A U.S. Postal Service employee died after he became stuck inside a mail handling machine at a distribution center in Allen Park, Michigan, according to officials. Nicholas John Acker, 36, was stuck in ...

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DETROIT – A 738-foot freighter has run aground in the Detroit River near the Renaissance Center. You can watch live in the stream above. The MV Rt. Hon. Paul J. Martin was on its way to Quebec from ...

WSJ’s Dov Lieber reports from Gaza as the U.S. considers a plan to divide it into separate zones, with reconstruction only taking place on the Israeli-controlled side. Photo: Dov Lieber A detachment ...

A woman from Chicago's south suburbs, who is fighting for her life as she recovers from a kidney transplant, is trapped in Jamaica and has run out of critical medicine, after Hurricane Melissa ravaged ...

MCHENRY COUNTY, Ill. — A horse was rescued Tuesday afternoon in McHenry County after the animal got stuck in a pond. The McHenry Township Fire Protection District responded to Hickory Creek Farms, ...

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Three friends have gone viral after they got stuck in an elevator—but the ending made it all worth it. Juls (@juls.lexington), 24, from Philadelphia, was heading back to her apartment after a fun ...

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As the cost of homeownership soars across the country, renting has emerged as an increasingly popular alternative, and not just in cities, but in suburbs, too. An analysis of Census data by ...

In the viral video flooding everyone’s FYP, a woman is seen getting stuck in a tube slide on a cruise and desperately tries to crawl her way out. Commenters watched in horror at the claustrophobic ...