Seven days of kind acts every December blossomed into the New Hampshire-based Butts family’s monthlong annual Christmas Kindness Project.
Author: Ashley R. Williams, USA TODAY
Group of 100+ skydivers to attempt world-record jump in celebration of women’s rights
Over 100 female skydivers plan to spend Thanksgiving week jumping out of perfectly good airplanes in pursuit of world-record glory.
US hit with a double whammy of a blizzard and a hurricane. Has that happened before?
Nicole and a blizzard? Experts say hurricanes have happened at the same time as winter storms, but not often.
2 new hurricanes form in Atlantic, a rare November uptick in storm activity. Are more coming?
The Atlantic hurricane season ends Nov. 30, but experts predict at least one more tropical cyclone could form in the Atlantic basin in 2022.
6 people shot outside Pittsburgh church during funeral service for shooting victim
Six people were shot outside a Pittsburgh church in the Brighton Heights area during a funeral service for John Hornezes that was being livestreamed.
Doorbell video shows malnourished Texas twins begging for help after escaping handcuffs
The mother of the malnourished children, Zaikaya Duncan, was arrested in Baton Rouge after police issued an AMBER Alert for five other missing kids.
Study links hair-straightening chemicals to uterine cancer, putting Black women more at risk
Using hair-straightening chemicals could raise the risk of uterine cancer, and Black women may be most at risk, according to a recent study.
Wounded Connecticut police officer fatally shot suspect in ambush that killed 2, bodycam shows
Nicholas Brutcher, 35, made the call to deliberately lure police to the scene, according to a preliminary investigation.
The US isn’t ready for stronger hurricanes, experts say. How structures are built could help.
U.S. communities continue to recover from hurricanes that hit years ago. The storms can take decades to recover from and cause billions in damage.
Over 30 people hospitalized after carbon monoxide leak at Pennsylvania day care center
The leak happened at Happy Smiles Learning Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania. More than 20 children were hospitalized in stable condition.