Paris' first naked restaurant to close

Paris' first nudist restaurant is set to close after just over year of serving classic French dishes to diners in the buff.  O'Naturel, in the French capital's 12th district, will close on February 16, according to a Facebook post from the owners. Twins Mike and Stéphane Saada told the AFP news...

Man tries to rob UFC’s Polyana Viana in Rio de Janeiro, pays painful price

On Saturday night at around 8 p.m. local time, a man tried to steal UFC strawweight Polyana Viana's phone. Not only did he leave empty-handed, but he also got some painful reminders of his mistake in the process. On Sunday, Viana recounted the events to MMAjunkie. According to Viana, she was...

North Korea ordered to pay parents, estate of student $500M

WASHINGTON - A federal judge ordered North Korea to pay more than $500 million in a wrongful death suit filed by the parents of Otto Warmbier, an American college student who died shortly after being released from that country. U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell harshly condemned North Korea for...

Ancient tools found in North Africa could rewrite human origin story

The story of humankind may need to be rewritten. A collection of 2.4-million-year-old stone tools has been found in Algeria, throwing into question the long-held theory that humanity emerged in East Africa. The discovery of the 250 tools, found alongside 296 animal bones, suggests early humans...

American Is Killed by Bow and Arrow on Remote Indian Island

“On Wednesday, the Indian authorities said that Mr. Chau had been shot with bows and arrows by tribesmen when he got on shore and that his body was...”

NEW DELHI — John Allen Chau had to know that what he was about to do was extremely dangerous. Mr. Chau, thought to be in his 20s, was floating in a kayak off a remote island in the Andaman Sea. He was about to set foot on one of the most sealed-off parts of India, an island inhabited by a...

3 siblings struck, killed by truck at bus stop in Indiana

ROCHESTER, Ind. - A 9-year-old girl and her twin 6-year-old brothers were struck and killed by a pickup truck as they crossed a northern Indiana road to board a school bus before sunrise Tuesday, police said. A fourth child was critically injured and airlifted to a hospital. A Tippecanoe...

A day in the life of legal pot: ‘I threw the money at her, she threw the weed at me’

“I reserve the right to be completly wrong”

Megan Kennedy had it choreographed: Cut a ribbon, sell some weed. Close to midnight, she told one of the regulars at her health food store in St. John’s exactly how much he’d need: $6.90 for a pre-rolled joint, taxes in. The customer counted the money and balled it up in his fist, holding it...

This Pilot Ordered Pizza for 159 People After Storm Left Passengers Stranded

Passengers on American Airlines Flight 2354 from Los Angeles to Dallas-Fort Worth on Thursday were facing a classic traveling problem that most frequent flyers have encountered in their lives: extreme delays. The flight was so delayed, thanks to severe thunderstorms, the plane was diverted to...

He said he wouldn’t join his company’s Bible study. After being let go, he’s suing.

A 34-year-old painter is suing Dahled Up Construction, a company based south of Portland, Ore., for allegedly firing him after he refused to join a Christian Bible group for employees. Ryan Coleman is seeking $800,000 from the company after its owner allegedly said participation in the Bible...

Scientists Stunned By a Neanderthal Hybrid Discovered in a Siberian Cave

A single cave in the mountains of Siberia has produced a string of remarkable archaeological discoveries. In 2008, scientists there found a 41,000-year-old pinky bone, whose DNA matched neither humans nor Neanderthals. Instead, it belonged to a previously unknown group of hominins they named...