A chef in Connecticut is looking forward to the upcoming cicada invasion, and the chance to try out a few recipes for the insects.

A new study says there’s an easy way for men to boost their chances of getting a date. According to a study by the University of South Brittany in France, women tend to be more attracted to men who are musicians.

Strong winds have pushed huge ice sheets ashore at a northern Minnesota lake and right up to people's doorsteps.

Scientists are on a mission to track the carbon footprints of large cities that are increasingly responsible for human-caused global warming.

Spacewalking astronauts have replaced an ammonia pump outside the International Space Station in hopes of plugging a serious leak.

The last time carbon dioxide levels were this high was about 2 million years ago.

Two astronauts will do a spacewalk Saturday to try to fix an ammonia leak in the power system at the International Space Station.

An Intel employee in New Mexico says in a federal lawsuit that co-workers secretly taped a "Kick Me" sign on his back as part of a pattern of abuse at a Rio Rancho plant.

With friends and family in Pullman for her graduation from Washington State University, Cassie Dotts thought it would be a good time for another ceremony - her wedding.

The creators of Solar Impulse - considered the world's most-advanced sun-powered plane - say their cross-country journey will mark a milestone in aviation history.

An 89-year-old San Diego woman has earned a degree from Grand Canyon University in Phoenix.

Police have arrested a man who allegedly broke through the front window of a Fresno home and bit off the homeowner's finger.

Do you enjoy the outdoors and have strong vocal cords? If so, Norway might have a summer job for you: three weeks in the Arctic wilderness spotting polar bears.

It was a sale fit for a princess on Saturday as a Southern California man who's collected 55,000 dresses and ballgowns put some up for sale in a flourish of taffeta and silk.

The classic "Star Wars" film that launched a science fiction empire is being dubbed in the Navajo language.

Federal officials and a biologist say a longtime effort to save an isolated fish in a unique watery ecosystem near Death Valley might be coming to a sad and final end.

After spending two decades producing clones from some of the world's biggest and oldest trees, a nonprofit group says it's time to start planting.

NASA'S Kepler Telescope discovered three new, potentially-habitable planets in distant solar systems.

With auto officials saying driverless cars could be available by the end of the decade, California officials want to hear from the public on how to regulate the vehicles.

The crowded animal shelter on the Hawaii island of Kauai has come up with a novel way of getting some of its dogs adopted.

A judge in Oregon noticed an unexpected glow on a juror's chest while the courtroom lights were dimmed during video evidence in an armed-robbery trial.

A Riverside County man has pleaded not guilty to burglary and indecent exposure after he allegedly crawled naked through a neighbor's dog door to seek sex.

It turns out coasting an SUV with no brakes downhill to a scrap yard isn't a good idea after all.

Scores of Charlie Chaplin impersonators in bowler hats tramped through the streets of a small port town in western India.

New York school district officials have placed a high school English teacher on leave for having students pretend to be Jew-hating Nazis in a writing assignment.