The UN weather agency says carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere reached a record high in 2013. According to the latest figures, published by the United Nations agency in its Greenhouse Gas Bulletin, there was a 34 percent net increase in radiative forcing — the rate at which the atmosphere warms up — between 1990 and 2013. This, the report …

Bay Village Police have identified suspects they believe dumped a bucket of urine and spit on a teen with special needs in an ice bucket challenge.

If someone infected with a stomach bug walked into an office and began touching things, how long would it take for that virus to spread around the whole building? Within as little as two hours, concludes a new study. Viruses can contaminate a single doorknob or elevator button and then spread through an entire office, hotel, or health care facility …

The grieving husband of an obese woman who lost her life because three airlines sent her on a wild “goose chase” to find her way back to the U.S. for treatment has quietly settled his $6 million wrongful death lawsuit against the companies, reports the New York Daily News.

Researchers have discovered a new species of dinosaur that lived about 100 million years ago and may have weighed as much as several elephants.

You’d be forgiven for thinking this was something out of the film Alien. But it’s actually a giant mantis shrimp. A couple reeled in the enormous creature while fishing at Florida’s Fort Pierce.

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists say an active Kilauea lava flow could reach a government road in Pahoa within 16 to 18 days.

Ads for weight-loss programs usually show cheery dieters delighted to be shedding their burden of excess pounds. But a new study finds that in the real world, over time, weight loss may be linked with worsening mood.

Vancouver’s Luxury & Supercar Weekend wrapped up this past weekend, considered by many to be the most prestigious automobile lifestyle event in Canada.

The Lee County Sheriff’s Department is giving locals the chance to get rid of unwanted prescription medications for the second time this year.

Georgetown College in Kentucky is mourning a recent graduate murdered while teaching in Chile. Erica Faith Hagan, 22, was found dead in her apartment on the campus of a Baptist college on the weekend, Fox reports.