Author: Christine Fernando, USA TODAY

Rescue crews in Florida painstakingly searched for survivors and the Carolinas began assessing the damage. Updates.

Raymond Lovett, 24, was charged with capital murder after police say he opened fire at a hospital in Sherwood, Arkansas, killing Leighton Whitfield.

Experts told USA TODAY the racist history of recreational swimming leaves Black people less likely to learn to swim.

The Canadian Hurricane Centre called Hurricane Fiona a “historic storm for eastern Canada” and a “potential landmark weather event.”

Images and a video posted on social media by the Chicago Fire Department show extensive damage to the top floor of a four-story building.

Deputies Marshall Ervin Jr. and Jonathan Koleski were attempting to serve a warrant at a residence when they were attacked, authorities say.

The city council voted to temporarily disband its three-member police department and contract services with the county sheriff’s department instead.