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A man in a bright costume led police on a weird chase, as he hung out the sunroof of his car then ran to play with strangers on the beach before being arrested.

Parents in one community are fighting for answers after at least seven children were diagnosed with cancer in the past four years.

Matty Roberts created a Facebook event calling for Area 51 to be stormed as a joke, now that close to two million people have clicked 'going' he's terrified the FBI will storm his home.

Crews in Southern California were assessing the damage Saturday after the region was rattled by another powerful earthquake late Friday evening.

Shaking through their second major earthquake in less than two days, Southern California residents have demonstrated that not everyone handles an emergency situation the same.

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A powerful magnitude 6.4 earthquake has struck southern California near the city of Ridgecrest, about 175km northeast of Los Angeles.

A teen's friend has captured the moment a sea lion emerging out of the water and attacking her as she was playing in the ocean.

Five people were injured Friday at the U.S. Open when a runaway golf cart hit a crowd of spectators.

An Afghanistan war veteran has been arrested for planning to detonate an explosive at a political rally in "retribution" for the Christchurch mosque attacks.

An Iraq War veteran who plowed into a crosswalk intentionally targeted the victims based on their race and his belief they might be Muslim, authorities said.

David and Louise Turpin will be behind bars until at least 2043 for the torture and abuse of their children over several years.

This quirky Flintstones-themed home has captured the world's attention for decades, but neighbours aren't amused -- and now, they're suing.

A Northern California high school student criticized her school district's dress code after she was told she couldn't wear a hat featuring a well-known Trump campaign slogan to school, CBS affiliate KGPE-TV reports.

In flood-ravaged California, firefighters combed through a mountain of rubble to find 76-year-old Susan Gordon trapped up to her neck in mud.

It's been dubbed the 'kitty crib'.

A powerful winter storm unleashed mudslides in Southern California wildfire burn areas and trapped motorists on a major highway, and the northern part of the state braced for more wet weather Sunday.

Three men were fatally shot late Friday and four injured when a brawl at a popular Los Angeles-area bowling alley and karaoke bar erupted into gunfire that had terrified patrons, some children, running for their lives.

Breweries across the US are doing their bit to help survivors of the wildfires which devastated northern California last month.

Two sisters at a Catholic elementary school in California have allegedly ditched their vow of poverty to embezzle hundreds of thousands for gambling at casinos and trips away.

After Tanya Ramsey Renfro posted on Facebook about her "new hero" whose treasured toy collection was destroyed, the community began rallying around their family.

A Californian police station may have to rethink its security system following what could have been quite a grizzly situation.

Two helicopter pilots in the U.S. are being commended for their bravery after rescuing three people and their two dogs from a mountain peak.

Ryan Coleman was helping to battle the California blaze when he found his new furry friend.

It's hard being the president.

The death toll from the Camp Fire in northern California increased to 71 people while 1,011 people are unaccounted for, the Butte County Sheriff said Friday.

Authorities said late Thursday the death toll from California's Camp Fire has risen to 63, bringing the statewide count to 66.

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Jeff Hill of Paradise, California, was checking on someone's house after the Camp Fire nearly levelled the entire town, and what he found in the backyard startled him.

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Emergency services have confirmed 13 more bodies have been found, bringing the death toll to 42.

Strong winds were blowing again on Monday in California, and that is very bad news for millions of people hoping to avoid some of the most destructive wildfires the state has ever seen.

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A leading climate scientist says a worrying pattern helped light the match for the devastating California fires.

Matt Armbruster survived the fire by hiding in a creek with his dog to stay safe.

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Wildfires are tearing through both ends of California, killing at least 25 people and consuming entire towns.

A survivor of the shooting that claimed at least 12 lives in California on Thursday has given a harrowing account of the moment the shooter opened fire.

Authorities have identified the suspect in a mass shooting at a Southern California bar as 28-year-old former Marine Ian David Long.

For one large group of people at a Southern California bar where a gunman killed 12 people Wednesday night, it was their second narrow escape from a mass shooting.

A family in California has contacted police after a security camera caught a repairman's disturbing behaviour in the bedroom of two young girls. 

75 homes have been lost and 3,900 crews are fighting the fires.