Mom: Airline agent mocked 5-year-old girl's 'Abcde' name

A woman says a Southwest Airlines agent in Southern California mocked her 5-year-old daughter's 'Abcde' name when they were preparing to board a flight home to Texas.

H-E-B releasing new limited-edition Selena tote bag

Get ready, Selena fans! On December 6, H-E-B will release a new reusable tote bag featuring the 'Queen of Cumbia'.

Phoenix Fire baby boom, photo goes viral

PHOENIX, Ariz. (KSAZ) - It's a baby boom! A group of friends, that also happen to all work as firefighters for the Phoenix Fire Department, took a photo of their new babies that's getting a lot of attention. 

Police: Man shoots son after fight over kneeling NFL players

Police in North Carolina say a man shot and wounded his son on Thanksgiving after a heated fight about NFL athletes kneeling during the national anthem.

Study: Women sleep better next to dogs than their significant others

Dogs are better than humans! According to a recent study, women slept better next to dogs than their significant others, published this month by researchers at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York.

Starbucks releases new Juniper Latte in all stores

PHOENIX, Ariz. (KSAZ) - Winter is here and so is the newest holiday drink at Starbucks!

‘SpongeBob Squarepants' creator Stephen Hillenburg dies

Stephen Hillenburg, who created SpongeBob SquarePants and the absurd undersea world he inhabited, has died at age 57, Nickelodeon announced Tuesday. 

Dairy Queen opens in central Dallas

A new Dairy Queen in central Dallas is set to open Tuesday.

Forest Service releases video of gender reveal explosion that caused wildfire

TUCSON, Ariz. (KSAZ/AP) - The U.S. Forest Service has released video showing an off-duty Border Patrol agent's gender-reveal party explosion that caused a massive wildfire last year in Arizona. The video shows the words "Boy and "Girl" written across a target that's surrounded by tall grass in Green Valley. When the target is hit, a flash of blue powder appears...

NASA spacecraft lands on red planet after six-month journey

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A NASA spacecraft designed to burrow beneath the surface of Mars landed on the red planet Monday after a six-month, 300 million-mile (482 million-kilometer) journey and a perilous, six-minute descent through the rose-hued atmosphere. Flight controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, leaped out of their seats and erupted in screams,...

Dictionary.com chooses 'misinformation' as word of the year

Misinformation, as opposed to disinformation, was chosen Monday as Dictionary.com's word of the year on the tattered coattails of "toxic," picked earlier this month for the same honor by Oxford Dictionaries in these tumultuous times.

Tight supply means higher prices for Christmas trees this year

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - People may need to trim back their Christmas tree expectations this year. A tight supply means some shoppers will be paying more and searching longer for that perfect Christmas tree this holiday season. But there's no need for panic buying on Black Friday as industry experts say consumers will end up with something to decorate this holiday season.

Child bride auction sparks anger

Five hundred cows, two luxury cars, $10,000, two bikes, a boat and a few cell phones made up the final price in a heated bidding war for a child bride in South Sudan that went viral after the auction was pointed out on Facebook. The government calls it the largest dowry ever paid in the civil war-torn country. The highest bidder was a man three times the 17-year-old's...

Partially naked man dies in custody after ransacking Houston Whataburger

Police in Houston say a man has died after being arrested for attacking a Whataburger manager, employees and customers while wearing only a shirt.