Tropical Storm Fay floods hundreds of Fla. homes Emergency crews launched airboats into submerged streets Wednesday to rescue central Florida residents trapped by rising floodwaters from a stalled Tropical Storm Fay, which soaked the state for a third consecutive day.
More farm deaths in heat despite Calif. crackdown California, the nation's leader in heat-related deaths among farmworkers, sought to turn that trend around three years ago with new laws aimed at ensuring people toiling in sweltering fields had such basics as a water break and an umbrella for shade. But if anything, the problem has gotten worse.
Amish population nearly doubles in 16 years The Amish are expanding their presence in states far beyond Pennsylvania Dutch country as they search for affordable farmland to accommodate a population that has nearly doubled in the past 16 years, a new study found.
Tentative $10M settlement in KC church abuse cases A Roman Catholic diocese has tentatively agreed to pay $10 million to settle nearly 50 sexual abuse claims against the diocese and 12 of its priests.
Fla. town backs ex-principal in gay student case When a high school senior told her principal that students were taunting her for being a lesbian, he told her homosexuality is wrong, outed her to her parents and ordered her to stay away from children.
Man may have to pay $22 million for investor scam A man accused of lavishly spending millions of dollars of his investors' money has been tentatively ordered to repay $22 million in the alleged swindle.
Tribal members going home after canyon flooding Eighty Havasupai tribal members returned home Wednesday to a remote village near the Grand Canyon for the first time since a devastating flash flood earlier this week.