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The young and disabled in America have it bad.

13-year-old Rosalie Avila penned her parents a heartbreaking note: "Sorry, Mom and Dad. I love you. Sorry, Mom, you’re gonna find me like this."

Prosecutors alleged that Bert Franklin caused fatal head injuries to the child last year, and now took the help of his fellow inmates at the Oklahoma County jail to plot the killing of the toddler's mother, who is the main witness in that case.

A press conference scheduled for Tuesday morning could reportedly shed more light into how Sydney Loofe died.

Kluger allegedly bit his parent's dog, a shih tzu, on the head so severely that the dog’s right eye came out.

The "invisible box challenge" began to gain popularity on the internet when a football player named Dontez Hines and then cheerleader Ariel Olivar performed the trick and posted the videos on their social media accounts.

Massive power outages were reported in Santa Paula, Oxnard, Carpinteria, Santa Barbara and Goleta.

President Donald Trump issued a proclamation Monday to reduce the size of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and to allow mining in the newly public lands.

Oakland police said there is an investigation underway outside the store in Emeryville and that one person was detained.

According to the Ventura County Fire Captain, no evacuations were ordered and the blaze was reported around 6:25 p.m. local time (9:25 p.m. EST). 

According to reports, the King Air C90 crashed Monday around 6 p.m. (7 p.m. EST) local time. Even though the official reason for the crash is unknown, airport authorities said the airplane missed the runway as it was about to land.

Ken Copeland, 58, was the first officer to be killed in the line of duty in the history of San Marcos Police Department.

Police have arrested Bernandino Bolatete, believed to be connected to an alleged plot to open fire on an Islamic Center in Florida.

A woman was en route to her home in Maryland where she not only experienced a seizure but was sexually assaulted.

Manchester town ran into legal trouble over discouraging panhandling.

An Arizona mother of two died just a day after she complained of flu-like symptoms.

A puppy wore a mask that made her look like a hockey goalie after she was seriously hurt in an attack by another dog.

Fred Hampton was killed at a young age during a police raid.

A surfer in Australia captured video of a shark as he surfed right over it.

Ashlee Hattermann, 13, was spotted in Mexico after missing from her Texas home since Dec. 1.

A drone donated by a local resident helped locate the body of missing 4-year-old Chelsea Noel.

Given that her current boss, President Donald Trump, went on a Twitter rant this weekend, terming the FBI's reputation "in tatters," the sweet irony of Sander's tweet was not lost on users of the microblogging site.

Most volcano eruptions on Earth happen under the ocean’s surface, and can pose a threat not just to ships but, depending on intensity, also to aircraft.

Darnell R. Scott was charged with aggravated battery with great bodily harm; his brother-in-law survived the attack but was hospitalized in critical conditions.

The 3-year-old toddler's disappearance sparked a massive search effort, with investigators and volunteers from the community coming together to search for the missing child.

Andrew Anglin was sued by realtor Tanya Gersh for "invasion of privacy, intentional infliction of emotional distress and violations of Montana's Anti-Intimidation act," in a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for Montana in April.

The videotape was released by The Washington Post a month before Election Day 2016 in which Trump could be heard bragging about "grabbing women by their p------."

Lowell Hawthorne, 57, opened the first ever Golden Krust restaurant in 1989, which specializes in Jamaican beef patties and the island’s cuisine, in Bronx.

In an interview given to British magazine Pick Me Up!, Dr. Nicola Davis — a U.K.-based psychologist, researcher and writer — analyzed the aspects that could have led to Alcala becoming a serial killer.