Man dies of broken neck after chiropractic treatment

The family of a man who died of a broken neck after a chiropractic treatment wants the chiropractor charged in criminal court.

Venice hit by record third exceptional tide in a week; other parts of Italy struggle with weather woes

Venice was hit Sunday by a record third exceptional tide in the same week while other parts of Italy struggled with a series of weather woes, from rain-swollen rivers to high winds to an out-of-season avalanche.

Several former altar boys claim they were molested at the Vatican

A scandal over alleged sexual molestation and abuse at the Vatican's youth seminary is growing, with more former papal altar boys alleging inappropriate behavior by priests inside the Vatican walls.  

Anti-racism groups protest 'Black Pete' Christmas tradition in the Netherlands

The Dutch version of St. Nicholas arrived Saturday in the Netherlands in an annual children's party that has become the backdrop for increasingly acrimonious confrontations between supporters and opponents of his sidekick, Black Pete.  

US-born Alabama woman who joined ISIS is not an American citizen, judge rules

A federal judge ruled Thursday that an American-born woman who traveled to Syria to join the Islamic State (ISIS) group and now wants to return to her family in Alabama is not a U.S. citizen.

Michigan teacher found tortured to death in Dominican Republic 

A Michigan elementary school teacher was bound, gagged and strangled to death in her apartment in the Dominican Republic, where she had been teaching.

2 wounded in apparent pirate attack on ship in Gulf of Mexico

The Mexican navy says two Italian crew members were wounded in an attack by armed assailants who boarded their ship in the Gulf of Mexico.

Two people diagnosed with plague in China

Two people were reportedly diagnosed with the highly infectious, potentially fatal pneumonic plague, which is also known as the Black Death, in a Beijing hospital, Chinese authorities revealed Tuesday.

Venice declares state of emergency, 'on its knees' after second-worst flooding ever recorded

The worst flooding in Venice in more than 50 years prompted calls Wednesday to better protect the historic city from rising sea levels as officials calculated hundreds of millions of euros in damages.

2 in China diagnosed with plague responsible for Black Death

Two people were reportedly diagnosed with the highly infectious, potentially fatal pneumonic plague in a hospital in Beijing, Chinese authorities revealed Tuesday.

Mexican official: Arrests made in killings of US citizens

Mexico's top security official says arrests have been made in last week's killings of nine U.S. women and children by suspected cartel gunmen in northern Mexico.

American submarine sunk with 80 aboard during WWII discovered off coast of Japan

The USS Grayback, a United States submarine that was sunk in 1944 in an enemy attack during World War II, was lost to the ocean floor for 75 years until its recent discovery off the coast of Okinawa, Japan by the Lost 52 Project.

Car seats in Italy must have alarms so kids aren’t forgotten

Italy is requiring parents of young children to equip car seats with alarm devices so tots aren’t forgotten by absent-minded adults.

'Crazed' Thai Smile passenger rips plane's emergency exit door open before takeoff

A spokesperson for Thai Smile Airways has apologized after a “crazed” passenger, who was reportedly drunk, ripped an emergency exit door open just moments before takeoff.

Mexican cop involved in botched operation against ‘El Chapo’s' son gunned down in hail of 155 bullets

A Mexican police officer involved in the botched operation to arrest one of drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s sons last month was killed by a hail of more than 150 bullets in a brazen daylight assassination, in the latest incident of extreme cartel violence to blight the country.