OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Latest on storm damage in the Southern Plains and Midwest (all times local): 12:30 p.m. Residents of two more Oklahoma towns are being encouraged to leave their homes ahead of expected flooding that has also prompted flooding concerns in Missouri and Kansas. Res...

When authorities arrived Friday to arrest a 15-year-old in Florida after threats to commit a school shooting showed up on a video game platform, he told them he was joking, they said. “I Dalton Barnhart vow to bring my fathers m15 to school and kill 7 people at a minimum,” the boy wrote using...

Walmart To Revamp, Reopen El Paso Store After Mass Shooting A chaplain (R) from a motorcycle group prays with friends at a makeshift memorial after the shooting that left 22 people dead at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, on August 5, 2019. (Photo by Mark RALSTON / AFP/Getty Images) ...

At the 7am Sunday update, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) has upgraded the intensity of Hurricane Dorian to a Category 5. The maximum sustained winds are 160 mph. This surpasses a Category 4 hurricane by 4 mph. The track of Dorian has it impacting the Bahamas on Sunday, before it grazes the s...

Sol Pais (Photos: Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office) DENVER — The FBI’s Denver office and the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office are searching for a woman who allegedly made threats against schools in the Denver metro area Tuesday. The threats resulted in Denver metro schools being closed to...