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Electric lights cause millions of birds to crash into buildings. Now, the state of New York will turn off bright outdoor lights in its buildings during the spring and fall migration seasons.

The house itself has long since been destroyed, but archaeologists have found its exact location and hundreds of thousands of artifacts.

Parents in Clintonville are safeguarding their baby strollers. They report a rash of stroller-thefts in recent weeks.“Until the last couple of days pretty…

These days there's less need for cowboys than there used to be. But when dozens of cattle escaped a semi-trailer crash near Wichita, cowboys helped to round them up and get them in another truck.

The Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration has eliminated the parallel parking requirement on its driving test.

The day after Letterman said goodbye, the late-night set was dismantled. The dumpster outside of the Ed Sullivan Theater was soon over flowing. Fans were quick to dive in for relics.

Police in Washington responded to a call about a Bengal tiger — turns out it was a stuffed animal. In Thailand, an elephant grabbed a tourist's camera. Instead of a selfie, can we call it an elfie?

A girl in Italy was celebrating her 9th birthday, and she wanted a My Little Pony cake. Instead, she got a Little Tony cake. The Elvis doppelganger was semi famous in 1960's Britain.

NPR's Melissa Block speaks with, Abigail Tracy, a reporter with the news site Vocativ, about the backlog of thousands of rape kits that have yet to be tested around the country.

The extremists have seized the last Syrian-controlled border crossing between Syria and Iraq, as well as a famous archaeological site.