1,400 leathernecks go ashore Today's landing involved 1,400 leathernecks, the first of two Marine battalions totaling 3,500 men who were ordered into South Vietnam to provide security at the Da ...

The body of LA firefighter Connor Lees, who went missing during an off-duty diving excursion, was found and recovered off the Long Beach coast on Friday, authorities said. On Friday, March 28, police ...

The juvenile fin whale washed ashore on the Anchorage mud flats in November and drew thousands of visitors. It’s still there.

Edgar Post isn’t used to hearing applause in his honor. After a lifetime working as a lobsterman and then a quiet retirement, ...

The search for Queensland police officer Jay Notaro is underway after he failed to show up for work, and his surfboard was ...

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Author Jason Theriot tell stories of French-speaking Louisiana residents who found that their language and way of life served ...

An Australian state has closed two beaches after surfers reported feeling unwell while dead fish and unusual foam washed ashore MELBOURNE, Australia -- An Australian state closed two beaches after ...

It was real backs-to-the-wall stuff at Kings Park but Leinster were up for the battle and dug in for a fine victory.

Mar. 15—The 47-foot fin whale that washed up on the Anchorage mudflats in November, drawing hundreds of visitors and becoming a citywide phenomenon, has found a permanent home at a Wasilla museum.

New Zealand and the tiny Pacific island of Nauru have agreed to take more than 400 asylum seekers stranded on a Norwegian container vessel in the Indian Ocean, Prime Minister John Howard said today.