The fate of the settlers who founded the "Lost Colony of Roanoke" in what is now North Carolina remains unknown.

Between 1848 and 1855, California produced an estimated 750,000 pounds of gold. After that the take gradually declined, and ...

Seven San Antonio, Texas, police officers were shot after responding to a call of an apparent "suicide in progress." CBS News' Jason Allen has the latest confirmed information.

The Indonesian city is home to some of the greatest Hindu and Buddhist temples, a thriving food scene and an area known as ...

Archaeologists have unveiled what is believed to be the world’s oldest 3D map, an astonishing relic from the Paleolithic era ...

Trump wants a ceasefire. The problem is that Russia thinks it’s winning.

Nine countries are known to have nuclear weapons, but it is the US and Russia that still account for almost 90 percent of the ...

Thousands of young people in the Japanese city of Yokohama attended the Coming of Age ceremony on Monday to mark the start of their adulthood. Coming of Age Day, observed annually on the second Monday ...

A hapless North Korean soldier in Ukraine blew himself up with a grenade during a failed attempt to lure Ukrainian troops into a trap, Kyiv has claimed. Meanwhile, Ukraine's military has released ...

Fiji Rakavi Football Union Chair John Sanday says he will take full responsibility if anything goes wrong during his four-year term in office. He acknowledges the union’s past weaknesses and assures ...

Bird says he looks forward to the some of the world’s loudest crowds and cannot wait too learn a few tricks from opponents on game day. “I played here a couple of months ago, it was hot but for me, it ...

Weather modelling maps have shown that snow could soon fall across the entire length of the UK, with 15cm per hour flurries coming in a 30-hour Arctic blitz. The GFS weather model predictions show ...