The death toll from Japan's New Year's Day earthquake jumped to 161 on Monday as snow complicated relief efforts with more than 2,000 people still cut off and many others lacking power or in crowded emergency shelters.

The secretary of the Interior of Mexico, Luisa María Alcalde Luján, took to social media, and wrote, "Governor Américo Villareal has just informed us that the 31 migrants kidnapped in Tamaulipas were rescued safely."

More than 50 people were reported missing Thursday as Japanese rescuers battled to reach hundreds still cut off from help three days after a devastating earthquake left at least 78 dead.

Frida, the rescue dog that emerged as a hero and symbol of national pride in Mexico, died of natural causes.

A man has been reported dead after drowning while he was attempting to save his fiancée's dog from a river in Alpena, Michigan on Sunday, Aug. 21. 

A McDonald's worker is reportedly in critical condition after he was repeatedly stabbed in the face by an irate customer while the fast-food personnel was defending his coworkers in East Harlem on Wednesday, March. 9.

A video of a dog going to a homeless man to get a hug has become viral confirming to netizens that dogs are truly man’s best friend.

Firefighters had to break through a wall to rescue a dog that had been missing for days.

A man almost died after reportedly jumping into the Hudson River to rescue his dog that accidentally fell in the water. 

Two New York policemen risked their lives and jumped onto the subway tracks to save a man from getting hit by an oncoming train on Sunday.

“I can’t imagine how they lasted that long,” Foligno said. “For the 20 or 25 minutes I was out there in the boat with just water touching me, I was freezing.”

As the plotline gains traction, fans are going into a frenzy with hopes that “The Walking Dead's” Rick Grimes will make an appearance in the “Fear The Walking Dead” series.

The talk show host has had enough of the media attacking her rescue efforts and calling her a liar. Now Bozzo plans to embark on a lawsuit against the Mexican media for defaming her.

Three fishermen in Alaska spent four hours trying to free a killer whale stuck on some rocks.

Police in Mexico have raided a house used by drug cartels to hold 73 kidnapping victims for ransom.

Jamie Lee Curtis was involved in a serious car accident and called friend Jodie Foster to be with her at the scene. She is reportedly doing "fine" and is resting at home.

George Zimmerman rescued a man who was trapped in an overturned car.

A pack of street dogs saved a young girl from a rape attempt.

(Reuters) - Emergency services worked into the early hours of Friday to find people trapped in rubble under state oil company Pemex's headquarters in Mexico City after an explosion that killed at least 25 people and injured more than 100.