A 35-year-old man was arrested and charged in connection with a pair of recent church fires in and around St. Louis.

David Lopez Jackson was charged Friday with two counts of second-degree arson, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. His bail was set at $75,000.

Chief Sam Dotson ...

One of the driest places on Earth has blossomed after some unusual rain earlier this year.

The Atacama Desert, primarily located in Chile along the Pacific Ocean, is flush with flowers after relatively heavy precipitation in March and August fell in the drought-stricken region.

The bloom generally occurs once every ...

One Internet commenter in France will have less to spend on French cuisine after being fined for writing a review of an eatery that had yet to open.

A French court earlier this month ordered the reviewer, who has not been named publicly, to pay a total of 7,500 euros ...

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