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'The Seventh Bride' Faces Horror — And Still Gets The Biscuits Made

Ursula Vernon (writing as T. Kingfisher) delivers a fleet, stripped-down fairy tale with echoes of Bluebeard and Peter Beagle. Critic Tasha Robinson praises Vernon's tough-minded, distinctive women

Transmilenio's rapid buses enter and exit a rail-like raised platform beside a snake of traffic on the left.

Bogota's Bus Rapid Transit System Eyed By U.S. Urban Planners

Bogota's system has a question for American urban planners: Why pay for rail transit when you can do Bus Rapid Transit instead?

Debbie Ziegler holds a photo of her daughter, Brittany Maynard, as hugs supporter Ellen Pontac after a right-to-die measure was approved by the state Assembly on Wednesday in Sacramento, Calif.

California Approves Physician-Assisted Suicide; Bill Heads To Governor's Desk

The California Senate passed a bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide in some cases. But Gov. Jerry Brown hasn't indicated whether he'll sign it.

A woman attends a public hearing about the gas leak before the South Coast Air Quality Management District. The agency has ordered Southern California Gas Co. to permanently shut down the well, and is suing the company for negligence.

Air Regulators Sue Calif. Utility Over Massive Gas Leak

A local regulatory body has filed a civil suit against the Southern California Gas Co. alleging negligence over the ongoing natural gas leak near Porter Ranch in Los Angeles.

This photo shows Fallen Star, a small cottage atop Jacobs Hall, a seven story structure that houses the engineering school on the campus of the University of California-San Diego in San Diego.

University Of California Tries To Get More Transfer Students

The University of California is trying to increase the number of undergraduates it admits from the state's community colleges by spelling out the courses transferring students need to be eligible to complete their studies at a UC campus

A man shows his pitted windshield to a police officer in Seattle in 1954

The Windshield-Pitting Mystery Of 1954

For some strange reason, people across America began to notice that thousands of automobile windshields were dotted with teeny-tiny pockmarks.

The Very Strange Life Of Nepal's Child Goddess

She's young and beautiful. A glimpse of her is believed to bring good fortune. She's Nepal's Living Goddess, or Kumari, who is selected as a small child and lives a life of isolation and secrecy.

Home plate umpire Gerry Davis checks out the hand of Michael Pineda of the New York Yankees in front of teammate Derek Jeter before throwing him out of the game in the second inning against the Boston Red Sox.

Yankees Pitcher Suspended Over 'Foreign Substance' On Neck

An umpire threw Michael Pineda out of a game Wednesday after he noticed pine tar smeared on the pitcher's neck.

Customers can get a tactile experience trying on glasses at Warby Parker's shop in New York City.

It's Boom Times For Pop-Up Shops As Mobile Shopping Clicks

One-click online shopping is changing how we shop. Stores with leases as short as a day are proliferating — meaning a storefront can be a designer clothing store one day and a test kitchen the next.

Prop. 47 savings could support Thunder Road Adolescent Treatment Centers.

Prop. 47 Supporters Fear Treatment Fund Has Been Shortchanged

The 2014 measure reduced penalties for drug offenses and other low-level felonies with the promise of saving hundreds of millions of dollars a year on prisons. Now advocates are wondering: What happened to the money?

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