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One person died and several others were injured after a tent collapsed in west suburban Wood Dale during Sunday’s severe weather. The incident happened at about 2:40 p.m. at Wood Dale Prairie Fest, which took place near Wood Dale Junior High, as 60 mph winds and large hail pounded the area. “We were trying to squeeze in (the tent) so...

A Miami woman who had been missing for nearly a week was arrested after admitting to faking her own abduction, police said.

The man who jumped a fence at the White House complex Monday afternoon told police he was on a mission from God and wanted to attack President Donald Trump, according to charging documents.

Some parents say they’re uneasy following days of fights, evacuations and fires set on purpose at Taravella High School in Coral Springs.

A baby girl has been found safe after being abducted by her father, a convicted sex offender, officials said Tuesday. Her father is in custody in North Carolina.

Republican Don Blankenship doesn’t care if his party and his president don’t think he can beat Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin this fall. This former coal mining executive, an ex-convict released from prison less than a year ago, is willing to risk his personal fortune and the Republican Party’s golden opportunity in West Virginia for the chance to prove them all...

A manatee was freed after it became stuck in a pump station in Fort Lauderdale Tuesday.

Autopsies indicate an Iowa couple and their two children died from inhaling toxic gas at a rented condo on Mexico’s Caribbean coast, but there was no sign of foul play or suicide, Mexican authorities said Saturday. The prosecutors’ office in the Caribbean coast state of Quintana Roo said that “the cause of death was asphyxiation from inhaling toxic gases.” It...

The bodies of an Iowa couple and their two children were found in a rented condo in Mexico on Friday, though it wasn’t immediately clear what caused their deaths, according to investigators.

A 23-month-old Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, boy who was escorted by snowplows and state troopers for an emergency procedure during this week’s snowstorm was resting comfortably Friday in a hospital.  Bentley Gingerlowski has a rare congenital heart defect and on Tuesday he needed an emergency treatment. But it was at the height of a powerful snowstorm and the doctors equipped to do...

The National Guard and Pennsylvania State Police teamed up with PennDOT to ensure that snow wouldn’t stop a toddler in need of life-saving medical care from getting to the hospital.

Palm Beach County is preparing ahead of Hurricane Dorian.

Customers at a Safeway in Danville got quite the scare when a coyote made its way into the grocery store late Friday.