SANTIAGO, Chile – A young man distraught over a breakup with his girlfriend hanged himself while she watched over a Web camera, Chilean police said. Deputy inspector Carlos Court said 26-year-old Simon Venegas was chatting with his former girlfriend when he pointed his camera at a tree in a courtyard …

NEW YORK – Law enforcement agents have raided residences in New York City as part of a terrorism investigation, and are preparing to brief Congress about the investigation. New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne confirms that searches were conducted in the borough of Queens on Monday by agents of …

MADISON, Wis. – A passenger inadvertently carried shotgun shells onto a Dallas-bound Midwest Airlines plane at Milwaukee’s airport on Monday before he realized his mistake and alerted flight attendants, authorities said. The man, who was not identified, did not mean any harm, saying he had forgotten that the ammunition was …

PORTLAND, Ore. – A new report found that teens in rural areas and those with substance abuse issues or increased mental health risk factors were more likely to take part in the “choking game.” The dangerous practice involves choking each other to get a feeling of euphoria. The Centers for …

SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea and the U.S. rejected North Korea’s proposal to start peace talks to formally end the Korean War, with Seoul saying Tuesday that can happen only after the North rejoins disarmament talks and reports progress in denuclearization. The North said Monday that its return to …

NEW YORK – Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Sunday it is cutting about 11,200 jobs at its Sam’s Club warehouse division as it outsources in-store product sampling to marketing company Shopper Events in an effort to win more customers and boost lagging sales. The terminations represent about 10 percent of the …

The woman of your dreams is finally here. She’s a slender, 5-foot, 7-inch Caucasian with dark brow, shoulder-length hair and an eternal orgasm face (either that or she’s in shock). Meet Roxxxy, the world’s first sex robot, who is being touted as the sexbot of “peak performances.” But do you …

NEW YORK – Do you want to learn a safer way to shoot heroin? New York City has a guide for that. The city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene spent $32,000 of tax money on 70,000 copies that offer information on how to prepare drugs carefully and care for …

The California Legislature voted Thursday to give Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration permission to buy massive amounts of electricity, a move aimed at avoiding blackouts by shoring up the state’s power supply while jumpstarting the West Coast’s fledgling offshore wind industry. Five companies paid roughly $750 million last year to …

A former NFL player is missing and his mother is dead as police in Illinois launched an investigation over the weekend into the mysterious circumstances. Family members of Sergio Brown and his mother, Myrtle, contacted authorities on Saturday to say they couldn’t find or make contact with either person, Maywood …