An Arizona couple struck a plea deal on charges related to the deaths of three children who were killed when the pair tried to drive through floodwaters in 2019. ...

Lindy Simmons, 20, Christopher Simmons, 17, and Kamryn Simmons, 15, died after their vehicle was hit by a wrong-way driver on I-49 in St. Landry Parish. ...

The final 12 missionaries who remained captive in Haiti executed a daring escape plan to free themselves from their captors after they were “nudged” by God. ...

Four dozen people aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship tested positive for coronavirus when they returned to Miami on Saturday. ...

Fifty US citizens and legal residents — including more than a dozen kids — arrived at JFK Saturday morning after being rescued from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan by Project Dynamo. ...

Anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. took a jab at media reports that guests at his holiday party had to show proof they were vaccinated. ...

The US death toll from COVID-19 topped 800,000 on Tuesday, a once-unimaginable figure seen as doubly tragic, given that more than 200,000 of those lives were lost after the vaccine became available practically for the asking last spring. ...

Disgraced South Carolina legal scion Alex Murdaugh was hit with 21 new charges in connection to his massive alleged scam to defraud victims out of $6.2 million. ...

A total of seven children are still recovering in the hospital one week after a crazed driver plowed through revelers at an annual Christmas celebration in the Milwaukee suburb, killing six people and injuring more than 60 others. ...

Robin Appleby, who has led the prestigious, $50,000-a-year American School in London since 2017, is allegedly exiting to “focus on her own wellbeing and that of her family." ...