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A record heat wave that spread across the East Coast of the United States during the first week of summer has child advocates warning parents and caretakers about the risks of heatstroke to children left inside hot vehicles. So far this year, nine children have died after being left unattended in vehicles …

Police on Friday captured one of the New Orleans parish inmates who escaped six weeks ago in a jailbreak Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry called the worst in recent state history. Law enforcement agencies located and arrested 33-year-old Antoine Massey at a residence in New Orleans on Friday, authorities announced in …

Survivors and family members of the victims of the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting are touring the inside of the building for a final look before it’s torn down.  About 250 people accepted the city of Orlando’s invitation to tour the building where Omar Mateen, who had pledged allegiance to the …

The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, which begins on Sunday, is likely to have an above-normal number of storms, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Forecasters predict a 60% chance there will be between 13 and 19 named storms, six to 10 of which are expected to be hurricanes. …

The U.S. State Department is again advising American citizens not to travel to Venezuela, warning of “severe risks” including wrongful detention, kidnapping and torture.  The State Department said that it does not have an operating embassy or consulate in the South American country, and cannot provide routine or emergency consular …

A lawsuit filed by a California woman who alleged that Subway’s tuna doesn’t contain any actual tuna has been dismissed, court records show.  The case was dismissed “with prejudice,” which means it is a permanent dismissal and cannot be brought back to court. Plaintiff Nilima Amin in April had filed …

Three Ohio inmates escaped from a community correctional center through a window on Wednesday morning, and one is still on the run, according to a news statement from the Warren County Sheriff’s office.  Glynis Thompson, 37, and two other inmates broke through a facility window around 1:40 a.m. and escaped …

Maternal deaths across the U.S. more than doubled over the course of two decades, and the tragedy unfolded unequally. Black mothers died at the nation’s highest rates, while the largest increases in deaths were found in American Indian and Native Alaskan mothers. And some states — and racial or ethnic …

A woman was killed when she was hit by a forklift that had been stolen from a Maryland home improvement store, officials said Sunday.  The victim was found dead underneath the forklift. Investigators with the Charles County Sheriff’s Office believe the suspect stole the woman’s car after hitting her. Officers …

A co-founder of OceanGate, the company behind the ill-fated sub voyage to the wreckage of the Titanic that resulted in the deaths of five people, supported the trips during an interview in which he learned that the massive search for the sub uncovered debris. “If I had the opportunity to …