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Conservatives have long argued they want to end transition care for minors, but federal policies have increasingly limited adult access. More restrictions are on the way.

The risk of a “catastrophic” explosion at a chemical tank in a Los Angeles-area city was averted by Monday, but around 16,000 people remained under evacuation orders as some risks remained, officials said

What sent a chemical storage tank in Garden Grove, California, to the verge of either leaking or blowing up?

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