the theft of a U-haul truck in San Francisco holding props for the critically acclaimed Persian...

The senator, Doug Larsen, a Republican, was piloting the single-engine plane that crashed almost immediately after taking off from an airport in Moab, Utah, on...

Park officials found the victims early Saturday morning, after receiving an alert from a satellite device hours earlier. A grizzly near the site displayed “aggressive...

The San Diego City Council unanimously voted to close a 150-yard stretch of coastline known as Point La Jolla after selfie-taking visitors got too close...

Lawsuits filed in federal court said officers detained, abused and humiliated detainees in an unmarked “torture warehouse.”

As the earth warms, glacial archaeologists are in a race against time to preserve objects before they are destroyed by the elements. Recent field work...

Mel Tucker, the head coach, was given notice of his termination on Monday, after allegations of misconduct against a sexual harassment educator.

The pair, a 38-year-old-man and 55-year-old woman, used an excavator to widen an existing gap and make a shortcut, the authorities said.

The star pitcher was charged after a physical altercation on Sunday evening at a soccer stadium in South Los Angeles and later freed on $50,000...