JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South African retail sales rose 4.2% year on year in May after rising by a revised 5.2% in April, Statistics South Africa figures showed on Wednesday.

More than 450 MBTA passengers were evacuated from a Blue Line train in the tunnel under the Boston Harbor due to a signal issue Tuesday afternoon.

A 13-year-old Naytahwaush, Minn., boy was pronounced dead after a lit firework he was holding went off and struck him in the chest, according to a Mahnomen County Sheriff’s Office press release.

A 4-year-old boy has died and two other children were injured after a stabbing and fire Friday morning in the Logan Square neighborhood.

Brandon Lee Ware, 18, and William McKinley Wheeler, 19, were charged in connection with the homicides of 4-year-old Samir Josiah Grubbs and 18-year-old Daviyon Shelmonson-Bey.

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A 34-year-old mother was arrested and charged on Thursday after police said she left two children unattended in her apartment when a fire occurred, killing them.

A woman who is a doctor in Oklahoma was arrested in connection with the death of her 4-year-old daughter in South Florida.

Former Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner signs a four-year, $107 million deal with the Milwaukee Bucks, leaving the team after 10 seasons.

The San Jose Sharks signed free agent defenseman John Klingberg to a one-year contract worth $4 million, league sources told Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic. The Sharks also acquired goalie Alex ...

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has signed a four-year, $285 million supermax extension with the Oklahoma City Thunder, according to ESPN's Shams Charania. The deal keeps Gilgeous-Alexander with the ...

When they arrived on the scene, crews learned that lifeguards had pulled a 4-year-old boy from the pool. The lifeguards performed CPR until first responders arrived.