(NEW YORK) -- A body was found Tuesday in rural Iowa during the search for missing jogger Mollie Tibbetts, state officials said. Authorities were "working to confirm the identity," the state officials said. Tibbetts, a 20-year-old rising sophomore at the University of Iowa, vanished the evening of July 18 while…... Read More

(NEW YORK) -- Hurricane Lane is a powerful Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph, and gusts to 185 mph, as of Tuesday morning. The forecast takes the hurricane toward the islands of Hawaii, possibly coming close to Honolulu by Friday. Hurricane conditions are possible in Hawaii…... Read More

(HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C.) -- A woman died after being attacked by an alligator while trying to save her dog on Hilton Head Island in South Carolina Monday morning, according to local authorities. Witnesses saw the woman walking a dog near a lagoon at Sea Pines Plantation, a gated community…... Read More

(NEW YORK) -- A dispute over a Crock-Pot led to a confrontation at a backyard barbecue in Michigan in which police tased a father as he held his 2-month-old baby, an incident recorded by a witness in a cell-phone video that has gone viral. Ray Brown, 33, was tased multiple…... Read More

(NEW YORK) -- Demonstrators knocked down a controversial Confederate statue at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Monday, capping off a night that began as a peaceful protest, school officials said. The university said a group of protesters toppled the "Silent Sam" Confederate monument on campus at…... Read More

(DENVER) -- A Colorado man accused of killing his pregnant wife and two young daughters allegedly claims he walked in on his wife strangling their two children, a police affidavit stated.Shanann Watts, 34, was reported missing along with daughters Celeste, 3, and Bella, 4, on Aug. 14 after a friend…... Read More

(CHICAGO) -- Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson told reporters on Monday the city had “another unacceptable violent weekend” that led to several people shot and killed.There were 58 people shot over the weekend in the city, six of which died from their injuries, police said.The department has three persons of…... Read More

(MISSOURI CITY, TX) -- A woman opened fire at a large food warehouse in Texas early Monday, killing a manager and injuring a fellow employee, authorities said. The alleged shooter, an employee of the warehouse, also died after the incident and subsequent shootout at the Ben E. Keith Foods building…... Read More

(NEW YORK) --  A 71-year-old woman who was severely injured in a confrontation with a bear in her kitchen recounted the "horrible experience." Apryl Rogers of Groton, New Hampshire, who is wheelchair-bound, came across the bear after it entered through an open screen door, authorities said shortly after the incident…... Read More

(DALLAS) -- Students at a Texas high school where 10 died in a shooting this spring are starting their new school year with beefed-up security including metal detectors. The new security measures come three months after a 17-year-old student allegedly burst into art rooms with a shotgun and a .38-caliber…... Read More