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Heavy rains drenched parts of southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi Friday, causing dangerous floods that killed at least one person, cut off an entire town, prompted numerous rescues and shut down highways.

Heavy rains drenched parts of southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi, causing dangerous floods that killed at least three people, cut off an entire town, shut down highways and prompted numerous rescues.

A woman is hospitalized in critical condition after an alligator bit her hand at a fish camp in the Florida Everglades, authorities said.

Seven people were injured, including four critically, in a flash fire at a Texas crude-oil plant, authorities said.

The conviction of Brendan Dassey, a Wisconsin man who appeared in the documentary "Making a Murderer," has been overturned by a federal judge in Milwaukee, according to court documents obtained by CNN.

A baby boy was found dead Friday afternoon after being left for almost nine hours in a hot car in a Texas Wal-Mart parking lot, Helotes Police Cpt. Anthony Burgess said.

Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky broke his long courtroom silence Friday, his voice rising to say "absolutely not" when asked whether he committed the crimes for which he was convicted four years ago.

In 13 prior Summer Games -- and three appearances by lone athletes at the Winter Olympics -- Fiji was oh-fer. No medals. Not since becoming an IOC member in the 1950s.

Marijuana will remain a schedule l controlled substance, which declares it has "no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse," the Drug Enforcement Agency said Thursday. This keeps the drug in the same category as heroin and cocaine.

Now that Roger Ailes is gone, Fox News will be led by a pair of executives, Bill Shine and Jack Abernethy.

Esperanza was waiting for her cousins outside her high school in Mexico one day, when a strange man drove up in a car, forced her inside with him and sped away. At that moment, Esperanza had in effect become a sex slave.

At least 22 customers and 2 flight crew members aboard a JetBlue plane have been taken to a hospital for evaluation after the flight experienced rough turbulence, according to Katherine McMillan, JetBlue spokeswoman.

A mother is fighting a Texas school district after they decided to not allow her transgender five-year-old daughter to use the girl's bathroom.

A pair of recent viral videos made Kentucky Judge Amber Wolf "Internet famous," which she finds both wonderful and bewildering.

A child fell off a roller coaster at a Pennsylvania amusement park Thursday, a local official told CNN.

The DEA declined to loosen restrictions on medical marijuana which could delay help to many.

Pentagon workers and contractors are getting a reminder to keep Pokemon Go off their work phones, amid a report that concerns were raised that the app could be used for spying.

Darth Vader made his evil, yet very brief, return to the "Star Wars" universe as Disney (DIS)'s new trailer for "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" gave us a small glimpse of the classic galactic villain in the upcoming film.

To lose a brother or sister while growing up is painful enough. When it's the result of gun violence, the weight can seem insurmountable.