The emergence of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has international health experts worried, financial markets stumbled — and the Internet baffled over how the new name was chosen. ...

A UK mother was left fighting for her life, and lost part of an ear, after she contracted sepsis during childbirth -- but a midwife told her she probably had the flu. ...

The 21-year-old computer science major at Western Washington University was one of the eight victims who died during Travis Scott's performance at Astroworld. ...

A concertgoer at Friday's Astroworld show is suing Travis Scott and the event's organizers over the "predictable and preventable tragedy," a report says. ...

The Hermit Kingdom's 37-year-old leader's dramatic weight loss has recently renewed speculation over his health, following high-level intelligence last year that he'd been on his death bed. ...

Chilling new details about Alec Baldwin's fatal movie mishap emerged -- from the on-set medic who tried to help save cinematographer Halyna Hutchins' life. ...

Hospital staffing shortages due to COVID-19 vaccination disputes have continued across the US this month, leaving patients untreated amid surges of the virus' delta variant. ...

The new fissures, about 50 feet apart, sent streaks of fiery red and orange molten rock down toward the sea, parallel to an earlier flow that reached the Atlantic Ocean earlier this week. ...

Daniel P. Jenkins called cops Sunday evening and told the operator he planned to go to Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s office and shoot her if his trash wasn’t picked up. ...

Three are dead, including an 11-year-old girl, after a gas explosion at an apartment building in Solidarnost, a Russian village south of Moscow, according to reports. The blast partially destroyed the two-story building, said Igor Artamonov, head of the Lipetsk ...