Phil Helsel

Evacuation orders and recommendations were in place for parts of the western foothills of the Carolinas, where nearly a half-dozen wildfires were feeding on dry woodlands, officials said Sunday. The fight against a trio of fires in Polk County, North […]

Six people were shot, four of whom were in critical condition, after a shooting at a Houston after-hours nightclub early Sunday, police said. Police responded to reports of multiple people shot at around 3 a.m. at a sports bar on

A Pennsylvania township fire chief has been suspended indefinitely after he was charged with dropping his 3-month-old daughter, fracturing the infant’s skull, according to the department he worked for and a criminal complaint cited by NBC Philadelphia. Falls Township Fire

Former U.S. attorney for the eastern district of Virginia Jessica Aber was found dead in Alexandria Saturday morning, police said. She was 43. Police found Aber dead after being called on a report of an unresponsive woman at around 9:18

George Foreman, world heavyweight boxing champion, Olympic gold medalist and later preacher, died Friday at the age of 76, his family said. “Our hearts are broken,” an announcement on Foreman’s Instagram page read. “With profound sorrow, we announce the passing

London’s Heathrow Airport closed Friday local time and will remain closed all day after a fire at a nearby electricity substation caused power outages at the major transportation center. “Whilst fire crews are responding to the incident, we do not

Israel’s military early Tuesday said it was “conducting extensive strikes” against Hamas targets in Gaza, further straining an increasingly fragile ceasefire between Israel and the militant group. The Israel Defense Forces were striking Hamas targets throughout the Gaza Strip, “with

Audio from a 911 call made after four University of Idaho college students were fatally stabbed reveals the panic of the survivors as they struggled to understand what occurred. The 911 audio call made on the morning of Nov. 13,

Intense storms with winds gusting up to 90 mph and hail the size of baseballs are forecast to strike a large area of the Midwest and South on Friday, the National Weather Service warned. An area that includes St. Louis,

The founder of a Texas megachurch who resigned as senior pastor last year after he admitted “inappropriate sexual behavior” in the 1980s has been indicted on five criminal counts involving a child, the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office said Wednesday. Robert