A single-engine plane crashes near a Pennsylvania airport and all 5 aboard are taken to hospitals

A single-engine airplane with five people on board crashed and burst into flames in a parking lot near a small airport in suburban Pennsylvania.

Small talk is good for your health, research finds

Small talk can positively affect a person's overall well-being, an expert says.

An Okinawan bone digger searches for remains from one of the fiercest battles of World War II

Takamatsu Gushiken hunts caves in Okinawa's jungles for the bones of those who died in the WWII Battle of Okinawa, one of the war's bloodiest, considering the bones silent witnesses of Okinawa's wartime tragedy.

Memo says mass layoffs at Veterans' Affairs will begin early as June

The Department of Veterans Affairs will begin mass layoffs at the politically sensitive agency as early as June, according to a memo reviewed by Reuters.

Getting more of some vitamins during pregnancy may lower future risk of high blood pressure

Pregnant women whose blood contains higher levels of essential vitamins and minerals – such as B12, copper and manganese – may face a lower risk for high blood pressure two decades later, new research suggests.

Secret Service shoots armed man near White House overnight, agency says

The Secret Service shot an armed man outside the White House early on Sunday after a confrontation, and the man is now in an area hospital, it said in a statement.