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With Halloween quickly approaching, Illinois health officials are offering tips to stay safe this year, both from the spread of viruses and from injuries that are more common during spooky season.

Three concertgoers suffered from minor injuries after unauthorized fireworks were set off during Dua Lipa’s show in Toronto.

Haitians continue to show up at hospitals seeking care for injuries two weeks after an earthquake battered their country.

Jeff Bezos is known for tackling big issues and in his last annual letter included musculoskeletal disorders, a common workplace injury in Amazon warehouses.

Five patients were taken to a trauma center this afternoon — at least four of them initially listed in serious to critical condition — after an SUV with an allegedly drunk driver behind the wheel crashed into a storefront on Hollywood Boulevard, authorities said.

Thousands of Americans injure themselves while shoveling snow every year, with muscle and ligament injuries being the most common. Here are four stretches you can do before grabbing that shovel to help prevent injuries.

Police believe a fire that killed a 60-year-old man in East Chatham Saturday morning may have been started intentionally.

A Worcester, Massachusetts, fire lieutenant died early Wednesday as he and his crew attempted to save a baby and others from a raging fire. Chief Michael Lavoie said in a press conference that Lt. Jason Menard, a father of three, succumbed to his injuries after his “heroic efforts” to save people in the four-alarm fire at 7 Stockholm Street.

A man was sentenced to 12 years in prison after he shot a teen at a party in west suburban Aurora in 2017.

The 2017 death of Olivia Gant, a 7-year-old whose “bucket list” of final wishes evoked heart-touching news stories, wasn’t the result of multiple diseases – it was a murder carried out by her mother, according to a grand jury indictment unsealed Monday.

A Colorado mother who sought donations to cover medical treatments for her daughter and promoted the girl’s “bucket list” of dreams to fulfill before she died has been indicted on a murder charge in the 7-year-old’s death that was previously believed to be from a terminal disease. In a grand jury indictment revealed Monday, Kelly Renee Turner, 41, also known...

South Korean police said Saturday they beefed up security at the U.S. ambassador’s residence in Seoul after a group of anti-American students used ladders to break into the compound. They were protesting demands by the Trump administration that South Korea pay more to help cover the costs of keeping U.S. troops in the country. Officials from three Seoul police stations...

One thing is guaranteed when the Philadelphia Eagles visit the Dallas Cowboys; the winner will take over first place in the NFC East.

Dr. Anna Nguyen spoke with none of the five patients she treated on a recent weekday morning. She didn’t even leave her dining room.

The Washington Redskins have fired head coach Jay Gruden after an 0-5 start to the season, the team has confirmed.

A woman was injured when a deer jumped through the window of a Long Island hair salon and crashed into her, police said.

An ex-cheerleader who suffered multiple concussions while on the University of California, Berkeley’s cheerleading team, filed a lawsuit against the school, USA Federation for Sport Cheering, and her former coaches, for repeatedly endangering her health and safety, according to a complaint filed this week in Alameda County Superior Court.

Military officials are investigating after 32 parachuting soldiers were injured _ four badly enough to require hospitalization _ when 87 jumpers were blown into trees during a night training exercise in Mississippi. Injuries during training jumps are fairly common, but the scale of this accident is fairly rare, Col. Christopher Landers, commander of the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry...

A fire in an empty lot Monday in Roseland left at least six vehicles damaged on the Far South Side.

Storm Chaser gives a look at foggy conditions in the Chicago area during the Monday morning commute. Susan Carlson reports.