Victor Willis, the founding lead singer of Village People and co-writer of “YMCA,” “Macho Man” and “In the Navy,” died on Tuesday. He was 74.

Sharks are front of mind for many Sydneysiders and coastal New South Wales residents. In January, a teenager died amid a spate of attacks in and around Sydney.

Fourteen children died after the roof of a building near Lahore collapsed on top of them, officials say. The incident happened at a private tuition centre in t…

Dozens of people have died after floods and landslides triggered by days of torrential rain hit capital cities in Ghana and the Ivory Coast. According to a spo…

At least 13 people have died in Ghana's capital, Accra, after torrential rain resulted in severe flooding, according to the fire service which has been involve…

A woman has died after an alligator bit off one of her arms in Florida.

Three Americans have died in the Venezuela earthquakes, according to the State Department, as search-and-rescue and recovery efforts continue in the South Amer…

Tom Ligon, a veteran actor in films, TV and on Broadway who also was a longtime member of SAG-AFTRA New York Local board, has died. He was 85.

The former actress died on June 16 at age 35.

Plutonium is one of the most complex elements in the periodic table. First synthesized and isolated in 1940 by scientists at the University of California, Berk…

Three wildland firefighters died over the weekend battling a blaze that was rapidly expanding across a remote area in western Colorado. The helicopter-based cr…