Author: Claire Thornton, USA TODAY

Students from multiple local high schools had converged on the beach as part of a senior ‘skip’ day celebration, police said.

The parent said scenes of white people threatening a 6-year-old Black girl might cause students to learn hatred toward Black people.

The group of eight people huddled inside the walk-in cooler at Chuck’s Dairy Bar as tornadoes descended on central Mississippi Friday night.

Dozens of people were reported dead or injured and the town of Rolling Fork, Mississippi, was essentially flattened by the storm, officials say.

The surging opioid epidemic and high rates of drug use disorders among incarcerated people are deeply intertwined, medical researchers say.

On two mornings in February, the suspect planned and carried out shootings targeting two Jewish men after they left synagogues.

California’s massive population of people living on streets, in cars or abandoned buildings is particularly vulnerable to cold weather.

Council members voted 3-2 to ban camping, including temporary structures, tents, cots and beds. Sleeping bags and blankets are permitted, however.