A woman told authorities she was held captive for more than a year by three people who forced her to do housework, raided her bank account and menaced her with snakes and pit bulls.
Police arrested Canby’s William "Billy" Traverso but are still looking for Molalla’s Brad Taylor in connection with the theft of 17 pallets of watermelons from two local grocery stores earlier this month.
In Pixar's "Monsters University," a prequel to 2001 "Monsters, Inc.," our expert "scarers" to be - the wisecracking pipsqueak Mike Wazowski and the burly James B. Sullivan - are college freshmen with high aspirations.
A tornado warning for Denver International Airport is over and no damage has been reported.
Zoo Boise welcomed the birth of a black-crested mangabey monkey. The male baby was born June 12 to Murphy and Betty.
Deputies at the Valley County Sheriff's Office are hoping someone will recognize this man who tried to break into a cabin near Horsethief Reservoir over the June 7-9 weekend.
The director of the National Security Agency said Tuesday the government's sweeping surveillance programs have foiled some 50 terrorist plots worldwide, including one directed at the New York Stock Exchange, in a forceful defense of spy operations that was echoed by the leaders of the House Intelligence Committee.
Thousands of screaming fans brought Times Square to a standstill as they waited to catch a glimpse of Brad Pitt at the premiere of his new thriller, "World War Z."
Rain helped firefighters douse Colorado's most destructive wildfire in state history on Monday, July 17, 2013 – a photo gallery.
The revamped lineup of Daniel Paille, Chris Kelly and Tyler Seguin scored Boston's first goal and drew the penalties that led to another in a 2-0 win over Chicago on Monday night for a 2-1 lead in the Stanley Cup finals.
More than 100,000 people took to the streets in largely peaceful protests in at least eight cities Monday, demonstrations that voiced the deep frustrations Brazilians feel about carrying heavy tax burdens but receiving woeful returns in public education, health, security and transportation.
Entertainer Barbra Streisand waded into one of Israel's touchiest issues Monday on the first major stop of her tour of the country — Jewish religious practices that separate men and women.
If you're up to no good in this pocket of northeast Ohio, especially in a witless way, you're risking not only jail time or a fine but a swifter repercussion with a much larger audience.
You've all seen rainbows on those days where it's raining and the sun's out at the same time. But what about those times when you see a rainbow-like halo around the sun or moon?
It's the same physics, really. The halos (or, sometimes known as "sundogs" around the sun) are usually seen when there are high cirrus clouds overhead.
Those clouds are made of tiny ice crystals, which will refract the sunlight much like a prism will and voila! You have a rainbow halo around the sun.
Viewer and their fathers on Father's Day!
Scientists on Long Island are preparing to move a 50-foot-wide electromagnet 3,200 miles over land and sea to its new home at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Illinois. The trip is expected to take more than a month.
Growing lungs and other organs for transplant is still in the future, but scientists are working toward that goal. In several labs, scientists study how to build on the internal scaffolding of hearts, lungs, livers and kidneys of people and pigs to make custom-made implants.
Erin Brady won the beauty pageant at the Planet Hollywood hotel-casino after strutting in a white sparkly gown and answering a question about the U.S. Supreme Court's decision upholding widespread DNA tests.
The Oakland Athletics avoided a sweep with a 10-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday handing pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma his first loss in two months.
Challengers participate in the Western Idaho ArmWrestling Championships Saturday at The Drink in Boise.
First grader Jordan Holst Jr. opened the door to a classroom and realized that hug and kiss with his Air Force mom was coming sooner than he'd expected.
(New) 3 accused of holding woman as slave (Photo Gallery)
