Melissa Hellmann

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50,000 Kentucky Homes Lose Power in Severe Storms

Residents have been advised to seek shelter and stay away from windows

By Melissa Hellmann

Disney Plans The Lion King Spin-Off Next Year

Disney Junior, a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Co., is to launch an animated series called The Lion Guard in November next year based on the classic movie The Lion King

By Melissa Hellmann

We Evolved To Withstand Getting Punched in The Face

"When modern humans fight hand to hand, the face is usually the primary target," a researcher says

By Melissa Hellmann

24 Indian Students Swept Into River and Feared Drowned

A sudden release of water from a dam in northern India’s Himachal Pradesh is being blamed for the tragedy

By Melissa Hellmann

Teen Carries Brother 40 Miles for Charity

Valiant 14-year-old Hunter Gandee carried his 7-year-old brother Braden strapped on his back for 30 hours to urge engineers to invest in innovative tools for increased mobility

By Melissa Hellmann

China to Attend U.S.-Hosted Naval Drill for First Time

The move comes after the Pentagon released a controversial report detailing rocketing military spending by Beijing

By Melissa Hellmann

Researchers Discover Traces of the Planet That Helped Create the Moon

Researchers believe that a planet, named Theia, collided with Earth 4.5 billion years ago, creating the moon from floating debris

By Melissa Hellmann

Death Toll in Sewol Tragedy Climbs to 290

Two more bodies have been found this week; 14 people are still missing, presumed dead

By Melissa Hellmann

Hong Kong's Marking of Tiananmen Is a Rallying Cry for Chinese Democracy

China's freest city marked the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre with a solemn and dignified vigil that reflected the continued resonance of the student protesters' original aims

By Melissa Hellmann / Hong Kong

A Mining Accident in Southwest China Has Killed 22 Workers

The tragedy is only the latest in a slew of mining catastrophes to have hit the world's biggest coal producer

By Melissa Hellmann

Police Arrest Suspect in S.F. Explosives Case

Ryan Kelly Chamberlain II, suspected of harboring explosives and a lethal chemical in his San Francisco home, was arrested on Monday without incident to end a three-day manhunt that spanned beyond the Bay Area

By Melissa Hellmann

Apple Gets Into Shape With New Health App

On Monday, Apple is expected to present Healthbook, a new health-tracking app for mobile devices, which will launch the company into the health market and potentially draw new consumers to the niche fitness-tracking market

By Melissa Hellmann

One Botched, Another Stopped

The lethal injection of Oklahoma death row inmate Clayton Lockett went so awry Tuesday that officials halted another to investigate what went wrong

By Melissa Hellmann

And the World's New Fastest Land Animal Is...

Researchers have used film to determine that the world's fastest land animal is not a cheetah but a mite no larger than a sesame seed. The paratarsotomus macropalpis trounces the big cat by moving a crazy 322 body lengths per second to the cheetah's 16

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