A proposed name change is raising a stink in one Welsh village. Welsh-language campaigners say Varteg should be rebranded with a more authentic Welsh spelling — Y Farteg. The Welsh language has no letter v, though the sound is made by the letter f. ...

A San Francisco strip club is suing business software maker Oracle Corp. over an unpaid bill of more than $30,000 that was allegedly racked up on a company credit card. The New Century Theater says a man charged the amount to an Oracle credit ...

A stone monument of the Ten Commandments that sits on a street behind the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington and was the subject of controversy in the past has been toppled by vandals. The granite monument sits in front of the headquarters of Faith ...

Three sisters have been reunited in western New York some 73 years after their mother abandoned the older two and disappeared with the youngest one. The Daily News of Batavia reported Saturday that the three — 80-year-old Joan Billings, 78-year-old Shirley Mortellaro and 77-year-old ...

Queen Elizabeth II is so fond of her corgis that she personally supervises their daily meal and pours the gravy for them herself, according to a new book on British royal pets since the 16th century. “Pets by Royal Appointment,” by Brian Hoey, who ...

An animal-control officer had hundreds of snakes, including a pair of 2-meter Burmese pythons, at his home, from which he ran an illegal side business selling them, authorities said Thursday. Some 850 snakes worth $500,000 were found in a detached garage at the Shirley ...

Starbucks says guns are no longer welcome in its cafes, though it is stopping short of an outright ban on firearms. The fine line that the retailer is walking to address the concerns of both gun-rights and gun-control advocates reflects how heated the issue ...