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A 25-year-old man with a lengthy criminal history was released on bond a few days before allegedly being involved in a fatal shooting at a transit station in Cleveland, Ohio.

Authorities say a Mexican Navy King Air carrying eight people—including a pediatric burn patient en route to Shriners Children’s Hospital—crashed into Galveston Bay Monday afternoon amid dense coastal fog. Two survivors were pulled from the wreckage as Texas DPS, the Coast Guard, and local agencies launched a large‑scale rescue and recovery operation.

The case of a transgender murderer in Utah took another startling twist as convicted killer Mia Bailey told a judge he has converted to Islam behind bars and deserves the death penalty after he was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.

A family cat, missing for more than a year after it was lost during Hurricane Helene, evoked one of its nine lives and was reunited with its family in North Carolina — with the help of a feline microchip.

A massive power outage in San Francisco that darkened 130,000 homes Saturday was further complicated as self-driving cars stopped in the middle of the street, triggering extensive traffic jams.

A teacher in Idaho whose family was forced out of their home after a dangerous incident has received a heartfelt gift from a Secret Santa.

A single mother in East Idaho who has endured extreme health challenges got a huge Christmas surprise from a Secret Santa with a generous heart.

A woman accused of shoplifting in Hartford, Wisconsin, arrived at a Walmart on December 6 and bumped into the people she most wanted to avoid.

The 400th Safe Haven Baby Box nationwide opened at a Texas hospital on Friday afternoon. 

Police said a Dollar Tree employee found a woman’s body inside the store’s freezer on Sunday in Miami, Florida.

Officials are investigating after a United Airlines flight lost an engine Saturday on takeoff and also sparked a fire on a Virginia runway.

A purple-haired DoorDash driver in southern Indiana was arrested after being caught on doorbell video allegedly spraying her food delivery with pepper spray. The act was discovered after the late-night delivery from Arby’s left a customer choking and vomiting after

A young woman in east Idaho got the surprise of her life when East Idaho News’s Nate Eaton showed up on her doorstep to give her a new car from a Secret Santa.

A man recently became a hero to a young girl for making sure she made it safely to school when he saw her walking alone in freezing cold weather in Detroit, Michigan.

A woman targeted in a chemical attack while walking in a Savannah, Georgia, park on Wednesday evening is recovering from her injuries.

A family in east Idaho received huge blessings from a Secret Santa after a terrible accident severely damaged their home.

A doorbell camera caught a house exploding in northern California after a construction crew apparently damaged a gas line, the blast injuring six people and resulting in a three-alarm blaze.

An autopsy report made public Wednesday revealed that a Wisconsin graduate student who mysteriously vanished accidentally drowned in the Mississippi River.

A mother in East Idaho got some big help from a Secret Santa to make life more comfortable for her daughter, who has special needs. 

An elderly woman in east Idaho received big surprises thanks to a Secret Santa who found out she was in need.

A U.S. Army veteran and his family are enjoying a very special place they now call home thanks to the non-profit group Homes for Our Troops. 

A Michigan man died of rabies less than two months after receiving a kidney transplant from a donor who fought a skunk, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said.

A team of elite skydivers set a new world record by flying a 3,200-square-foot American flag in a 10,000-foot drop over Arizona on Pearl Harbor Day.

A small plane made an emergency landing on a Florida freeway this week, miraculously avoiding a serious crash — even though it set down on top of a car traveling below its flight path.

Royal Caribbean Cruises is being sued over a man dying aboard one of its ships after he was allegedly served 33 alcoholic beverages. 

Former small-town beauty queen Trinity Madison Poague cried out in shock as she learned her fate from a Georgia jury after being tried for the murder of her ex-boyfriend’s toddler son.

A Secret Santa in eastern Idaho blessed a family with a much-needed gift recently when he learned they were struggling this Christmas season. 

Not one of the U.S. military members who survived the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, was able to attend Sunday’s remembrance ceremony in Hawaii.

A father gave his own life to save that of his seven-year-old son in a kayak accident in California’s Lake Perris over the weekend, according to authorities.

A young man in eastern Idaho got huge surprises from a Secret Santa after he survived a horrific motorcycle crash.

Authorities continued hunting over the weekend for the last of three inmates who escaped from a Louisiana lockup in a cinematic fashion by using tied bed sheets to scale a wall and then lower themselves from jail’s roof.

A hard-working 88-year-old Army veteran in Brighton, Michigan, will finally be able to retire thanks to generous people who saw his story online.

A special father-daughter dance became a night to remember on November 22 thanks to a ministry working to heal relationships and bring God into prisons across America. 

A couple in Cincinnati, Ohio, is relieved after their car and beloved pet, stolen from a parking lot, were found.