UN report says health benefits of consuming nutritious insects could help fight obesity.
By Charlie Dunmore
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Critics ridiculed European Union bureaucrats on Saturday for taking time off fighting the euro zone's debt crisis to impose strict new rules on h...
By Karen Brooks
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The Powerball jackpot Saturday night could exceed the $600 million figure being advertised, possibly rivaling the largest lottery payoff in U.S...
By Irene Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Back on Earth, Canadian astronaut and cyberspace tweeter Chris Hadfield is getting a rough re-introduction to gravity after a five-mon...
By Sara Rossi
MILAN (Reuters) - The nightclub dancer at the center of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's "bunga bunga" sex trial told a court on Friday that guests at the...
A pregnant woman has been arrested after she allegedly tried to "adopt out" her three-year-old son.
May 17, 2013, 10:56 amIn a scene reminiscent of the hipster TV satire Portlandia, an Portland police officer has put a car chase on hold to help a duck in trouble.
May 17, 2013, 10:35 amBy Laura Zuckerman
(Reuters) - An Idaho man who admitted to breaking into a Boise zoo last year and killing a monkey was sentenced to seven years in prison on Thursday, court records sh...
By Steve Gorman
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles has earned the dubious distinction for the second year in a row as the U.S. city with the most dog attacks on mail carriers, the U.S....
By Naomi O'Leary
ROME (Reuters) - An encyclopedia of Italian political slang has shone a light on a colorful and Byzantine world where lawmakers and journalists speak a language you won...
A baby with two heads has been born in an African hospital.
May 16, 2013, 12:25 pmBuckets of KFC are being smuggled to Palestinians through tunnels under Gaza.
May 16, 2013, 9:23 amBy Jason McLure
LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - In December James Cleaveland made an unusual New Year's resolution: to do all he could to keep police in the city of Keene, New Hamp...
By Asli Kandemir
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's contemporary art scene is buzzing. Collectors pay millions for the hottest works at exclusive auctions, high-end galleries are springing u...
New Zealand’s sheep are the butt of jokes overseas, but a woman on the nation’s North Island has found they can also be dangerous.
May 15, 2013, 12:22 pm
Wealthy New York parents are hiring people with disabilities to pose as family members so they can jump queues at Disney World.
May 15, 2013, 11:16 amBy Jonathan Kaminsky
OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - A man less than two weeks into a planned journey to dribble a soccer ball from his home city of Seattle to Brazil, the host nation f...
By Lawrence Hurley
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday evening sought laughs rather than legal clarity as they weighed a tragic case concerning a despotic Roman...
By Irene Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A music video shot aboard the International Space Station went viral on Monday, turning an astronaut into an overnight music sensation...
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Robbers equipped with ropes, hammers and chisels broke into a strong-room at Johannesburg's Soccer City stadium after a Justin Bieber concert and made off with 3 million rand ...
May 14, 2013, 12:22 am
By Catherine Hornby
ROME (Reuters) - The thought of eating beetles, caterpillars and ants may give you the creeps, but the authors of a U.N. report published on Monday said the health b...
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