Packed into buses, boats and helicopters, carrying nothing but a handful of belongings, tens of thousands fled their homes Saturday in Bosnia and Serbia to escape the worst flooding in a century. Rapidly rising rivers surged into homes, sometimes reaching up to the second floors, sending people climbing to rooftops for rescue. Hundreds were also evacuated in Croatia. Authorities said …

Four Orthodox Jewish rabbis and one of their sons conspired to kidnap and force Jewish men into granting their wives religious divorces, according to a federal indictment handed up on Thursday. U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman said several of the men charged Thursday are among a larger group previously charged in the alleged plot. Rabbi Mendel Epstein and his son, David …

An Oregon boy found a stray animal on Monday. This wasn’t a cat, however, or even a dog. No, this was a baby black bear. The cub was found in the woods near Myrtle Creek on Monday night.

Hello! Canada just released their 50 Most Beautiful Canadians of 2014 and the list is a veritable treasure trove of stunning actors, actresses, singers, TV personalities, TV hosts and more. (And many of them are quite stylish to boot!)

Australia can no longer lay claim to the origins of the iconic New Zealand kiwi following research published today showing the kiwi’s closest relative is not the emu as was previously thought. Instead, the kiwi is most closely related to the extinct giant Madagascan elephant bird which grew up to three metres tall and weighed 275 kilograms. And the study …

A woman who vanished from her home in Santa Ana nearly a decade ago at age 15 has been found and she told police she had been kidnapped, sexually assaulted and held captive in Los Angeles County, police said Wednesday. Isidro Garcia was arrested Tuesday and booked on suspicion of kidnapping for rape, lewd acts with a minor and false …

Golfer Rory McIlroy confirms it’s officially over between him and Danish tennis player Caroline Wozniacki, just days after sending out wedding invitations to their guests.

On Wednesday, the Super Bowl-champion Seattle Seahawks visited the White House, where they were honored by President Barack Obama after their 43-8 victory over the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII on Feb. 2.

A senior military commander from Ontario was killed Wednesday morning during a training exercise on a northern Alberta military base. Lt.-Col. Dan Bobbitt, commanding officer of the 2nd Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery based in Garrison Petawawa, Ont., died when a light armoured vehicle rolled over during a training mission for Exercise Maple Resolve 2014 at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright. …

The mounting scrutiny of prescription drug prices in the U.S. reached fever pitch when a new drug for hepatitis C was priced at about $1,000 a day. An American Health Insurance Plans blog has reignited the debate on Sovaldi (sofosbuvir), noting that although the drug “has shown tremendous results, and it’s the kind of medical innovation we need to sustain…unfortunately, …

Comb jellies – a seemingly simple form of marine life — took a radically different path to neural complexity than the rest of the animal kingdom, a finding that could have implications for synthetic and regenerative medicine, new University of Florida research shows.