MARIPOSA, California - A wildfire that has forced thousands of Californians to flee their homes exploded in size on Wednesday, threatening a picturesque gold rush town outside Yosemite National Park as dozens of blazes scorched the west of the United States.
DHAKA, Bangladesh - Millions of people living in central Bangladesh used to refer to the Dhaleshwari River as the "River of Sorrows" as the waterway made it extremely difficult for people to get to the capital city Dhaka.
TONAWANDA, New York-Martin Kober is convinced the painting of a dying Jesus that hung above the mantel in his childhood home is the work of Michelangelo. Getting experts to agree remains the $300 million hurdle.
SANTA FE, New Mexico - It's 2007, and Steve Jobs has just finished launching the first iPhone before an enraptured audience when he nearly collapses, exhausted by the illness that will kill him four years later.
LONDON - Negotiations over Britain's withdrawal from the European Union have barely started, but some British families are already feeling the bite as the number of au pairs coming from across Europe declines.
MIAMI, Florida - Dogs that are extra friendly share certain genetic similarities with people who are born with a developmental disorder sometimes called the "opposite of autism," which makes them hyper social, researchers said Wednesday.
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin had a previously undisclosed conversation during a dinner for G20 leaders at a summit earlier this month in Germany, a White House official said on Tuesday.
PARIS - France's armed forces chief resigned on Wednesday in a dispute with Emmanuel Macron over defense budget cuts, an early test of the newly elected president's mettle and the tough presidential style he is cultivating.
CANBERRA, Australia - Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has on Wednesday confirmed his government will be demanding answers from US authorities about the killing of an Australian woman by police in Minneapolis at the weekend.
MOSCOW - The 13th International Aviation and Space Salon, known by its Russian acronym MAKS, will facilitate further cooperation in the aerospace industry and promote Russian products both at home and abroad, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.
LONDON - Nearly two-thirds of people in Britain believe cows laying down on the grass is a sign it's about to rain.
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