Author: Christal Hayes, USA TODAY

Landslides of rock and mud closed roads in California as heavy rains kicked off a series of storms that will usher in the new year

Authorities in the small Nebraska city of Laurel are investigating after four people were found dead in two fires that broke out just blocks apart

The Tuesday mayoral primary in Los Angeles could signal a shift for a city known nationally as a progressive trendsetter.

A man stabbed three people at Encino Hospital Medical Center in California Friday before barricading himself in the facility. He was later arrested.

Homeless deaths are spiking. Fentanyl, a potent opioid that fueled a record number of overdoses in the U.S. last year, is a likely culprit.

Brian Laundrie wrote in a notebook found with his remains that he killed fiancee Gabby Petito, the FBI said Friday.