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A roadblock is seen on Monday, July 17, in Washington Crossing, Pa. following severe weather over the weekend.

Flash floods kill at least 5 people in Pennsylvania

A family was visiting the area from Charleston, S.C., and was on their way to a barbecue when they got caught in a flash flood, officials said.

Owner of Cape Coral title company sentenced to prison for fraud

Setting the stage for a possible legal battle, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a bill that would allow the death penalty for people who commit sexual batteries on children under age 12.

DeSantis signs bill setting the death penalty in child rapes

A death penalty for child rape bill (HB 1297) signed by Florida's governor Monday conflicts with U.S. Supreme Court and Florida Supreme Court precedents that have barred death sentences for rapists, including a 2008 U.S. Supreme Court decision.

Early intervention can lead to quicker resolution of malpractice claims.

Here Comes The Judge: A New Prescription For Medical Malpractice

One approach tried in New York that expedites settlements in medical malpractice cases is expanding, and many policy experts and participants in the process believe it has promise.

This image taken from video and provided by WTVQ shows people sitting at a table at Rockcastle Middle School which was being used as an evacuation center in Mt. Vernon, Ky., on Wednesday. People were evacuated from a nearby town after a CSX train derailed near Livingston, a remote town in Rockcastle County.

Cleanup, air monitoring underway at Kentucky train derailment site

Crews with rail operator CSX and Kentucky officials are working to remove train cars and spilled material at the site of a derailment that sparked a chemical fire and prompted home evacuations.

Alligator Reef Lighthouse,s named after the USS Alligator, a U.S. Navy schooner that ran aground on the reef in 1822 and sank, and five other aging lighthouses off the Keys were important maritime navigational aids that helped warn ships away from the Keys’ barrier coral reef. But modern-day satellite navigation made open-water lighthouses off the Keys obsolete and the structures now fall under the auspices of the General Services Association for disposal.

Florida Keys lighthouse shines again after decade of darkness

A 150-year-old lighthouse that has been extinguished for a decade is shining again at night in the Florida Keys.

Atmospheric river expected to bring life-threatening floods to Southern California

The National Weather Service warns the storm could drop unprecedented rain over a wide area from Saturday night through early next week, with the period of most concern from Sunday into early Monday.

At least 4 people are killed in Houston after a severe thunderstorm passed through

Across the city, power lines and trees are downed, traffic lights are out and glass is scattered across downtown. About 900,000 customers were left without power early Friday.

Steven Johnson escaped from Mill Creek Correctional Facility in Salem, Ore., during a prison work detail in 1994. He was arrested on Tuesday in Macon, Ga., where had had assumed the identity of a dead child.

Escaped prisoner found in Georgia 30 years later, using the identity of a dead child

Steven Johnson, who escaped from prison in 1994 while on a work detail, was arrested in Macon, Ga., on Tuesday. He had been living there since 2011 and had assumed the identity of a dead child.

Rep. John Lewis thanks anti-gun violence supporters following a rally outside the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 4, 2017.

A statue honoring John Lewis will replace a former Confederate monument in Georgia

The 16-foot-tall sculpture of the civil rights icon will be officially unveiled later this week. It replaces a 30-foot-tall obelisk erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy in 1908.

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