A Missouri man reportedly shot himself in the head accidentally while teaching his girlfriend about gun safety. According to witnesses James Looney was insistent on giving his girlfriend a personal lesson in firearm safety Friday before taking her to a shooting range, MyFOXMemphis reported. As part of the tutorial, Looney …

A man dubbed the “human coral reef” after huge, shell-like growths appeared all over his body has been cured. Lin Tianzhuan, 38, began to notice the hard growths on his hands and feet when he was 13. As time passed, he was unable to move his arms and legs and …

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court says it is now prepared to resolve an issue about gun ownership it left unanswered when it made its historic 2008 ruling striking down the District of Columbia’s strict handgun law. The justices announced Wednesday they will hear an Illinois case asking if their ruling …

A gang of robbers burst into an Apple store in southern New Jersey, stealing several laptops, iPhones and iPods. Five men broke in to the store in Evesham, N.J., about 2:05 a.m. Wednesday by smashing the glass storefront with a large rock, MyFOXPhilly reported. They indicated to the security guard …

MADRID – Police say they rescued a woman who was trapped for eight days in an elevator in her house in northeastern Spain. Police said Friday they were alerted by relatives of the 45-year-old woman who said they had not been able to contact her for five days. Officers on …

MADRID – A convicted Italian Mafia boss was arrested near Barcelona on Wednesday after about seven years as a fugitive, Spanish police said. Police identified the suspect as Paolo Di Mauro and said he was detained in the town of Casteldelfells, along with another alleged mobster. A police spokesman had …

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – A 76-year-old Florida resident has been charged with bludgeoning to death a blind woman in upstate New York 37 years ago. Authorities in Rochester said Tuesday that James Kimble, a convicted sex offender in Sarasota, Fla., is expected to be extradited to New York. He was charged …

An overweight Ohio woman who killed her boyfriend by sitting on him, told a judge she was sincerely sorry for squashing the father of her three children, Fox8.com reported. Mia Landingham, who was believed to weigh around 300 pounds at the time of the August incident, pleaded guilty to involuntary …

RICHMOND, Va. – A third version of a report about the Virginia Tech massacre was issued Wednesday after university officials said errors were made in a previous account released last month. Some families, however, said Virginia’s outgoing governor was bending to university demands, and that additional revisions were needed. Gov. …

The rare ghost orchid found mainly in Florida and Cuba should be immediately protected by the U.S. as an endangered species, three environmental groups claimed Wednesday in a lawsuit arguing that federal officials are unduly delaying a decision. The lawsuit filed in Florida federal court contends the U.S. Fish and …