Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a Category 5 storm Monday as it drew closer to Jamaica, where forecasters said it would unleash catastrophic flooding, landslides and widespread damage. It would be the strongest hurricane to hit the island since record-keeping began in 1851.
First responders recently used a rope and a small PVC pipe to rescue a 14-month-old boy who fell into an old pipe that was no longer in use on the side of his home in Kansas.
Dramatic video shows good Samaritans jumping into action after a woman's car ends up in a canal in Boca Raton.
A man appeared in Broward court on Monday after he was accused of attacking a deacon during holy Mass at St. Coleman Catholic Church in Pompano Beach.