ALLENTOWN, Pa. – One of two young sisters who fell from the 4th floor of a Pennsylvania apartment building has died. The Lehigh County coroner’s office says 3-year-old Tamara Arnette died Friday night, shortly after she and her 5-year-old sister tumbled from the window of an apartment building in Allentown. …

LIMA, Peru – Authorities in Peru say a truck carrying students and teachers home from a parade fell into a ravine in the Andes Mountains, killing 17 people and injuring 33. Hospital director Rosa Pascual says five of the injured are in “grave condition” following the accident Sunday near the …

DAWSON CITY, Yukon – Miners in northwestern Canada have discovered ice age camel bones whose DNA is forcing scientists to redraw the family tree of the now-extinct species. Grant Zazula, a paleontologist with the Yukon’s Department of Tourism and Culture, says three fossils recovered from a gold mine in 2008 …

JERUSALEM – An Israeli official says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to meet French telecom giant Orange’s chief executive over the CEO’s recent comments on pulling out of Israel. The official, who spoke Thursday on condition of anonymity pending a formal announcement, says the meeting will take place Friday. CEO …

A woman who sued a hospital after complications from a laparoscopic procedure lead to the amputation of her legs and partial deafness has been awarded $62 million by a New York City jury. Stacey Galette was awarded $58 million for pain and suffering and another $4 million in special damages …

BERLIN – An elephant has escaped from a circus and killed a man in southwest Germany. Police in Heilbronn say the 65-year-old man was taking his regular morning stroll in the woods when the elephant attacked him, causing fatal injuries. The incident happened in the early hours of Saturday morning. …

DAMASCUS, Syria – Rebels fired a barrage of shells at government-held districts in the northern city of Aleppo Monday, killing at least 23 people, including eight children, and wounding more than 100, state-run TV said. Syrian TV said the shelling hit the area of Rahman Mosque and other districts in …

TRIPOLI, Libya – A report by Human Rights Watch alleges torture and abuse are rampant in prisons under the control of Libya’s internationally recognized government and allied forces in the country’s east. The report released Wednesday claims many detainees were tortured to extract confessions, while others didn’t receive medical care …

This is the third Father’s Day that I have celebrated since my father passed away, and I still miss him. He sacrificed everything for me, my brothers and my mother. Nothing was ever handed to him. He was the first from a family of farmers and factory workers to go …

As the xenophobic North Korean regime of Kim Jong Il appears to be inching toward a murky transition of power, the United Nations is laying plans to spend more than $290 million on a welter of programs in the communist state—including a scheme to produce an algae sold in the …