December 14, 2017 State Department investigating injuries, deaths linked to alcohol consumption in Mexico As cases continue to pile up showing U.S. citizens suffering injury, sexual assault or even death after drinking potentially tainted booze at Mexican resorts, the U.S. Office of Inspector General is taking another look at how the State Department is handling the ongoing deluge of vacation horror stories.
December 14, 2017 Utah man jailed in Venezuela ordered to stand trial on weapons charges An American man who's spent the last 18 months in a Venezuelan prison must stand trial on weapons charges, a judge ruled Tuesday, dashing hopes Joshua Holt would be released and reunited with his family for Christmas.
December 13, 2017 Human foot washes ashore in Canada, the 13th in a decade, report says Canadian officials are investigating why a human foot washed ashore on the nation’s shoreline on Vancouver Island last week, marking the 13th foot in the last 10 years to do so.
December 10, 2017 Boxer Stephen Smith's ear almost ripped off in Vegas bout Stephen Smith thanked fans for their support after he almost had his ear gruesomely ripped off in a bloody loss to Francisco Vargas in Las Vegas on Sunday morning.
December 9, 2017 US Embassy workers in Cuba found to have brain abnormalities, report says Brain abnormalities have been found in the U.S. diplomats who were victims of suspected attacks at the U.S. Embassy in Cuba, according to a new report.
December 6, 2017 Argentina woman, stolen as baby during 'Dirty War,' reunited with biological family 40 years later A 40-year-old woman who was taken as a newborn from her mother in Argentina has been reunited with her relatives thanks to a DNA test that helped identify her.
December 6, 2017 Chainsaw-wielding clown rips open boy's face when 'House of Scares' goes wrong in Mexico A chainsaw-wielding clown seriously injured a 17-year-old boy at a fair in Mexico Sunday after the "House of Scares" worker got too close to the teen and ripped his face open, officials said.
December 5, 2017 Fugitive Kentucky lawyer, nabbed at Honduras Pizza Hut, returns to justice A lawyer who spent six months on the run after pleading guilty in a $500 million Social Security fraud scheme was being flown back to Kentucky on Tuesday after he was caught outside a Pizza Hut in Honduras.
December 5, 2017 Wall Street big, 49, killed by shark while diving in Costa Rica A 49-year-old Wall Street private equity manager was killed by a tiger shark while diving with a group off a Costa Rican island, according to officials.
December 5, 2017 Eating meat promotes toxic masculinity, academic journal says A Ph.D. candidate at Penn State has caused a controversy after an academic journal published an article of hers that argues eating maintains a society where “hegemonic masculinity” is the norm and that vegetarians defy “gendered social expectations.”