​Let's raise a glass to iced tea

Americans drink more than 3 billion gallons of the chilled beverage a year, and in Summerville, S.C., they drank the biggest glass ever

• Jul 12, 2015

​Visiting the last surviving Howard Johnson's

There's a distinctive, orange-roofed restaurant in Lake George, N.Y., where the past is a thing of the present

• Jul 12, 2015

​A lesson in rescuing sea lion pups

At California's Pacific Marine Mammal Center, kids learn how scientists rehab animals found near death to release them back into the wild

• Jul 12, 2015

​The hunt for Forrest Fenn's treasure

The eccentric millionaire hid a chest in the Rocky Mountains containing a fortune in gold and precious metals, inspiring thousands to join the chase

• Jul 12, 2015

​Inside Grey Gardens

A look at the history of the Hamptons mansion with a complicated and notorious past

• Jul 12, 2015

NAACP votes to end 15-year boycott of South Carolina

Debate that was reignited by mass shooting at a black church in Charleston forces another barrier to drop

• Jul 12, 2015

UFC 189: McGregor backs up big mouth with big knockout

American Chad Mendes was dominating, until the Irish MMA sensation was given a sliver of room to work; bloody, action-filled undercard wows crowd

• Jul 12, 2015

The Hit

Did a desire for the lifestyle of the rich and famous drive a socialite to kill or did the mob target her gambler ex-husband?

• Jul 11, 2015

Photos of the week

The most compelling photos from the week's news, July 4-10, 2015, including fireworks, an American World Cup victory and Pope Francis touring Latin America

• Jul 11, 2015
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Escaped monkey captured at Memphis Zoo

After more than a day on the loose, "extremely spirited" monkey is pulled safely from drainage pipe

• Jul 11, 2015

​2nd FSU player charged with punching woman in as many weeks

FSU running back Dalvin Cook released on bond and suspended from team after being charged with punching a woman outside a Tallahassee bar

• Jul 11, 2015

Man dies in police custody after being pepper sprayed

Tuscaloosa police say suspect was sprayed after resisting arrest, then collapsed a short time later; death under investigation

• Jul 11, 2015

Blast that tossed Rhode Island beachgoer under investigation

Woman knocked into a rock wall by possible explosion in Narragansett, but officials found no obvious evidence of any device

• Jul 11, 2015

After prison riot, inmate found sawed nearly in two

Dead convict's body found stuffed into a garbage can with most of his internal organs removed after violence at Northern California prison

• Jul 11, 2015

Daredevil driver's reverse joyride has LAPD investigating

Cell phone video captures driver going backward for more than two miles through busy Los Angeles streets

• Jul 11, 2015

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