At least 200 killed in coltan mine collapse in eastern Congo, rebel authorities say

At least 200 people were killed earlier this week when a landslide collapsed several mines at a major coltan mining site in eastern Congo, rebel authorities said Saturday. The ...

Former Stanford baseball coach Mark Marquess, who won 2 College World Series titles, dies at 78

Mark Marquess, a National College Baseball Hall of Famer who coached Stanford to a pair of national titles over 41 years beginning in 1977, has died. He was 78. The school ...

Egor Demin sets NBA rookie 3-point record as Nets snap 7-game skid with 10-9-99 win over Jazz

Egor Demin set an NBA rookie record by making a 3-pointer in his 34th straight game and finished with 25 points and 10 rebounds to help the Brooklyn Nets snap a seven-game ...

Starbucks feels the heat as more chains compete for US coffee drinkers

Americans are drinking more coffee than they have in decades. But fewer of them are getting it from Starbucks. The company that revolutionized U.S. coffee culture remains ...

After Mexico bans vapes, cartels tighten their grip on a booming market

When a drug cartel came calling at a store selling vapes in northern Mexico, the owners knew they were powerless. The cartel abducted two employees, blindfolded them and ...

A Sudanese doctor recounts his harrowing escape from a Darfur city under rebel bombardment

Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim dashed from building to building, desperate for places to hide. He ran through streets littered with bodies. Around him, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur ...

Democrats Menefee and Edwards compete for a House seat that will narrow GOP’s slim majority

Democrats Christian Menefee and Amanda Edwards are competing Saturday for a vacant U.S. House seat from Houston, a special election that will narrow the GOP’s already slim House majority.

Contractors prepare to clear snow

On Your Side's Brett Hall reports on Seabreeze Landscaping and Concrete Dean and Company preparing to plow snow in Virginia Beach ...

Landstown holds on to defeat Salem 68-57

In a battle between two of the top teams in the Virginia Beach, Landstown fought off Salem 68-57. It was the Eagles fourth ...

Sentara Leigh Hospital prepares for winter blast

The state Department of Health reported 3,400 Virginians visited the emergency department suffering from slips and falls due to the snow and icy conditions last weekend.

Nets guard Egor Demin sets NBA rookie record with a 3-pointer in 34th straight game

Brooklyn Nets guard Egor Demin made a 3-pointer in an NBA rookie-record 34th straight game on Friday night against the Utah Jazz. Demin set the record on the first basket for ...

Senate set to pass government funding bill Friday after Graham pledges to lift hold

The Senate is on track to pass a government funding package Friday afternoon after Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told colleagues that he will release his hold on the massive spending bill if he gets a ...