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Scientists have approached reptile population control by smashing in the heads of iguanas that have overtaken the area.

A 19-year-old man was swept away and killed by a large wave in the Bahamas just hours after asking his girlfriend's family for their blessing in marriage.

An insurance company asked for its money back from a woman who claimed she needed home care for her disability.

A historic African-American site has been vandalized with hateful language.

A man who admitted to pushing a transgender woman into a river, where she drowned, will not face trial.

WWE star Jeff Hardy was arrested in North Carolina for reportedly crashing into a guard rail. He was later released on bail.

Police in upstate New York arrested a woman after her nine-month-old baby was found crawling on a busy roadway.

Man takes a sledgehammer to the windows of a car to stop the driver from fleeing a crash scene in Miami.

January Neatherlin, 32, pleaded guilty to 11 counts of first-degree criminal mistreatment and a count of third-degree assault in February and was sentenced on Friday to 21 years and four months in prison.

A teen waitress at Waffle House has been rewarded for her kindness with a college scholarship after she was photographed cutting up food for a 78-year-old diner who couldn’t do it himself.

The person of interest in the case reportedly fled the country before the body was found.

Rowe, who was on his way to No. 12 school in the Rochester School District, went missing early Thursday after exiting the school bus.

The incident occurred around 7:15 p.m. EDT. The pilot of the helicopter was seen climbing on to a raft, while the passengers — with their seatbelts fastened — remained trapped inside the aircraft.

A young girl suffered a severe brain injury after a garden hose delivered a 200-volt shock.

A mother can be seen on video encouraging her daughter during a vicious fight on school premises.

A video of a startled horse in a Miami Beach nightclub sparked outrage from those who considered it animal cruelty.

A mother discovered her daughter had taken her own life shortly after she recorded a video of herself mimicking a suicide attempt.

Several beaches in Texas reported high levels of fecal bacteria ahead of spring break.

Body camera footage showed Asheville Officer Chris Hickman beating a black man named Johnnie Jermaine Rush and punching his head while Rush was being restrained by Hickman and another officer.

Remains found in a wooded area of Anna, Texas have been identified as belonging to Fort Worth woman Christina Morris, who has been missing since 2014.

The unnamed woman said she had to tolerate months of sexual innuendo and inappropriate hugging from Rev. Charles Oduro and at one point even recorded the priest on tape, begging her for a kiss. 

A gun was found in a 6-year-old student's backpack at a West Palm Beach charter school, however the student was unaware it had been there.

Colby Isaac Hilleary became "increasingly agitated" despite efforts from the flight attendant to "address his concerns and calm him down,” the complaint stated.

Kevin Esterly and Amy Yu, a Lehigh Valley Academy Charter School student in Northampton County, were last seen together on Monday.

Shana Elliott drove over the center line on Highway 21 into a car, which was occupied by Fabian Guerrero-Moreno, 23, and his wife, Kristian Nicole Guerrero, who was five months pregnant.

University Hospitals officials made the announcement Thursday, adding an investigation is underway.

Deputy Principal Rohan Brown’s actions were at odds with school policy and “inconsistent with community expectations in this day and age," school council's letter said.

A BMW — believed to have lost control — drove onto the pavement and into a storefront in Brooklyn, New York.

The mother of a 5-year-old girl recalled the moment her daughter plummeted several feet from a ski lift.