Amusement park advocates stress that the parks are, statistically, a safe place. A person is more than 20 times more likely to be struck by lighting than be seriously injured on a ride at a national amusement park, is the claim.
As the rain pounded the Bend Road area of Louisiana's drenched Livingston Parish early Saturday, sheriff's deputies worked to get the word out to several hundred people along that stretch: Get out now if you can.
The hacker who goes by "Guccifer 2.0" is claiming credit for the release of personal cell phone numbers and private email addresses of Democratic House members.
In a less volatile election cycle, the notion that Democrats would be on offense in red states like Utah, Arizona and Georgia would suggest the presidential race was effectively over.
The last time Connecticut voted for a Republican presidential candidate, Americans were listening to music on cassette tapes and most cell phones were the size of shoe boxes.
Heavy rains drenched parts of southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi Friday, causing dangerous floods that killed at least one person, cut off an entire town, prompted numerous rescues and shut down highways.
Heavy rains drenched parts of southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi, causing dangerous floods that killed at least three people, cut off an entire town, shut down highways and prompted numerous rescues.
The conviction of Brendan Dassey, a Wisconsin man who appeared in the documentary "Making a Murderer," has been overturned by a federal judge in Milwaukee, according to court documents obtained by CNN.
A baby boy was found dead Friday afternoon after being left for almost nine hours in a hot car in a Texas Wal-Mart parking lot, Helotes Police Cpt. Anthony Burgess said.
Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky broke his long courtroom silence Friday, his voice rising to say "absolutely not" when asked whether he committed the crimes for which he was convicted four years ago.
In 13 prior Summer Games -- and three appearances by lone athletes at the Winter Olympics -- Fiji was oh-fer. No medals. Not since becoming an IOC member in the 1950s.
Marijuana will remain a schedule l controlled substance, which declares it has "no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse," the Drug Enforcement Agency said Thursday. This keeps the drug in the same category as heroin and cocaine.
