Former NFL player missing after mother found dead near Illinois home

Tropical Storm Ophelia makes landfall in North Carolina and will now trek up the East Coast

A Black high school student who was suspended over his locs hairstyle and his mother have sued Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the state’s attorney general for allegedly failing to enforce the state’s CROWN Act, a law that protects against hair discrimination.

The house in West Milford, New Jersey, was heavily damaged by the explosion around 9 p.m., police said. (WCBS)

An alligator suspected of eating a person in Largo, Florida, has been caught and killed. (WFTS)

A Maine infant's nearly monthlong hospitalization is cited in a national recall. (WMTW, FOLICHIA MITCHELL, CONSUMER REPORTS, CNN)