Knee-deep gondoliers breakfasted at cafe tables, rubber-booted locals waded through a pastry shop--despite a five-foot flood Monday, pockets of Venice showed surprising normalcy.
Nearly 3,700 World War II shipwrecks lie submerged in the Pacific Ocean, some containing noxious cargo including oil, diesel, gasoline, chemicals, and even unexploded ordnance.
The remains of a gate in an ancient fortress have pinpointed the location of a biblical city, Sha'arayim, which one expert says may have been part of King David's Kingdom of Israel.
Thousands of wild horses in U.S. care will not be put down to give the government another year to explore possible solutions and "let cooler heads prevail," U.S. officials said Monday.
Thousands of wild mustangs kept in U.S. government holding pens may have to be euthanized unless alternatives are found, according to a new federal report released this week.
After three years of allegedly fasting and meditating in a Nepal jungle, an 18-year-old revered by some as a reincarnation of Buddha meets his followers.
Built as a "paradise on Earth" in Beijing for a Chinese emperor, the Forbidden City's newly restored garden quarters have been sealed off for nearly a century.
