Five people died in Texas as a storm system brought tornadoes and flooding to the state on Saturday, increasing the death toll from harsh weather in the southern United States this week to 23, according to officials and local media.
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Maaike Maks and her Dutch family believed they were a safe distance from the Solimar wildfire that roared along the Southern California freeway on Christmas night.
A mother and her three children, including a 6-month-old baby girl, died on Friday when a fire ripped through their mobile home in Southern California on Christmas morning, officials said.
Crews and utility workers began cleaning up widespread damage on Thursday left by severe storms that spawned tornadoes across six states in the South and Midwest, killing at least 14 people and destroying scores of homes.
A fire at the first home of former U.S. President Bill Clinton in Arkansas early Christmas morning is being investigated as arson, authorities said.
Intricate mosaic tiles, bathhouses and even graffiti in the ancient city of Pompeii have been officially unveiled to the public on Thursday after a lengthy restoration process.
Pope Francis urged the world in his Christmas message on Friday to unite to end atrocities by Islamist militants that he said were causing immense suffering in many countries.
One person was fatally shot by police responding to a fight inside a mall packed with Christmas shoppers on Thursday in Charlotte, North Carolina, emergency officials said.
Black Lives Matter held demonstrations in Minnesota and California on Wednesday to protest police killings of unarmed blacks, dubbing the day “Black Xmas” to show it could affect the economy on one of the busiest shopping days of the year.
Rolling Stone is seeking to dismiss a libel suit by three former members of a University of Virginia fraternity who claim they were defamed in a published story about a frat house rape the magazine now admits never happened.