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One of the oldest animals being cared for at the Saint Louis Zoo in Missouri has died due to a digestive health issue.

Steve Soboroff, whom Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass named as “Chief Recovery Officer” after the devastating recent wildfires, left his post on Thursday after being sidelined by the city — and blasted the recovery effort on his way out.

Police officers and a neighbor in Christopher, Illinois, are being praised for rushing to the aid of a firefighter when a home collapsed.

A child molester was found dead early Friday in his cell at Mule Creek State Prison in Ione, California, prompting an investigation.

Verizon is teaming up for what has been described as a “multi-year partnership agreement” with the Green Bay Packers, and part of it involves providing debt relief to Wisconsin veterans.

A community member in Pocatello, Idaho, recently did something incredibly thoughtful for a young neighbor with Down syndrome.

Police said a New York City man suspected of slashing a woman in the neck is now facing several charges.

A judge in Orange County, California, has rejected an effort by the Democrat-run state to block the City of Huntington Beach from enforcing a voter ID law that local voters passed by referendum last year, at least for municipal elections.

A 16-year-old Missouri firefighter is being mourned by his community after dying while attempting a rescue during the widespread flooding late last week, officials said.

Camping World CEO Marcus Lemonis is not backing down on keeping his huge American flags flying high over his company’s locations.

At least 20 people have died as a result of severe flooding and weather across multiple states, including a nine-year-old boy who was swept away by rushing water in Kentucky and a teen firefighter who was killed while responding to an emergency rescue in Missouri.

It was a rough evening on Saturday when people began punching, screaming, and yelling at each other inside a restaurant in Hoover, Alabama, following a basketball game.

Virginia’s Lt. Governor Winsome Earle-Sears is being congratulated for becoming the only Republican nominee in the governor’s race that will culminate on November 4.

Los Angeles County has hired a consulting firm associated with anti-Trump retied general Stanley McChrystal to handle public engagement about the rebuilding effort after recent wildfires — rather than simply listening to the public.

DYERSBURG, Tenn. (AP) — A storm system sweeping over large areas of the U.S. South and Midwest resulted in at least 16 weather-related deaths by early Sunday, with overnight tornado and flash flood warnings setting up more severe weather that forecasters say could cause rising waterways for days to come.

A man in Wilson, North Carolina, allegedly killed his mother and 15-year-old brother on Monday a week after his release from prison.

A miniature dachshund, who has spent a year and a half in southern Australia, has continued to evade rescue workers who want to capture the dog on the remote island.

A high school star athlete in Frisco, Texas, was fatally stabbed during a track meet on Wednesday, and police have arrested a 17-year-old suspect in the case.

Consumers in Los Angeles County were shocked Tuesday as a new quarter-percent sales tax, ostensibly to raise funds for services for the homeless, went into effect following a referendum in November.

Jake Rakov, a former staffer for Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA), has launched a primary challenge against his former boss, exploiting the ruins of the Palisades Fire in a campaign video that says Sherman isn’t fighting hard enough.

California will lose millions of dollars in federal matching funds for the state’s Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, after Governor Gavin Newsom’s administration failed to fill out the necessary paperwork by a March 31 deadline.

At least four individuals are injured after a driver crashed a Penske truck in Boston, according to authorities.

Cake lovers gathered for a massively sweet event on Saturday at the Legion of Honor art museum in San Francisco, California.

A lizard that can grow up to five feet long and is native to areas of South America is invading Florida, officials say.

The headquarters for the Republican Party of New Mexico was targeted Sunday in what is being called “a deliberate act of arson,” leaving the entryway to the building destroyed.

A very lucky person won the California Powerball lottery on Saturday evening, and workers at the store where the ticket was sold are excited about the news.

A small plane crashed into a home on Saturday in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, and video footage shows the residence being engulfed in flames as people stood watching in shock.

Air Force retired technical sergeant Leonard Anderson, who was disabled while serving in Afghanistan, recently received a custom-built home with assistance from the nonprofit Helping a Hero.

A Texas community is mourning after authorities said four current and former deputies with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office died by apparent suicide weeks apart.

A Delta Air Lines flight and a U.S. Air Force jet almost struck each other in midair on Friday close to the site of a deadly collision between a different commercial jet and a military helicopter near D.C. in January.

A bus fire erupted on a roadway in Sissonville, West Virginia, on Thursday evening, putting numerous young people and several adults in danger.

Shocking police bodycam footage was released of Gina LaPlaca, the mayor of Lumberton, New Jersey, as she was arrested for allegedly driving drunk with her toddler in her car.

A 71-year-old man reportedly engaged in sexual relations with a 28-year-old woman he met at a sex shop, resulting in him getting pepper-sprayed and having his Rolex stolen, police say.

A golden retriever in Lebanon, Tennessee, knew exactly what to do when a missing child was in need of rescue on March 17.