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Millions of travelers rely on air traffic controllers every day to orchestrate high-speed maneuvers and help prevent planes from crashing. But a critical shortage has forced many to work “six days a week, 10 hours a day – for years at a time.”

Attorneys for the man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death have nodded to autism spectrum disorder in asking the court to ensure the 30-year-old wouldn’t get the death penalty if convicted, court records show.

The suspect was grieving the death of their mother, bullied at school after being hit by a drunk driver and became fixated by mass shooters, police said.

When fire victims return to find nothing but charred wreckage, many assume their irreplaceable belongings perished. Jeff Levy sees a chance to surprise them.

Dick Button, the two-time Olympic champion who revolutionized figure skating and literally took the sport to new heights, died Thursday, US Figure Skating said. He was 95 years old.

Once again, figure skaters representing the past, present and future of the sport perished in a catastrophic plane crash.

With parts of Los Angeles County still smoldering from wildfires, the expected rain this weekend would seem like a welcome relief. But how the rain falls could make the difference between a disaster respite or a disaster repeat.

Myriad problems have plagued Los Angeles County’s alert system as wildfires torch America’s most populous county. But the fiascos highlight vulnerabilities nationwide.

As New Orleans prepares to kick off its extravagant Carnival season this week, the city is asking for federal help in ensuring there is not a repeat of the horrific truck-ramming that killed 14 people early on New Year’s Day.

To help avert potential school violence, students and staff need to know certain warning signs – and feel comfortable reporting them.

The pre-Christmas buzz and serene sense of safety at Abundant Life Christian School were shattered Monday when a student pulled out a gun and opened fire – killing two people, wounding six others and prompting a second-grader to call 911.

At first glance, the assassin seemed too meticulous to be an amateur and too careless to be a professional.

He gunned down UnitedHealthcare’s CEO on a sidewalk in America’s largest city, where thousands of surveillance cameras monitor millions of people every day. But the man who shot Brian Thompson keeps evading capture.

UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed in midtown Manhattan Wednesday morning in an apparent targeted attack. Follow live news updates.

The five pairs of sneakers resting in front of a popular wooded trail serve as a daily reminder of the run Laken Riley never finished.

A mother’s agony: What Allyson Phillips has endured during the trial of the man accused of killing her daughter, Laken Riley

Jose Ibarra, the man convicted of killing Laken Riley as she jogged through the woods at the University of Georgia, was sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole Wednesday, concluding a highly emotional, four-day trial.

Bela Karolyi, the legendary and controversial Romanian American gymnastics coach who helped lead Mary Lou Retton, Nadia Comaneci and Kerri Strug to Olympic gold, has died, USA Gymnastics announced. He was 82.

The undocumented migrant accused of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley — a slaying that ignited fresh debate over the border crisis — waived his right to a trial by jury Tuesday and agreed to a bench trial, in which a judge will decide his guilt or innocence.

The opaque plumes of noxious smoke billowing out of a Georgia chemical plant are long gone. But the relentless effects of the BioLab fire in Conyers are still visible, residents say – from exacerbated rashes to mounting bills to nagging symptoms and piles of prescriptions.