Evangelist Billy Graham, who reached millions, dies at 99

The Rev. Billy Graham, who transformed American religious life through his preaching and activism, becoming a counselor to presidents and the most widely heard Christian evangelist in history, died Wednesday. He was 99. 

The Legacy of the Billy Graham Library

Just three miles west of where Billy Graham was born in Charlotte, off the parkway that bears his name, is the Billy Graham Library. 

Legoland cleared after "concerning message"

Guests at Legoland Florida were kept inside the park while deputies investigated a possible threat earlier this afternoon.

Rape suspect fatally poisons himself after police chase in Ventura

A Camarillo man under investigation for his possible involvement in a rape in Los Angeles led officers  on a chase Wednesday morning that ended with his death on the 101 Freeway in Ventura, apparently after poisoning himself, authorities said.

Authorities say South Whittier school shooting plot thwarted

A student who got into an argument with a teacher at a South Whittier high school over a set of headphones in class allegedly threatened to "shoot up the campus,'' leading to a search of the student's home and the discovery of a cache of weapons, authorities said Wednesday.

2-year-old boy gets foot caught in escalator, breaks leg

A Canadian mother is warning others about the dangers of escalators after her 2-year-old son’s foot got caught in one at the airport.

25 people injured in Playa del Carmen, Mexico ferry explosion

An explosion ripped through a ferry as it unloaded passengers in the Caribbean beach city of Playa del Carmen on Wednesday, hurting 25 people, but authorities said none of the injuries were life-threatening.

Stoneman Douglas athletic director laid to rest

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Athletic Director Chris Brent Hixon, 49, was laid to rest with full military honors Wednesday at the South Florida National Cemetery in Lake Worth.

Could armed teachers stop shootings?

In the aftermath of yet another mass school shooting, President Donald Trump says that if one of the victims, a football coach, had been armed “he would have shot and that would have been the end of it.”

Second Polk County school to join Sentinel Program

A second Polk County school is joining a voluntary program to allow staff to bring guns to work.

Florida woman gets 120 days in jail for starving dog

A Florida woman whose pit bull named Wiggins starved to death has been sentenced to 120 days in jail.

Good Samaritan rescues child from suspected kidnapper in Santa Ana

A woman who allegedly tried to kidnap a 12-year-old girl walking to school Wednesday morning in Santa Ana is now behind bars, thanks to a good Samaritan who intervened, police said.