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Traffic on the New Jersey Turnpike has been backed up for hours, causing a major headache for commuters after a serious crash sent at least six people to the hospital early Tuesday morning.

Four people were killed after a vehicle crashed into an after-school care building in downstate Chatham, just south of Springfield, on Monday.

An investigation is underway after a deadly house fire occurred in Berks County Monday morning leaving two men dead and several others injured, including firefighters.

Police in Buckingham Township shot and wounded an armed man who they say charged at an officer after crashing his vehicle into a parked car and threatening concerned neighbors.

Two high school seniors - and twin brothers - died unexpectedly during an outing earlier this month at a Mississippi lake.

Authorities are searching for two gunmen who they say fatally shot a teenager as he was getting on a SEPTA bus last year in Philadelphia. 

A large brush fire in Camden County has caused road closures and voluntary evacuations.

ICE officers in Louisiana last week deported three children ages 2, 4 and 7 who are U.S. citizens along with their Honduran-born mothers, according to lawyers.

Investigators say a woman is dead after she was shot by a man who then turned the gun on himself early Monday morning in Philadelphia.

A firefighter in Kansas City was killed in the line of duty overnight while transporting a patient in an ambulance.

Check out the 28th annual Gift of Life Donor Dash at the Navy Yard Sunday.

A gray wolf has been found dead in a national park, prompting an investigation into the death of this federally protected species.