North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Thursday vetoed a bill that would have required doctors to try to preserve the life of any infant born alive during an attempted abortion. The state’s Republican-controlled Legislature had passed the bill, called the “Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Act,” this week. In a letter announcing his veto, Cooper, a Democrat,…… More

Here’s something you don’t see every day: A 12-and-a-half-foot great white shark named Miss Costa has been spotted in the Gulf of Mexico near the Florida Panhandle. It’s not unheard of for great white sharks to travel into the Gulf. But this shark is special: Her name is Miss Costa, and she probably has more…… More

Huge swaths of the South, Midwest and East Coast are under the gun for severe weather as states still recovering from last weekend’s tornadoes hunker down for more. On Thursday, “the greatest threat for tornadoes will be along the Gulf Coast states of Mississippi and Alabama,” CNN meteorologist Michael Guy said. The massive storm system…… More

Police will no longer search for Kelsey Berreth‘s remains at a Colorado landfill that had been the focus of their investigation for nearly two months. The Woodland Park Police Department announced its decision Wednesday, saying that officers did not find Berreth’s remains or any evidence linked to her death at the Midway Landfill in Fountain,…… More

A cave diver from the UK, who was part of the team involved in saving the Thai soccer team last year, needed rescuing after becoming trapped in a cave in Tennessee. Josh Bratchley went missing Tuesday when he failed to exit a cave he was exploring with four others, according to the Jackson County Emergency…… More