Author: John Bacon, USA TODAY

An intensive care doctor ordered “significantly excessive and potentially fatal” doses of pain medicine for at least 27 near-death patients in the past few years after families asked that lifesaving measures be stopped, an Ohio hospital sys…

Mudslides and flooding were closing roads in California as heavy rains and snow were forecast deep into the week.

The escape of Jayme Closs from an alleged kidnapper who authorities say held her for three months has brought hope to the parents ofMadeleine McCann.

Millions of Americans from Colorado to Washington, D.C., were digging out from a major winter storm Monday.

A brutal winter storm that dumped up to 20 inches of snow in the Midwest last week roared east, slamming some areas with up to a half-inch of ice.

Houston Sheriff Ed Gonzalez calls for ‘important discussions’ about race and about gun violence.