CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Authorities increased security Friday at a tuberculosis hospital where patients with drug-resistant forms of the disease went on a rampage to protest prison-like conditions. Twenty-two patients were arrested Wednesday, accused of public violence and assault after they pelted staff with stones and vandalized equipment. But …

BELIZE CITY – Flash flooding carried away houses and ripped a child from his father’s grasp in Belize, raising the death toll from Central America’s twin tropical storms to at least seven — with rain still causing floods Tuesday in neighboring Mexico. The remnants of Pacific Tropical Storm Alma swept …

“Grey’s Anatomy” star T.R. Knight says the 16-year age difference between him and his 19-year-old boyfriend is “bound to raise some eyebrows.” “But we love each other,” Knight, 35, told “Extra” on Wednesday. “He’s an amazing guy.” The actor said he and Mark Cornelson have no plans to wed, adding, …

LAS VEGAS – A large amount of cash and some jewelry were taken from Oakland Raiders wide receiver Javon Walker when he was beaten and left unconscious on a Las Vegas street after a night of partying, according to police. Police Lt. Clinton Nichols said Tuesday that detectives are retracing …

BOSTON – A lawyer who beat rape charges after being named one of People magazine’s “Most Eligible Bachelors” was arrested Wednesday for allegedly hitting a police officer who confronted him for urinating in public. Gary Zerola, 36, was arrested in downtown Boston as fans celebrated the Celtics’ win over the …

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – A Marine’s repeated lies hindered the investigation into the killings of 24 Iraqi men, women and children, a military prosecutor said Wednesday in urging a jury to convict. First Lt. Andrew Grayson “chose to lie” and continued with a pattern of deception, prosecutor Lt. Col. Paul …

A baby that doctors said would be deaf, blind and only live a few hours is now healthy and attempting to talk, it is being reported. According to the Daily Mail, doctors urged Becky and Kriss Kramer of Pembroke Dock in South Wales, to abort their baby saying he would …

KIGALI, Rwanda – Two earthquakes struck hours apart Sunday in Rwanda and neighboring Congo, killing at least 39 people including some who were in a church that collapsed. Nearly 400 were injured. A magnitude-6.0 quake struck Congo early in the day, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The second quake, …

Elizabeth Hurley and her wealthy Indian businessman husband paid their ex-maid about $3 an hour and sometimes even less, according to Britain’s Mirror and Daily Mail. Violet D’Souza claims she worked up to 19 hours a day and sometimes seven days a week in Hurley and Arun Nayar’s London home. …

ZURICH, Switzerland – A frantic search for four stolen Impressionist paintings led to a most unlikely place: the parking lot of a mental hospital just a few hundred yards from the scene of the crime. There, in the back seat of an unlocked car, a painting by Claude Monet and …