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These word-of-mouth suggestions for safe passage through a sometimes-hostile America were, "sort of a 20th Century version of the Underground Railroad.

This year, as the runners approached the fifth mile of the race, members of the Mother Bethel A.M.E. choir sang uptempo hymns from the steps of the church.

U.S. Coast Guard officials say a commercial ferry helped rescue four people from a sinking boat off the New Jersey coast.

At least 71 people have died across Northern California.

About 30 people, some from as far away as North Carolina, clustered on Independence Mall Saturday morning for a ...

At least five homes were destroyed and a person was killed. More than 20 others were injured.

Authorities confirmed a new death toll of 71 and say they are trying to locate 1,011 people even as they stressed that not all are believed missing.

It was a day for apologies and excuses for politicians after many commuters spent hours and hours getting home Thursday.

No official cause for the fire has been identified; the blaze is currently 45 percent contained.

Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn talks with Dave Johnson, Philadelphia chapter captain of Black Men Run, about this year's Philadelphia Marathon.

Facebook is making progress on rooting out hate, fake accounts and other objectionable content.

The Tree of Life shooting, which left 11 Jewish worshippe ...

At least 56 people were killed, with 130 others missing.

Two Good Samaritans rescued five people from a back bay off Avalon after their small boat capsized early Tuesday evening, authorities sa ...

An intense wind from the west frothed the Delaware Bay and tore at the signs activists held as they gathered on the beach near the East P ...