From “foster failure” to adoption success story, one family in Maine can’t imagine its home without its furry friend. Last summer, Janice Ribeiro and her son, Sam, started feeling like they were ready to have a dog again. Their previous pet had passed away, and they wanted to ease back in to pet ownership. They decided to be a foster...

The Joliet City Council has approved a deal to make the old Joliet women’s prison into a haunted attraction later this year. The council approved a plan from a company known as “Thirteenth Floor” which would renovate the former women’s prison, located on Collins Street across from the main prison, for an opening in plenty of time for Halloween....

Airbnb is taking more steps to crack down on parties and nuisance guests in the wake of a Halloween shooting at an Airbnb rental in a San Francisco suburb where five people were killed. The company said Thursday it’s banning “open invite” parties at all of its accommodations. Those are parties open to anyone and advertised on social media, for...

NBC 5 meteorologist Paul Deanno is here to answer your Thanksgiving weather questions live!

If someone asked you when the holiday shopping season starts, you’d likely point to Black Friday, when flocks of people swarm stores after a hearty turkey dinner to pick through the hottest deals. But for more people in 2019, holiday shopping started in July. Why? Amazon. Amazon’s annual Prime Day extravaganza has “become a real part of the changing holiday...

The parents of 7-year-old Giselle Zamago, the young girl who was shot on Halloween night in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, say it’s “a miracle” that their daughter is alive.

The Contra Costa County Sheriff is calling a shooting that left five dead during a Halloween party at an Airbnb rental a “bloodbath.”

Airbnb is pushing out several new safety features in the wake of a tragic incident at one of their bookings, CEO Brian Chesky announced Wednesday.

The man suspected of opening fire into a crowd of hundreds overnight Saturday outside Greenville is behind bars, arrested Monday morning, according to Sheriff Randy Meeks.

Lori Lightfoot recently sat down for lunch with a very special guest, a 4-year-old boy who garnered attention on social media for dressing up as the Chicago mayor for Halloween.

With trick or treating over, all that candy is in your house. So now what? You can hide it from the kids, or maybe eat it yourself, but there are concerns about the amount of candy kids are consuming. “I am a really big candy fan,” says Heather Flannery. “We eat a lot of candy at our house.” The National...

More than a few parents have been known to help themselves to their kid’s Halloween candy, but new research showing how long it takes to burn off those calories may have them thinking twice.

Four people were killed and at least four others were injured in a Halloween night shooting at a house party in Orinda, according to authorities.

A man was wounded Thursday when he fell from a balcony at the Chicago Theatre in the Loop.

A man was wounded Thursday when he fell from a balcony at the Chicago Theatre in the Loop.

Kelly Clarkson rocked a Hocus Pocus-themed Halloween costume for Thursday’s spooky episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show.

Cynthia Erivo talks about starring in the upcoming Harriet Tubman biopic and reveals how long it took to put together her Avatar Halloween costume.

A wintry blast of snowy weather hit the Chicago area on Thursday, dumping up to 7 inches of snow in some locations.