Severe thunderstorms will head east by Saturday, impacting eastern Michigan and parts of northern Indiana. One to two inches of rain is possible as the system tracks east, but some areas could see isolated amounts of three to five inches through the weekend.

The two children were identified as Charlotte Trotter, 4, and Sebastian Trotter, 7, according to their aunt Tiffanie Wyatt. She said their father, Sebastian Trotter, a solder based at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, and their mother, Stephanie, both suffered serious injuries but survived and were receiving medical treatment at a hospital in Texas.

Torrential rains triggered flash floods in New Mexico that killed at least three people on Tuesday, including two young children, and trapped dozens in homes and vehicles in the resort village of Ruidoso,

Flash flooding from torrential rain hit Ruidoso, New Mexico, killing at least three people and prompting dozens of rescues, officials said. A house was seen being carried downstream Tuesday by the fast-moving water a year after the same area was devastated by two wildfires.

"The Tattoo Fiesta is very unique in the sense that here in New Mexico, we have a culture like nowhere else in the country," Everett said. “Most of the artists that come in from other states and stuff, they just kind of breathe it in.”

Almost $7 billion in federal funding supports a range of public K-12 programs at schools across the country. That amount will now be withheld by the government.

Karmelo Anthony, the 17-year-old high school student from Texas accused of stabbing and killing a fellow teenager, is facing murder charges. The Frisco, Texas native has been indicted on a first-degree murder charge in the stabbing death of Austin Metcalf, a 17-year-old Texas high school ...

Up to 18 inches of rain fell between Aug. 18 and Aug. 20, 2007, triggering flash floods that are still considered some of Minnesota's worst. It killed seven people and caused $179 million in damages, mostly in Winona, Fillmore and Houston counties.