The annual Hajj pilgrimage, one of the Five Pillars of Islam, officially began Monday. More than 1.5 million pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia from outside the country, Saleh bin Saad Al-Murabba, ...

Now Jim Henson's Creature Shop, the workshop founded by the legendary creator of the Muppets, is drawing back the curtain. This year, the company opened the doors of its Queens workshop to public ...

JAMUNDI, Colombia — Gladys Marín only has to cross the street to reach a school where polling stations will open Sunday in her small town in Colombia. But she's still not sure she'll make the short ...

ANGELES, Philippines — Rescuers pulled out two workers early Monday from an immense pile of rubble that was a nine-story hotel which collapsed while under construction in a northern Philippine city, ...

Hunters in Georgia can begin applying electronically for most quota hunts starting June 1, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division announced.

Authorities are trying to tamp down the risk of a possible explosion or leak of a damaged chemical tank at a facility in Southern California ...

VyStar Credit Union is hosting free “Shred to Protect Day” events across Florida and Georgia, providing residents a secure way to dispose of sensitive documents.

The St. Johns County Public Library System will kick off its “Stars, Stripes, and Stories” Summer Reading Program on May 31, running through July 25.

D-Day was supposed to happen on June 5, 1944. The story of why it ultimately took place on June 6 is one that has been a bit lost to history, consumed by the larger events surrounding it. One day ...

A person died after an apartment fire early Sunday morning at the Landon Imperial Apartments, according to the Jacksonville ...

A fire at a commercial building in Jacksonville’s Pine Forest area also affected a nearby home Saturday afternoon, according ...

A local hospital official says that angry young men stormed a hospital treating Ebola patients at the heart of an outbreak in eastern Congo, demanding the bodies of their relatives ...