5 Fast Facts

One person may have died from a rare and incurable condition called Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease and that 13 other patients may have been exposed to it.

Ali Habib Mahmud, the former Syrian Defense minister, has defected from his home country of Syria. He has fled to Turkey with the help of a Western government.

The 16-year-old victim was stabbed on September 4 in Spring High School, he died later in hospital.

The brawl is reported to have involved a large group of girls.

Gay porn actor Rod Daily tweeted that he has tested positive for HIV, making him the second adult film star in two weeks to come public after contracting the virus.

Cranbury Elementary School in Norwalk, Connecticut is on lockdown after shots were fired at a nearby park.

One person is reported dead so far.

Two people were killed in a murder-suicide near Salisbury University in Maryland Tuesday night, with a third victim in the hospital seriously wounded.

Da Real Lambo is the man whose reported to have stolen Gloria James’ heart.

The one-year-old was shot in the head by a gunman who was reportedly aiming for the child’s father.

Israel put the Middle East on high alert this morning after testing its Arrow 3 missile defense system in the Mediterranean. Here’s what you should know about this technology and i…

Diana Nyad became the first person to successfully swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage on Monday at the age of 64.

Christina Adkins disappeared in Jan. 11, 1995 at the age of 18. A recent tip has shined new light on an investigation that went cold long ago.

Galileo Mondol is the only named suspect in a rape attack that occurred at Camp Lenox in Otis, Massachusetts.

One person has been shot, the gunman has been arrested.