The 1-year-old child was recovered from the chute, sustaining a minor abrasion to the torso, police said. She was transferred ...

The Abilene Zoo has welcomed Vicki, a 12-year-old sloth bear visiting from the Smithsonian National Zoo.

The National Weather Service already has issued extreme heat warnings, watches and advisories across a swath of the Midwest and South.

All that changed on Nov. 10, 2008, when he suffered a severe attack of bacterial meningitis that left him on life support and ...