Author: Kristin Lam, USA TODAY

Kaiser, a 5-year-old king shepherd, disappeared in June 2018 and traveled 175 miles before reuniting with his family this weekend.

A group of work-release inmates on Valentine’s Day helped rescue a 1-year-old accidentally locked in a car.

Catholic dioceses throughout Texas on Thursday identified 286priests credibly accused ofsexually abusing minors as far back as 1941.

On his first day on the job, California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday proposed $105 million in new spending to prevent, fight and escape wildfires following one of the state’s worst fire seasons.

Texas police found three dead children and a wounded woman Thursday evening, and searched for the suspect until he surrendered.

A slew of new state laws take effect with the turn of the calendar — ranging fromminimum wage changesto pink hunting gearto a mandatory cursive writing curriculum. One state will even begin paying people to relocate for remote w…

If a proposed Oregon bill passes, the state may join Utahinloweringthe legal standard for driving under the influence to .05 percent.

Considering that counts of people experiencing homelessness are inexact, however, experts told USA TODAY that it’ll take time to determine whether the numbers indicate true progress in reducing homelessness.

The blood testdetectedcancer with 90 percent accuracy in theUniversity of Queensland’stests of different human cancers and healthy cells and can be done in10 minutes.

The stock market and all federal offices will be closed Wednesday for the national day of mourning for former President George H.W. Bush.