When it comes to school closings due to inclement weather conditions it's usually because the weatherman has called for snow, sleet or hail. Usually. A school in Washington turned the tables on its students on Friday, excusing them from classes for the first ever "Sun Day."
A 21-year-old woman from Citrus County, FL who was arrested for the murder of her 2-year-old daughter will face a judge today in her first court appearance since being taken into custody by police last week.
A massive brush-fueled wildfire that ignited in the early hours of Thursday morning near Camarillo Springs, CA has spread through nearly 10,000 acres of land in Ventura County and is now threatening to make its way to the upscale city of Malibu.
In an unprecedented court decision, a federal judge has ruled that an Illinois man charged with allegedly attempting to support a foreign terrorist group be released from prison as he awaits trial.
A raging fire broke out in a two-story, two-family home in east New York, killing four people living on the 2nd floor of the home, three of them children ranging in age from 11 months to 7 years.
President Obama embarked Thursday on a brief trip to Mexico where he will meet with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto to discuss hot-button topics like economic growth, trade and security among other issues.
Brenda Heist, a wife and mother of two who disappeared over a decade ago from her home in Lilitz, PA has resurfaced this week, alive and well in south Florida.
A non-profit group based in Houston, TX, dubbed The Armed Citizens Project has announced that it will begin distributing free guns to residents in high-crime areas of Houston in a bid to protect them from intruders and to analyze the relationship between increased firearm availability and crime rates.
An elementary school in Queens has become the first school in New York City, and possibly the entire nation to switch student’s meal options to healthy and nutritious all-vegetarian fare.
The results of a study conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) show a notably sharp increase in emergency hospital visits stemming from the use of zolpidem, an oft-prescribed medication for patients suffering from insomnia.
A mother in southern Kentucky stepped outside of her home for just a few moments and in that short time her 5-year-old son accidentally shot to death his 2-year-old sister on Tuesday, according to reports.
The “Cinnamon Challenge,” a phenomenon in which participants attempt to swallow a teaspoon of cinnamon without coughing it up or drinking any water to help it go down is a growing sensation that is as popular among mostly adolescent-age children as it is dangerous to their health.
Paris Jackson, daughter of the late and great King of Pop Michael Jackson reunited with her birth mother who she has not seen or had contact with in several years.
A referee for a youth soccer league in Utah remains hospitalized in critical condition on Tuesday after being punched in the head by a player who got angry at the man after being penalized during a game over the weekend.
A woman from San Jose, CA was arrested on Monday after allegedly trying to poison customers at a local Starbucks by putting bottles of orange juice laced with rubbing alcohol in a store display, according to reports.
The Russian Football Union (RFU) has banned Chechen linesman Musa Kadyrov from football for life and fined the referee for brutally attacking a player on the Amkar Perm team during a recent league match.
Two planes collided head-on in mid-air in Southern California, leaving the pilot of one of the aircrafts dead and three passengers in the other plane alive but badly shaken.
