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A Walt Disney World employee was killed Monday, July 9, after an accident near one of the Disney-owned hotels surrounding the Florida theme park, authorities said. At 9:18 a.m. Monday, deputies responded to a call just outside the Pop Century Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, according...

Koko, a beloved gorilla that learned to communicate with humans and then stole their hearts, has died. The Gorilla Foundation said the 46-year-old celebrity ape - a western lowland gorilla - died in her sleep this week at the organization's preserve in Northern California. The Gorilla...

Authorities in Australia have identified a victim whose mummified body was discovered rolled up in a rug inside a hoarder's home on Sydney's Lower North Shore. Police said Tuesday, June 5, that the body, which had been decomposing in the Greenwich home for years before it was found...

A University of North Carolina at Charlotte fraternity chapter has been suspended by its national organization in the aftermath of the death of a student who boarded a party bus on Tuesday night, May 1, according to WSOC and WBTV. Polly Rogers, 20, died after falling out of the bus...