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A plume of smokes rises from MC Tank Transport Inc., where a chemical tank exploded overnight, prompting hundreds of residents to evacuate or shelter in place amid concerns about a potential toxic release, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026, in north Toledo, Ohio. (Jeremy Wadsworth/The Blade via AP)

Chemical tank explosion in Ohio forces evacuations as city allows plume to vent

October 21, 2026 at 2:04 p.m.

A chemical tank exploded in Toledo, Ohio, forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate their homes or shelter in place due to fears of a toxic release, and the mayor warned...

FILE – Lindsay Clancy, center, speaks with her lawyer Kevin Reddington during proceedings in her murder trial, Aug. 20, 2026, in Plymouth, Mass. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, Pool, File)

Holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy trial says he was struck by how ‘methodical’ she was

October 15, 2026 at 9:27 a.m.

The lone juror who blocked Lindsay Clancy from being acquitted was influenced by how “methodical” he thought she was while killing her three children, he said during an interview aired...

A roller coaster is shown at Six Flags over Georgia on Monday, Oct. 12, 2026 in Austell, Ga. (AP Photo/Emilie Megnien)

Six Flags closes 9 North American roller coasters after families watch man fall to his death

October 13, 2026 at 10:27 a.m.

Police are investigating after a man fell to his death from a roller coaster at a Six Flags near Atlanta, watched by other visitors to the amusement park as he...

An American flag flaps in the wind generated by the effects of Isaias on an empty beach on Friday, Oct. 9, loom overhead on Friday, Oct. 9, 2026, in Mon Louis Island, Ala. (AP Photo/Octavio Jones)

4 dead from storm as Isaias brings threat of floods across the Southeast

October 10, 2026 at 6:55 p.m.

Isaias has hit the U.S. Gulf Coast, leaving hundreds of thousands without power in Alabama and the Florida Panhandle.

The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier returns to the San Diego Bay after deployment Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Long-deployed USS Lincoln returns home to San Diego Bay

October 8, 2026 at 4:12 p.m.

The USS Abraham Lincoln returned home to San Diego Bay Thursday with sailors jumping up and down and waving excitedly to loved ones as the ship ended a deployment that...

Caleb Flynn, left, sits next to Emily Smith, right, one of his attorneys on Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, in the Miami County Court of Common Pleas in Troy, Ohio. (AP Photo, Pool)

Former ‘American Idol’ singer Caleb Flynn convicted of fatally shooting his wife

September 29, 2026 at 3:19 p.m.

A former Ohio music pastor who once appeared on “American Idol” was convicted of murder Tuesday in the killing of his wife while he was having an affair.

FILE – Harvey Weinstein appears in Manhattan Supreme Court Thursday, June 25, 2026 in New York. (Adam Gray/Pool Photo via AP,File)

Harvey Weinstein is sentenced to 15 years in prison for 2006 sex crime in New York

September 23, 2026 at 10:48 a.m.

Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in a #MeToo reckoning redux after the disgraced movie producer’s original conviction was overturned and a retrial last year ended...

Storm clouds develop over the Oshkosh, Wis., Monday, July 27, 2026. (Christina Vogel via AP)

Wisconsin tornado causes extensive damage and cuts power to thousands of homes

July 28, 2026 at 6:32 a.m.

A tornado struck northeastern Wisconsin on Monday, blackening the midday sky and sending workers sheltering in office basements as fierce winds splintered homes, scattered twisted metal across a highway and...

With skies darkening ahead of Tropical Storm Bertha, Latia Ancar practices her casting while she and a friend wait for the storm-driven tidal surge about 50 miles south of New Orleans on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, hoping it will bring more fish. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Tropical Storm Bertha moves toward Texas landfall after grazing Louisiana’s coast

July 23, 2026 at 12:35 p.m.

Tropical Storm Bertha churned toward a second landfall in Texas on Thursday after grazing southern Louisiana in a slow crawl.

This NOAA satellite image taken at 11:40 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, shows Tropical Storm Bertha in the Gulf of Mexico moving toward the edge of Louisiana. (NOAA via AP)

Tropical Storm Bertha makes landfall on southern Louisiana with threatening winds

July 22, 2026 at 3:06 p.m.

Tropical Storm Bertha creeped along the Gulf Coast toward the edge of Louisiana on Wednesday, spinning off strong winds far from its center and closing beaches from Florida to Mississippi.

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