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A potential crack may be releasing pressure inside a toxic chemical tank in Garden Grove, officials said Sunday, a development they hope could help avert a devastating vapor explosion.

At least 19 people were injured in a stampede Sunday morning in Atlantic Beach, South Carolina

Five Chicago police officers were hit by a car early Sunday morning while on duty on the city’s west side, the department said.

Firefighters on Saturday were trying to cool a chemical tank “literally on the edge” of exploding in Garden Grove, California, as they worked to avert a disastrous “worst-case” scenario, the incident’s commander said.

An Illinois school shooting plot was foiled Friday after a relative spotted a boy with a firearm and called 911, according to the Will County Sheriff’s Office

One person has died after a fire and two explosions Friday at a New York City shipyard, officials say.

The estranged husband of a prominent New York City art dealer was convicted Friday of hiring a hitman to kill him in Brazil

Trump allies, Jan. 6 defendants and those pardoned for crimes during the Biden administration say they’d like a piece of the money pot. Challenges remain.

An elderly California couple found dead in a suspected murder-suicide had recently been scammed by someone posing as actor Tom Selleck, a longtime friend said

An estimated 40,000 people in Orange County, California, have been ordered to evacuate over fears that a tank containing a toxic chemical may explode, officials said Friday