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An Amber Alert has been issued for two young children believed to be “in danger of serious harm from their parents.”The alert said Lillyanna Ramires, nine, and Martin Angel Rosales, three, were taken from Elko, Nevada, on Wednesday and might be being taken to the Sacramento area.
Seven people, four of them children, were killed late Thursday when the Jeep they were in was crushed between two tractor trailers on Interstate 65 in Indiana.An Indiana State Police official said the crash, which happened at about 10 p.m. near Roselawn, Ind.
More than one thousand residences near the Idaho mountain resort community of Sun Valley were under mandatory evacuation orders Friday as a wind-driven wildfire ripped through sage and pine trees, threatening lives and homes.
Dense forests, rugged trails, steep ridges and deep canyons. That's the stunningly beautiful and deceptively dangerous terrain of the Idaho wilderness where four horseback riders encountered murder suspect James Lee DiMaggio and kidnapped teenager Hannah Anderson last week.
The man who put Area 51 on the UFO map is not impressed by newly declassified CIA documents that acknowledge the existence of the facility but say it was used to test U-2 spy planes — not flying saucers.
A former Fort Hood police officer confronted mass shooting suspect Maj. Nidal Hasan in court Friday, nearly four years after the last confrontation between the two.
The military judge who will sentence Private Bradley Manning called the former Army intelligence analyst’s conduct “wanton and reckless” in the release of thousands of state secrets to WikiLeaks, according to a document released Friday.
On Thursday, Georgia's working families came together to call for a comprehensive immigration policy that includes a road map to citizenship at the "Bringing Cultures Together for a Better America" celebration. The event was held at the office of Rep. Rob Woodall (R) in Atlanta, and it showcased foods that represent the various cultures that make up Woodall's district.
An expectant mother and widow of a Granite Mountain Hotshot who died in an Arizona wildfire in June has asked Gov. Jane Brewer to intervene on behalf of more than a dozen families that do not qualify for full survivors benefits.
Shenita Simon is a shift supervisor at a New York City KFC. The mother of two started out at $7.25 an hour two years ago and now earns $8 an hour. Taking part in the nationwide wave of fast-food strikes earlier this month, she tells BillMoyers.com:$7.25 is not enough for the workers. They gave me $8 to shut me up. But obviously it’s not working….It’s a struggle, a great struggle.
