Brendan O'Brien

An Illinois man accused of opening fire on spectators watching an Independence Day parade in a Chicago suburb two years ago backed out of a plea deal on Wednesday, local media reported.

First responders and clean-up crews fanned out across rural Indiana and Ohio on Friday after one or more tornadoes ripped through the area, killing three people and injuring dozens more as it leveled homes and businesses.

Mar 13, 2024 ... A paralyzed Texas man who lived 70 years inside an iron lung after he survived polio as a child has died, his family said.

A former Albert Einstein College of Medicine professor is donating $1 billion to the New York City school, the largest gift of its type ever given in the United States, to pay the tuition of all of its students, the institution said on Monday.

A third of the United States faced the threat of severe weather on Wednesday as strong winds, snow and tornadoes threatened the Southeast, Ohio Valley and East Coast, while a fierce winter storm bore down on the Northwest.

Five U.S. Marines were confirmed dead after their helicopter crashed in a remote area outside of San Diego while on a training flight during a fierce winter storm, the U.S. Marines Corps said on Thursday.

Students across Iowa planned to walk out of school on Monday and demonstrate at the state capitol, calling for lawmakers to take action to address gun violence after an 11-year-old was killed and five others wounded in a school shooting last week.

Jan 2, 2024 ... A man was arrested on Tuesday after he broke into the Colorado Supreme Court building in Denver with a handgun and lit a fire in a stairwell ...

A single-ticket holder from California was the sole winner of an estimated $1.77 billion Powerball drawing on Wednesday night, in the second-largest lottery jackpot in history, the lottery game’s website said early Thursday.

Former National Football League player Sergio Brown has been taken into custody in connection with the death of his mother who was found deceased near her home outside of Chicago last month, CNN reported, citing a law enforcement official.

Baltimore police have arrested a suspect in the killing of Pava LaPere, a 26-year-old tech executive, ending a two-day manhunt after investigators tracked him down using evidence from a previous crime, authorities said.

Tropical Storm Ophelia came ashore on Saturday along the Atlantic Coast where it doused the region with torrential downpours and unrelenting winds that caused flooding and widespread power outages.

Nine Memphis-area deputies have been indicted in the killing of a Black man who died after he was beaten by guards and held prone on the ground in a county jail a year ago, the local sheriff said.

The last three men to face charges in a foiled plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer were acquitted on Friday in a trial in state court on terrorism and firearms charges.

Sep 13, 2023 ... A convicted murderer who escaped from a Pennsylvania jail was captured on Wednesday with the help of a heat-sensing aircraft and a police ...

Canadian health officials on Tuesday authorized Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine targeting the Omicron subvariant, urging all Canadians over the age of six months to get fresh inoculations as the nation sees an uptick in infections.

Hurricane Lee barreled toward the Caribbean on Friday after intensifying into a dangerous Category 5 storm as forecasters attempted to pinpoint where it will make landfall - if at all.

A Pennsylvania fugitive convicted of murder was spotted on security cameras overnight near the prison from which he escaped six days earlier, prompting area schools to cancel classes and authorities to expand their search, police said on Tuesday.

Tropical Storm Harold on Tuesday lashed the southern tip of Texas with damaging winds and heavy downpours, leaving thousands without power as forecasters warned of possible flash flooding and minor damage throughout the day.

Tou Thao was sentenced for aiding and abetting manslaughter in the 2020 killing of George Floyd.