How elderly residents seen in startling image were rescued from nursing home
Stranded senior citizens -- many suffering from dementia -- in a Dickinson, Texas, nursing home were stuck in waist-high flood waters
Confederate monument debate continues in the South
As night fell in Birmingham Tuesday, city workers raised a blackened plywood wall around the Confederate memorial
Confrontation between cop and black man goes viral
Marlin Gipson, 20, recorded the moment a constable stopped him in Texas while he and his brothers were passing out business cards
Rural Kentucky residents fear proposed Medicaid cuts
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's home state is expected to be hard hit by proposed cuts in Medicaid funding that remained in a re-tooled health care plan
Father creates special water park named after his daughter
Morgan's Inspiration Island in San Antonio, built by Gordon Hartman, is the first water park built for all kids, even ones in wheelchairs
Tensions high between lawmakers, voters
As the country celebrates 241 years of independence, Americans are exercising the right to speak freely to their representatives in Congress
Texas' "sanctuary city" ban unpopular with police chiefs
Texas lawmakers approve bill that gives police officers, sheriff's deputies power to enforce federal immigration laws
Good Samaritans race to save kids from raging flood
Strangers help rescue two children trapped inside overturned truck in Texas
Federal judge strikes down Texas' voter ID law -- again
Floyd Carrier says he wasn’t allowed to vote because he did not have one of the photo IDs required under a 2011 law
Driver in deadly church bus crash told witness he was texting
Jody Kuchler watched as erratic pickup driver plowed head-on into van carrying senior citizens returning from church seminar
Texas officer keeps school safe while spreading joy
To the teens at Clark High in Plano, Texas, Officer Parker is a confidant and confidence booster
Swimmer, 75, inspires others with her drive and passion
DeEtte Sauer has won dozens of medals in senior competitions -- but it took her years to realize her passion
Wrongfully convicted Tenn. man fights for compensation
DNA evidence got Lawrence McKinney released from prison after 31 years; but a parole board is denying him compensation
Hurricane Matthew tears through the Bahamas
Thousands of people are without power in the Bahamas, beaches are empty and homes are boarded up
10-year-old son of football coach among dead in N.C. bus crash
Four people were killed, and more than 40 others injured, when a bus carrying members of a college club football team crashed