Max Rivlin-Nadler · 11/17/13 02:47PM

"Thor 2" topped the weekend box office for the second straight weekend but the big surprise was a different sequel: "The Best Man Holiday" banked $30.5 million, most of which came from Gawker's Caity Weaver.

Gabrielle Bluestone · 11/17/13 12:59PM

A drone malfunctioned and hit a Navy ship during a training exercise off the coast of Southern California this weekend. Two sailors were treated for minor burns, and the ship, which was carrying 300 people, is now being inspected for damage. A Navy spokesperson did not say whether the drone had malfunctioned before.

Gabrielle Bluestone · 11/17/13 11:08AM

A woman who drove more than 600 miles through the typhoon-stricken Philippines was able to rescue 27 members of her family and friends from Tacloban this week, where she found them living off of coconuts. Regina Sculley also managed to drop off water, rice, non-perishable food, and medicine for the remaining survivors.

Gabrielle Bluestone · 11/16/13 04:30PM

A Texas man who killed his children's 16-year-old babysitter to prevent her from testifying that he had raped her was sentenced to death today. Texas, one of at 32 states facing a shortage of death penalty drugs, was recently sued for its Department of Criminal Justice's drug acquisition tactics.

Max Rivlin-Nadler · 11/16/13 03:27PM

[A Typhoon Haiyan survivor cooks dinner in front of his damaged home in the village of Marabut, Samar Island, Philippines, on Friday evening. Photo by David Guttenfelder via AP.]

Gabrielle Bluestone · 11/16/13 02:12PM

A California man trying to walk over the Mexican border with two-and-a-half pounds of meth taped to his body got busted early this morning after a Customs officer noticed he was "too friendly," and searched him.