A cruel act of Mother Nature claimed the life of an 8-year-old girl Friday evening in rural Serena, about 70 miles southwest of Chicago. WGN's Courtney Spinelli reports.

The victim, identified as Kinslee Tschida, was playing with her cousins in the backyard when she was fatally struck by ...

A Minnesota mother is accused of attempting to drown her teenage daughter during a violent altercation over a cell phone.

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