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An activist group is planning a $3 billion city that includes dorm-style accommodations, communal televisions, and underground tunnels to house California’s homeless.

A Michigan couple who spent 70 years of their lives together left the world at the same time too, by dying 20 minutes apart in hospice care.

A mysterious green liquid was found oozing onto a Detroit-area highway on Friday, causing authorities to shut down that portion of Interstate 696 and bringing in federal agencies to investigate the spillage.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — At least three unoccupied passenger buses caught fire Saturday night at Los Angeles International Airport, the Los Angeles Fire Department said.

Officials are urging patients of one Tennessee dentist to get tested for HIV and hepatitis after the dentist failed to sterilize dental equipment before dental procedures properly.

Community members in Asheboro, North Carolina, gave a little boy several Christmas surprises this week to lift his spirits. 

A mom in Glendale, California, took matters into her own hands Wednesday when an alleged thief tried to steal a package from her neighbor’s porch. 

Two Chicago gang members were sentenced Wednesday to a combined 155 years in prison for the murder of nine-year-old Tyshawn Lee in 2015.

A police K-9 literally flew into action Friday night when he took down a stalking suspect in Fontana, California.

Prosecutors have told a judge that missing security footage from outside deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s New York City prison cell has been located, CNBC reported Friday.

A pickup truck drove through the wall of an airport in Sarasota, Florida, Thursday and crashed into a car rental’s front desk.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development reported Friday that the nation’s homeless population rose 2.7% as of January 2019, an increase it said was “entirely” driven by a rise of 16.4% in the state of California.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The trial of Parkland school shooting defendant Nikolas Cruz was delayed Thursday until at least next summer, when he will face a death penalty case stemming from the February 2018 massacre that left 17 people dead.

Two Florida vegans are accused of murder and child abuse after they allegedly starved their 18-month-old son to death.

A mother allegedly attacked the driver Wednesday who killed her three children at a bus stop in Rochester, Indiana, last year. 

A California American Airlines mechanic who worked for the company for more than 30 years pleaded guilty to intentionally tampering with an aircraft to avoid up to 20 years in prison, according to reports.

At least 15 horses were reportedly found shot to death Monday near a strip mining site in rural eastern Kentucky. 

A Utah family’s packages stolen off their front porch were soon returned to them — apology included.

A seven-year-old Texas boy living in a domestic violence shelter with his mother temporarily around the holidays wrote a letter to Santa, asking for something money and presents cannot buy.

A group of teenage boys recently made a very special friend at their school’s gym in Hastings, Minnesota. 

A donor in Aurora, Colorado, presented a school district with a much-needed gift to help students and their families this holiday season. 

Surveillance video near deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s New York City prison cell during his first suicide attempt is missing, prosecutors said Wednesday, according to the New York Daily News.

A California second-grader was in for the surprise of his life when he reunited with his sister, who had been away serving in the military, in time for Christmas.

The teenager who was allegedly kidnapped Monday from the Bronx, New York, was found safe Tuesday, according to police.

A stolen pitbull was reunited with his family Monday after 15 volunteers drove 2,000 miles to get him back home. 

ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) — A swarm of tornadoes and other storms that left a trail of destruction across the Southeast killed four people, injured at least a dozen more and left victims to bundle up against the cold as they picked up pieces of their homes on Tuesday.

A judge sentenced a Phoenix dad who beat a man to death for attempting to enter his teenage daughter’s bathroom stall to eight years in prison.

A teacher was arrested recently after being accused of allegedly raping a middle school student in Guilford County, North Carolina.

Attendees of a “high-profile Democrat wedding” stalked, harassed, and physically assaulted guests of an event hosted by Women for America First at the Willard Hotel in Washington, DC, on Saturday, the pro-Trump group alleged in a press release issued late Monday evening.

A Florida mother was arrested after she allegedly left her three kids inside an old school bus to smoke pot with a man.

A kindergartner in San Diego County, California, is being recognized for her act of kindness toward her fellow students.

A U.S. Army veteran in East Peoria, Illinois, is giving back to his fellow servicemen in a unique way this Christmas season.

Christmas came early for more than 300 Baltimore families in need thanks to 250 donors who did their part to spread Christmas cheer through the spirit of giving.

Three teens from Texas are being praised for their heroic actions after they rescued a cancer patient who was trapped inside a burning vehicle.

An anonymous donor is making sure needy families in Austin, Texas, are able to move forward with their lives. 

A Jersey City, New Jersey, police sergeant is being hailed as a hero for assisting a wounded police officer who had been shot in the shoulder while ducking for cover under a stream of gunfire.