National News

WABC-TV(RIDGEFIELD, N.J.) — An explosion brought down a Ridgefield, New Jersey, house on Monday, covering the road, backyard and surrounding property with debris. Police, fire and PSE&G officials arrived at the multi-floor, single family home […]

tirc83/iStock(DALLAS) — A gunman who appeared to be wearing tactical gear and wielding an assault rifle opened fire outside a federal courthouse in Dallas Monday morning, but no one aside from the alleged shooter appeared […]

Wild & Free/iStock(NEW YORK) — More than 200 bottlenose dolphins have become stranded on beaches along the Gulf of Mexico from Louisiana to Florida since Feb. 1, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. […]

Salem Police Dept (YAMHILL, Ore.) — The bodies of an Oregon mother and her 3-year-old son have been recovered together, authorities said, weeks after they went missing and the little boy’s father was arrested for […]

tirc83/iStock(DALLAS) —  A gunman who appeared to be wearing tactical gear and wielding an assault rifle opened fire outside a federal courthouse in Dallas Monday morning, but no one aside from the alleged shooter appeared […]

tirc83/iStock(DALLAS) — A gunman opened fire outside a federal courthouse in Dallas Monday morning, but no one aside from the gunman appeared to be injured in the incident, police said. Police responded to what they […]

grandriver/iStock(WEST DES MOINES, Iowa) — A family of four was found dead in an Iowa home from apparent gunshot wounds, officials said. The bodies of Chandrasekhar “Chandra” Sunkara — an IT employee with the Iowa […]

Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images(NEW YORK) —  Gloria Vanderbilt, mother to CNN anchor Anderson Cooper and member of the storied Vanderbilt family, has died at 95 years old. Cooper confirmed his mother’s death on air on CNN, […]

NRedmond/iStock(BALD HEAD ISLAND, N.C.) — An 8-year-old boy was attacked by a shark while swimming off the North Carolina coast on Sunday afternoon, officials said. The boy, whose name was not released, was in the […]

TheaDesign/iStock(PHILADELPHIA) — One person is dead and five others were shot at a graduation party Sunday night in Philadelphia. The victims include three boys, ages 15, 16 and 17, a 16-year-old girl and two men, […]