A New York City mother of three, whose children were found drowned near a Coney Island boardwalk earlier this week, has been arrested on murder charges, officials have said. Erin Merdy, 30, has been charged with three counts of second-degree murder, three counts of depraved indifference to human life, and three counts of murder with the victims…

Flash flood warnings issued in Southern California. Heavy rain and severe mudslides have washed out roads. Over 50 people had to be rescued from their vehicles. Police discover the bodies of three children on a Coney Island beach. They believe the children’s mother may have drowned them. The Department of Justice agrees to Former President…

When I tell my British friends I’m going to Blackpool, their expressions sour and they ask, “Oh, God, why?” My response: Because it’s a carnival-esque tipsy-toupee, ears-pierced-while-you­-wait place, where I can experience working-class England at play. For over a century, until the last generation, Blackpool, located on the west coast north of Liverpool, was where…