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A former Ohio high school counselor who admitted to having sex with a 17-year-old student was sentenced to three years in prison.

A boy knew exactly what to do when his family’s home caught on fire Tuesday in Petersburg, Virginia.

Baby boxes were created to deter parents from abandoning their newborns in unsafe conditions, potentially leaving them to die.

A high school graduate in Plantation, Florida, is getting tons of attention for an awkward stunt during his commencement ceremony on Sunday.

Health officials in Colorado said there have been three additional measles cases following a Turkish Airlines flight that landed in Denver on May 13.

The parents of a 7-year-old boy who was fatally hit by a car are facing charges for involuntary manslaughter and child neglect.

A veteran is enjoying a brand-new home with his family thanks to a nonprofit group’s generosity and eagerness to honor the men and women who have given so much for the United States.

“I just killed someone and walked away,” an apparently deranged man reportedly told police Wednesday after he was arrested for stabbing a popular hairstylist to death with a steak knife in a luxury apartment parking garage in Sunrise, Florida.

A tractor-trailer carrying honey bees crashed on Friday in Whatcom County, Washington, releasing approximately 250 million of the tiny pollinators.

A small plane crashed into the terrace of a residential building in western Germany on Saturday and two people were killed, police said.

A law enforcement officer in Jersey City, New Jersey, fell from the window of a government building and died early Friday.

Special Envoy Ric Grenell blasted the California state legislature on Thursday for failing to pass a bill to protect fire victims from the higher property taxes they will face simply for complying with new fire codes.

A father was killed and his teenage daughter injured in Laguna Beach, California, during a tragic car accident on Monday.

Three Utah men are under investigation over a missing 15-year-old girl who disappeared nearly six weeks ago.

San Francisco’s public schools dropped a new system of “equity grading,” which lowered academic standards, supposedly to help lower-income students, just one day after the idea had been presented to the public.

Only two of the ten inmates who escaped from the New Orleans jail earlier this month now remain on the run — but both have a history of violence. The remaining fugitives, Antoine Massey, 32, and Derrick Groves, 27, are

An alleged rapist put on an ankle monitor is now a suspect in the case of his teenage nephew who accidentally shot and killed himself in the Englewood area of Chicago.

A Florida man tweaking on meth survived the jaws of an alligator but failed to outlive a hail of gunfire when he attacked police who were trying to help him. Sheriff deputies fatally shot Timothy Patrick Schulz, 42, after he

Volunteers in Tampa, Florida, have come together to honor their fellow Americans by cleaning up a local cemetery for Memorial Day.

California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) did not order police to enforce traffic violations harshly within the fire-ravaged Pacific Palisades, according to a spokesman on Sunday, despite claims to the contrary.

A 14-year-old girl dove into the frigid Delaware River in suburban Philadelphia and saved a nine-year-old boy from drowning this holiday weekend, police say.

A former Los Angeles deputy mayor — tasked with overseeing public safety — has agreed to plead guilty to faking an anti-Israel bomb threat on city hall last year.

A man from Oregon has completed an incredible journey accompanied by his beloved cat, and the pair is inspiring others along the way.

New Jersey is reportedly taking a hard stance against people delinquent on child support payments by blocking them from getting fishing permits.

An air quality agency has issued a warning to thousands of residents in California to stay indoors if air quality becomes poor because of dust from windstorms.

A Pennsylvania Marine veteran, who transformed the loss of his legs in Afghanistan into an asset as a motivational speaker, is facing charges of statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl.

Author and influencer Kindra Hall says she was punched in the head by a stranger while walking in New York City and accused police of making it difficult to get the assailant arrested.

Officials said several people aboard a small private plane died when the aircraft crashed into a neighborhood in San Diego, California, early Thursday. The precise number of victims remains unclear.

Vermont Gov. Phil Scott (R) vowed Wednesday to veto a proposal to ban in guns in bars if it reaches his desk.

A high school student who lived in his car in Richmond, Virginia, ended up graduating with several full-ride college scholarships. 

Chuck Schumer is trying to blame President Donald Trump and DOGE for a Mexican Navy tall ship hitting the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday.

Indiana State Police troopers helped deliver a baby on Interstate 65 on Saturday morning, WTHR reported.

A Mexican navy ship with over 200 people on board hit the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City on Saturday evening, according to several reports.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) responded to reports of an explosion in Palm Springs that left at least one person dead and a fertility clinic damaged, noting that he and his wife were “keeping everyone affected” in their hearts.

A car explosion in Palm Springs, California, left at least one person dead and a fertility clinic damaged, according to several reports.

A cat in Lakeland, Florida, has shocked his caregivers after going on an epic journey to return home.