The short clip shows the popular Australian naturalist in a small dinghy on the Great Barrier Reef close to the spot where he died in September 2006. Irwin, 44, who was famed for his daring stunts with dangerous animals, was stabbed hundreds of times by an eight foot-wide stingray as he made a documentary.

“The bear is loose!” Those were President Barack Obama’s words last week as he ditched his motorcade and left the White House on foot. Tourists near the White House never expected to see the president in person on a spring afternoon. One woman squealed with delight. Another suggested that Wednesday’s sighting might be an impostor.

A powerful earthquake centered to the north of the Turkish Aegean island of Gökçeada shook areas around western Turkey at 12:25 p.m on May 24, causing damage and minor injuries. The Prime Ministry Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) announced that 266 people were injured due to the panic caused by the earthquake, including one person in critical condition who …

A rehabilitation facility in Ontario said yesterday that Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is being treated there. Ford largely had disappeared from sight after promising to seek help for an alcohol problem. The clinic in Muskoka Lakes about 125 miles north of Toronto issued a statement asking the public and media to respect its patients’ privacy. The clinic said it was …

A 16-year-old boy shot a cab driver twice in the head in Scranton, Pa., because he believed the man was trying to rip him off, police said. Aazis Richardson was charged with murder Friday night in the death of Vincent Darbenzio, 47, whose body was found in his cab shortly before 5 a.m. Friday near the entrance to a Scranton …

People have always been fascinated with and wondered about the existence of life beyond Earth. A team of astronomers believe that there is an alien life in the universe and with proper funding, it is possible to find it within a period of 20 years.

A naked violinist was arrested in front of the US Courthouse in downtown Portland Friday afternoon after police received many complaints. The man, identified by police as Matthew Thomas Mglej, was arrested for indecent exposure. Authorities said they are not sure if that is his actual last name.

Northern Arizona’s Slide Fire grew to 4,800 acres overnight, and 200 people have been evacuated from Oak Creek Canyon, with another 3,000 on standby. Fire crews have made progress on the fire, building a line between the blaze and Flagstaff subdivisions. But Flagstaff Fire Captain Bill Morse said the containment is still elusive.

Knowlton Nash, a veteran CBC broadcaster best known as longtime anchor of The National, is dead. He was 86. The CBC reported Saturday that Nash had been battling Parkinson’s for some years.

A Dallas woman who tried to drown her two young daughters after the girls pleaded for snacks was stopped by her 18-year-old son, who grabbed his drenched sisters and carried them from the apartment, police say. Sonya Ann Gardner, 35, is jailed on a $1 million bond on two counts of attempted capital murder of a child, according to police …

NASA unveiled its “global selfie” on Thursday, a mosaic of more than 36,000 pictures uploaded to social media showing people and places around the world in commemoration of Earth Day, the U.S. space agency said. NASA asked people on April 22, Earth Day, to upload pictures tagged with g to social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.