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Donald Trump called Hillary Clinton a bigot.

A SpaceX rocket exploded at its Cape Canaveral launch pad, destroying the rocket and the satellite it was due to launch.

Tropical Storm Hermine has formed in the Gulf of Mexico, the National Hurricane Center reported. Previously dubbed Tropical Depression Nine, it strengthened into a tropical storm with 40-mph winds Wednesday afternoon. Hermine is moving north at 2 mph and is expected to make landfall in the Florida panhandle's "Big Bend" region late Thursday or early Friday, the hurricane center said.

House Republicans have had a rough summer.

Cameras on the International Space Station captured amazing footage of three hurricanes lashing though the Pacific and Atlantic.

During a recent visit to a middle school in Tallahassee, Florida, Travis Rudolph a Florida State University football player decided to sit with Bo Paske, a boy who has autism and often eats lunch alone.

Apple may finally be bringing some of its enormous offshore cash pile back home.

Imagine getting a letter from a federal agency saying that your yard is exposing your children to an invisible poison that is known to decrease IQ. Then, you find out the agency tested for this toxic substance more than a year and a half ago, but the results are just now being delivered to you. And you learn that your 2-year-old shows blood-lead levels 6.6 times above the upper level of concern set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That nightmare is Shantel Allen's reality.

The National Vietnam Veterans Foundations, a zero-rated charity that was the object of a CNN report in mid-May, has closed its doors for good, according to one of the charity's executives.

Is it a message to the city, pedestrians, drivers or just a prank? No one knows for sure, but several crosswalks appear to be giving the middle finger in Houston.

The Indian government is launching a new program that rewards foreigners with a 10-year residency permit if they invest $1.5 million in the country over an 18-month period.

Firefighters in Scottsdale, Arizona, are fairly used to getting snake removal calls. This is rattlesnake country, after all.