Skeletal remains found in Tennessee’s Cumberland Mountains have been identified, more than three decades later, as those of a 15-year-old girl who disappeared from her home in 1978. Investigators now know…
Fans gathered in London and Paris to mark the 25th anniversary of Princess Diana’s death.
A Florida man pleaded guilty in a scheme that netted him $2.6 million — forfeiting a home, a boat, a 4.02-carat diamond and hundreds of rounds of ammunition — in fraud against the U.S.…
The water crisis in Mississippi’s capital city cannot be disentangled from racial inequities, experts say. About 150,000 residents in Jackson were without safe water Wednesday. Excessive rainfall led to flooding…
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has launched 46 Starlink satellites into orbit from California. (Aug. 31)
This story originally published on March 13, 1998. It is being republished as part of the commemoration of USA TODAY’s 40th anniversary on Sept. 15, 2022. WASHINGTON — They are…
The 4-year-old penguin suffers from bumblefoot, a chronic and degenerative condition that has caused lesions on his feet.
A Florida wildlife park director lost a hand after he was bitten by one of the alligators at the park, and he has no survived his second attack in 10 years. …
DETROIT — A 19-year-old man accused of randomly gunning down four people, killing three, last weekend in Detroit was charged Wednesday. Dontae Ramon Smith, 19, was charged with three counts of…
New federal data reveals that 9-year-olds’ reading and math scores declined significantly across the board since the start of the pandemic. “This is the largest average score decline in reading…