The Diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri, has opened a new yearlong “synodal” consultation process on sacred music after a now-rescinded decree from the bishop last fall banning certain hymns ...

Soheila Golestani, the Iranian actor who stars in Mohammad Rasoulof’s Oscar-nominated drama “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” has been banned from leaving Iran to serve on the Tiger Competition ...

Agriculture specialists assigned to LAX discovered 37 live beetles hidden inside packages of Japanese snacks, chocolate and potato chips, the CBP said. The contraband was seized during a physical ...

More than three dozen live beetles, nearly the length of the average ... concealed inside of multiple packages of Japanese snacks, potato chips and chocolate. Valued at $1,480, "the contraband ...

It sounds like the stuff of nightmares: you open a bag of potato chips hoping for a snack, only to find a 6-inch-long stag beetle crawling inside the container. Now multiply that scenario 37 times.

LOS ANGELES -- At least 37 giant live beetles measuring 4 to 5 inches have been found concealed inside of multiple packages of Japanese snacks, potato chips and chocolate at Los Angeles ...