A volcano in Iceland's Southern Peninsula region erupted Sunday for the second time in a month, creating cracks in the ground and unleashing massive lava flows that forced the evacuation of a nearby fishing town.
A severe winter storm continued to batter the country Sunday, with dangerously cold temperatures, high winds and blizzard conditions wreaking havoc on flights, political events, and even football games.
Principal Dan Marburger died early Sunday as the result of injuries he sustained in a school shooting at Perry High School January 4 in Perry Iowa, his family said.
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from California Sunday on an unmanned mission to deliver 22 more Starlink internet satellites into low Earth orbit.
North Korea tested a ballistic missile on Sunday, traveling over 310 miles and landing in the Sea of Japan, outside of the rival country's waters.
"Honeymooners" star Joyce Randolph has died at the age of 99.
King Frederik X has taken the throne of Denmark after the abdication of his mother, Queen Margrethe II, the royal family shared on social media.
Namibian President Hage G. Geingob blasted Germany on Saturday for defending Israel at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, pointing to the genocide Germany itself perpetrated on Namibians in the early 1900s.
Children's author R.L. Stine has announced a movie based on his novel, "The Prom Queen," is now in the works at Netflix.
Alec Musser has died at the age of 50, his fiancee Paige Press announced in an Instagram Story on Saturday.
Harriet Slater and Benjamin Wainwright told UPI their characters are in very different places emotionally when they meet and fall in love in the new British costume drama, "Belgravia: The Next Chapter."
Clive Owen told UPI he looked to late Hollywood legend Humphrey Bogart for inspiration when playing the titular gumshoe in the new AMC detective drama, "Monsieur Spade."
Rocker Dave Grohl turns 55 and rapper/actor LL Cool J turns 56, among the famous birthdays for Jan. 14.
On Jan. 14, 1954, Marilyn Monroe married baseball star Joe DiMaggio. The two would divorce less than a year later.
Congress has agreed on a short-term spending deal to prevent a potential government shutdown until March.
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the site of two separate vehicle-train collisions that occurred this week in Melbourne, Florida.
A Texas woman wanted for sexually abusing a child is now in police custody.
Former Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy Andrew Lyons has been sentenced to 30 days in jail followed by two years of probation for the 2019 shooting death of Ryan Twyman, an unarmed Black man.
Republican presidential hopefuls are dashing through the snow on Saturday to rally their supporters ahead of the looming Iowa Caucus.
The world's average temperature on land and the oceans' surface set a global record in 2023, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have confirmed.
