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An aerial view of an area affected by an extratropical cyclone in Muçum, in Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, on Tuesday. Authorities are warning there could be more flooding to come.

A cyclone has killed over 20 people in Brazil, with more flooding expected

The southern Brazilian states of Rio Grande do Sul and neighboring Santa Catarina are reeling after a devastating cyclone killed 27 people and displaced thousands.

Law enforcement respond to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus on Monday after the university locked down and warned of an armed person on campus.

The front page of UNC's Daily Tar Heel was a gut punch. Here's the story behind it

In the midst of a school shooting, UNC's student journalists kicked into action, covering the story as it unfolded. Now, the paper's front page — a block of heart-wrenching texts — is earning praise.

Police officers check drivers at a sobriety checkpoint in Escondido, Calif., on Dec. 16, 2011.

CHP begins annual Labor Day DUI 'maximum enforcement' period

The San Diego County Sheriff's Department also will conduct heightened roadway enforcement over the same period.

Mariama Kuyateh, 30, holds up a picture of her son Musa, whose death from acute kidney failure on Oct. 10 was linked to contaminated cough syrup imported to Gambia, where they live, from India. The World Health Organization issued an alert about the medication.

Whatever happened to the case of 66 child deaths linked to cough syrup from India?

Since the deaths in The Gambia, there have been additional charges that medicines made in India were contaminated and led to sickness. What has happened to the companies involved?

A storm-damaged gas station is reflected in a puddle in Perry, Fla., after Hurricane Idalia crossed the state on Wednesday.

Hurricane Idalia's aftermath: Florida rushes to restore power and clear debris

Idalia made landfall near Keaton Beach, Fla., as a Category 3 hurricane on Wednesday, gradually weakening as it ripped through the state, into Georgia and across the Carolinas.

People kayak past an abandon vehicle in the intersection of Boca Ciega Drive and Pasadena Avenue Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023 in St. Pete Beach, Fla.

Idalia extends its destruction along the southeastern U.S. coastline

Hurricane Idalia made landfall near Keaton Beach, Fla., on Wednesday as a Category 3 storm before it was downgraded to a tropical storm. Georgia and South Carolina could see heavy wind and flooding

A human smuggling investigation by the military led to the arrest of 16 Marines on Thursday while carrying out a battalion formation at California's Camp Pendleton, a base about an hour's drive from the U.S.-Mexico border.

Camp Pendleton Marines aboard Australia Osprey crash that killed three

Camp Pendleton-based Marines were aboard the Osprey aircraft that crashed in Australia, killing three service members and injuring 20 others, it was announced Monday.

People walk on the campus of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in June.

Can we make college campuses safer? Expert advice after recent shootings

The Jacksonville gunman drove to a university before opening fire at a nearby store. Days later, UNC Chapel Hill went on lockdown as a faculty member was shot. A campus security expert offers advice.

FILE - A U.S. Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey aircraft takes off after a rehearsal by special operations forces from Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon as part of Eager Lion, a multinational military exercise in Zarqa, Jordan, on June 17, 2013.

Marine Corps Osprey crash in Australia kills 3 and injures 20, at least 5 critically

The V-22 Osprey crashed on a north Australian island Sunday during a multi-nation training exercise, officials said.

Members of Safe Street Rebel place a cone on a self-driving Cruise car in San Francisco.

Armed with traffic cones, protesters are immobilizing driverless cars

Self-driving cars have flooded San Francisco's streets, and not everyone is happy. Street activists have been using a low-tech solution to incapacitate the vehicles.

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