Author: Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY

Three people found dead in a German hotel room were killed by crossbow wounds, and two more bodies were found in one of the dead’s apartment.

Cardinal Konrad Krajewski told local media that he personally turned meters back on over the weekend at the building, without power since May 6.

The University of Canberra’s library was evacuated last week after a suspected gas leak turned out to be a durian, the particularly pungent fruit.

Birgitte Kallestad died earlier this week. A stray puppy she rescued in the Philippines bit her months ago, but doctors didn’t know she had rabies.

A Mongolian couple died from the bubonic plagueafter eating raw marmot meat, sparking a quarantine that trapped tourists for days, officials said.

A clean-up team in Nepal recently brought down more than three tons of garbage from Mount Everest in an effort to rid the peak of pollution.

In a tweet that sparked disbelief and social media jabs, the Indian Army said its mountaineer spotted footprints of the “mythical beast ‘Yeti.'”

Antarctic’sHalley Bay colony of emperor penguins has seen a “catastrophic breeding failure” over the past three years linked to melting sea ice.

Seven members of the radical Muslim group National Thowfeek Jamaath killed at least 290 people on Easter Sunday, Sri Lankan officials said.