Dracula's castle welcomes guests with coffins and no silver

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - As the sun set over Dracula's castle in Transylvania, brother and sister Robin and Tami Varma slid into red velvet-trimmed black coffins, trying them for size before dining with...

Holocaust survivors walk the red carpet in Israel beauty pageant

HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) - Their hair styled and make-up applied, a group of elderly women carefully take to a red carpet catwalk, waving, blowing kisses and posing for pictures to cheering crowds.

Man wrestles giant panda in China zoo

BEIJING (Reuters) - Video footage of a man who wrestled with a giant panda bear after breaking into a zoo enclosure in southern China went viral over the weekend.

Got bank? Election could create flood of marijuana cash with no place to go

October 31 (Reuters) - Although the sale of marijuana is a federal crime, the number of U.S. banks working with pot businesses, now sanctioned in many states, is growing, up 45 percent in the last...

Factbox: 10 facts about fast urban growth on World Cities Day

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As the world sees the biggest wave of urban growth in history, with millions of people flocking to the fast-growing cities of the developing world, cities are...

The eight-year-old who gave publisher Bloomsbury Pottermania

(Reuters) - Alice Newton was just 8 years old when she gave Harry Potter his big break.

Pets dress up for Halloween at Florida festival

KEY WEST, Fla. (Reuters) - Festively dressed pets, including one dog styled to look like U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, took center stage at the "Fantasy Fest Pet Masquerade" in...

Chile seeks help to protect world's oldest mummies

ARICA, Chile (Reuters) - Chilean researchers are seeking conservation aid to protect a collection of mummified human remains found in northern Chile, the oldest mummies discovered in the world to...

Move over Picasso: first-ever emojis to hang in N.Y. Museum of Modern Art

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Smiley faces and images of food and cats designed almost 20 years ago by a Japanese phone company and used in digital messages worldwide have now attained the status of art.

Hugh Laurie gets star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - British actor Hugh Laurie, best known for playing a cantankerous doctor in the TV series 'House', received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday.

When scandal strikes, pity the other guy named John Stumpf

NEW YORK (Reuters) - It has been a rough couple of weeks to be named John Stumpf.

Michelin hands stars to 54 San Francisco restaurants

(Reuters) - Michelin awarded stars to 54 San Francisco-area restaurants in the 2017 edition of its eating guide on the City by the Bay that will be launched on Wednesday.

Ottoman prince visits former realm to spread laughter

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - It's not every day Turkish comedy fans get to laugh at a descendant of the sultan.