MINNEAPOLIS — Police are investigating the death of a University of Minnesota sophomore found Wednesday morning in the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity house near the St. Paul campus. Police spokesman Steve...

By Saba Hamedy Los Angeles Times (TNS) LOS ANGELES — “Furious 7” set box-office records and raced to No. 1 with a massive, $143.6 million domestic opening. If early estimates hold, the film will...

By John Zarocostas McClatchy Foreign Staff (MCT) GENEVA — In a break from the recent slate of doom-and-gloom reports of catastrophes, wars and destruction, a United Nations report released Tuesday...

By Steve Chawkins and Steven Zeitchik Los Angeles Times (MCT) When Robin Williams graduated from Redwood High School in Marin County, Calif., his classmates couldn’t help themselves: They voted him...

By James Queally Los Angeles Times (MCT) A woman died at the counterculture Burning Man festival in Nevada early Thursday morning after she fell underneath a bus, according to a statement issued by...

Markus Zusak brings a new twist to the holocaust in The Book Thief by having death tell the story of a young girl struggling through th terrible time. Many holocaust stories end up being the same story...