Barbara Gagne 
Los Angeles, CA- Southern California residents may be tempted to breathe a sigh of relief as temperatures ease this weekend — but weather officials are urging the public not to get too comfortable. The region is facing a dangerous one-two punch: a powerful surf event arriving Sunday and a heat surge locked in for next … Read more
A high surf advisory is now in effect for parts of Southern California, warning residents and beachgoers of life-threatening ocean conditions expected to last from Sunday evening through Tuesday night. The National Weather Service office in Los Angeles/Oxnard issued the advisory Friday afternoon, placing Ventura County Beaches, the Malibu Coast, and Los Angeles under alert … Read more
Deadly floods have returned to Texas Hill Country for the second consecutive year, killing at least two people and triggering hundreds of emergency rescues across the region. The Guadalupe River rose over 20 feet in just five hours during the overnight hours on Thursday — a rate that officials described as almost impossible to outrun. … Read more
SOUTH WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania — A man was pulled from a burning house Monday morning and pronounced dead at the scene — and now investigators are trying to piece together what he was doing inside a home that was supposed to be empty. Christopher R. Forsythe, 37, of Allentown, was pronounced dead at 5 a.m. … Read more
RALEIGH, North Carolina — A little boy who cannot raise his left arm, hug his mother with both hands, or even clap — because of what happened in the first moments of his life — finally got a measure of justice this week. A jury found WakeMed hospital and Dr. Tara Brenner negligent in the … Read more
A 71-year-old California man is facing murder charges after prosecutors say he mowed down two 17-year-old girls on bicycles, fled the scene, then returned — only to look at one of their lifeless bodies on the side of the road before driving away again. David Walker appeared in a Yolo County courtroom Monday, where a … Read more
Springfield, MO- A Springfield, Missouri woman is facing multiple felony charges after authorities say she abandoned her three young children — including an infant and a set of twins — in an apartment alone for more than 24 hours. Courtney Lynn Box, 29, has been charged with three counts of first-degree child endangerment and abuse … Read more
A 37-year-old Idaho man is facing serious felony charges after he allegedly pulled a handgun on a group of teenagers at a public park and threatened to kill them — all over a dispute about fireworks. Shane Michael Sutton was arrested this week and charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon … Read more
An Indiana father is facing four felony charges after police say he left his four young children trapped inside a sweltering car in a Walmart parking lot — with no air conditioning and the windows barely cracked. Eric Andrews Jr., of Indianapolis, was arrested on July 10 and charged with four counts of neglect of … Read more
Fort Worth, TX- A Fort Worth pediatric dentist is facing serious criminal charges after a 4-year-old girl died of a drug overdose during a tongue-tie removal procedure at her dental practice earlier this year — and investigators say the evidence against her is damning. Chrishelle Hemphill, 48, was arrested on July 15 and charged with … Read more