A ‘dangerous’ heat wave is settling over cities in the Midwest and Northeast through the rest of the week, forecasters warned. Live updates.
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Fire rages after reactor ‘catastrophically failed’ at Pittsburgh power substation
Officials said a fire at a power substation was put out overnight by crews who ferried to Pittsburgh’s Brunot Island.
Woman says she set fire to abortion clinic after having nightmares caused by its opening
The woman, 22-year-old Lorna Roxanne Green, told police she set the fire because she opposed abortion and had nightmares caused by the clinic opening.
‘Help Me!’: Handwritten sign leads rescuers to kidnapped 13-year-old girl
Passersby in a California laundromat parking lot saw a girl in a car with a sign that said “Help Me!” She had been kidnapped from Texas, police said.
What happened to Carlee Russell? Police say many details of her story can’t be verified
Police in Alabama, where a woman went missing and reappeared after two days, said there was no reason to believe there was a threat to the public.
4 killed in shooting in Atlanta suburb; suspect at large, officials say
Four people were killed in a shooting Saturday morning in a small Georgia city, and officials said the shooter was still at large.
Man on scooter shoots randomly in NYC, killing 87-year-old and injuring others: NYPD
Police said an man was killed and at least three other people were injured when a man on a scooter opened fire at random in multiple locations.
6 dead after small plane crashes, catches fire in Southern California, officials say
The Cessna business jet crashed near an airport in the city of Murrieta, California, in southwest Riverside County.
California man accused in Mexico of serial killings has been arrested in US
A man who Mexican authorities claim has killed three women in Tijuana was arrested in California this week as a fugitive.
Man with ‘nothing left to lose’ threatens to blow up plane rather than face drug cartel
A 38-year-old man was arrested this week after he made a false bomb threat to divert a plane. He said he wanted to get arrested to avoid a cartel.