A pit bull named Ace is being hailed as a hero after waking his deaf teenage owner during a house fire on Wednesday, according to the Indy Star. Firefighters responded to the home around 1 p.m. Wednesday. Upon arrival, flames were coming out of the garage.

Wali continues to fizzle. Forecasters downgraded it to a tropical depression Friday morning and then to a post-tropical cyclone Friday afternoon. It became the first tropical storm of the 2014 Central Pacific Hurricane Season Thursday. Wali continues to move to the northwest at 12 mph and this motion is expected to continue until Wali dissipates within 36 hours. At 5 …

Scientists from the University of Utah have developed an image of deep volcanic plumbing, as well as partly molten rock of Mount Rainer, which is expected to erupt again someday. The image was developed after measuring the Earth’s power to conduct electricity and seismic waves, according to a press release issued by the University of Utah.

Russia Today reporter Sara Firth quit Thursday because of the network’s coverage of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 disaster. She is the second RT reporter to leave since the crisis started in Ukraine in November 2013.

The Ministry of Environment in collaboration with the Northern Health Authority has issued a Smoke Advisory for the Omineca Region and North East of BC because of wildfire fire smoke that is affecting this area.

Andrei Anghel was always asking probing questions while studying at the University of Waterloo. “He just had this drive. He wanted to know the answers,” said biology Prof. Brian Dixon. Anghel, a 24-year-old native of Romania, was among 298 people killed when a Malaysia Airlines plane was downed over Ukraine on Thursday. Anghel, whose family live in Ajax east of …

A 50-year-old Toronto woman and former federal government employee is facing 97 charges in connection with a passport fraud investigation. RCMP officers, with the help of Citizenship and Immigration Canada, arrested a former passport processing officer who used to work for CIC on Thursday.

He was conquered, he saw, he came back. And all hailed Tim Hudak upon his return to the legislature. The former Progressive Conservative leader on Thursday ‎made his first appearance in the legislature since his party was defeated in the June 12 election.

Sorry girls: fellow females hate your sexy profile shot, according to a new study. Researchers at Oregon State University found that women were more likely to look down on those who post provocative images online, branding them as less competent than those who cover up.

A chain-reaction accident involving at least 25 vehicles closed eastbound Interstate 90 for much of the day Thursday as emergency crews struggled in blowing dust, ash and smoke to remove cars and semis from a quarter-mile stretch above Vantage near the Columbia River.

A jury in Brooklyn awarded more than $500,000 to a man who sued the city after he suffered a broken ankle during an arrest for shoplifting. The jury awarded Kevin Jarman $510,000 on Wednesday for the injury. Jarman, 50, filed the suit after pleading guilty to shoplifting at a Queens Pathmark in 2011.