Francesca Paris

The Empress of the Seas was headed for Cuba, but changed its course for Jamaica due to weather. That's how it ended up in the path of two fishermen from Costa Rica who had been adrift for 20 days.

Warning systems failed to alert residents of danger when volcanic activity triggered a tsunami on Saturday. Hundreds died, and more than 11,000 people have been displaced on Java and Sumatra islands.

The Silicon Valley-based company will offer ride services in its autonomous vehicles, with the supervision of a certified driver. One catch: it's not allowed to charge money.

Despite gridlock in Washington, D.C., more than 1,500 military personnel and volunteers at a Colorado Air Force base will be hard at work Christmas Eve, tracking Santa and answering children's calls.

Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan will assume Mattis' duties starting in the new year. Trump had previously said Mattis would step down at the end of February.

Officials say the tsunami was triggered by underwater landslides caused by volcanic activity on the island of Anak Krakatau.

Officers Conrad Gary and Eduardo Marmolejo were struck and killed Monday night while investigating a call of shots fired.

A young innovator wants to remove all the plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. But his invention, a long floating boom, is moving too slowly to hold the trash it collects.

Iraqi religious leaders officially initiated the restoration of Mosul's al-Nuri mosque yesterday. The mosque was destroyed as Iraqi forces reclaimed control of the city from the Islamic State in 2017.

Oil prices dropped below $60 a barrel on Black Friday, the lowest price in a year. While President Trump credits Saudi Arabia for what he says amounts to a "tax cut," the reality is more complicated.