Helene landed on Thursday night in Florida’s Taylor County as a Category 4 hurricane. A man said he heard “a constant loud roar” for hours, as the invasive storm surge and the pounding rain caused widespread devastation. The force tossed boats like toys. Dozens lineup for aid Saturday.

Residents in Perry, Florida are once again left to pick up the pieces after Hurricane Helene slammed into their town. It’s the third major storm to wreak havoc in just over a year.

The wife of Jane's Addiction lead singer Perry Farrell says a scuffle on stage involving her husband was caused by “tension and animosity” within the band during their reunion tour.

Rapper, singer, songwriter, businesswoman, hot girl summer purveyor and now.

Katy Perry will receive the Video Vanguard Award at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards next month.

No, Katy Perry and Rihanna didn’t attend the Met Gala this year.

Iowa's Republican governor announced in June 2022 that the state would use $75 million in federal pandemic relief funds to add security measures at schools.

Parents in the Iowa town where a deadly school shooting took place earlier this month told school officials on Monday they want more preventative measures and transparency as the school board plans for students' return.

The parents of the 17-year-old who killed a sixth grader and wounded seven others in a shooting at his small-town Iowa high school last week said in a statement Monday that they “had no inkling he intended the horrible violence he was about to inflict.”.

This year’s Iowa legislative session kicked off with student protestors filling the Capitol rotunda to call for stricter gun laws just days after a school shooting in Perry, Iowa, that left one 11-year-old boy dead and seven other people wounded.

A small town in Iowa is stunned but pulling together after a school shooting in which a a 17-year-old killed a sixth-grader and wounded seven other people before police say he died by suicide.

The mother of an 11-year-old who was killed this week in a school shooting in Iowa remembers the boy as a friendly child who exuded happiness.

An Iowa principal critically injured in a school shooting put himself in harm's way as he tried to protect students from the teenage gunman.

Authorities say a 17-year-old student with a shotgun and a handgun opened fire at a small-town Iowa high school, killing a sixth-grader and wounding five others.

Florida agriculture losses from Hurricane Idalia are estimated at between $78 million and $371 million, with producers also suffering widespread damage to such infrastructure as irrigation rigs and fences.

Hurricane Idalia made landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast early Wednesday morning, with numerous rescues taking place amid heavy rains, gusty winds and flooding.

Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to hold a news conference about the impact of Hurricane Idalia in Florida at 3:45 p.m., on Wednesday.

Hurricane Idalia left a path of destruction behind Wednesday in Perry, Florida.

As Hurricane Idalia approached The Big Bend of Florida on Tuesday afternoon, authorities in Taylor County’s city of Perry ordered evacuations, closed shelters, and prepared school buses to help residents get to safety.

There is a new twist in the controversial curriculum changes to Black History studies ahead of the upcoming school year.

Authorities in Oregon say the deaths of four women whose bodies were found over three months are linked and that at least one person of interest has been identified.

A sweeping novel set in a low-income housing community in Indiana, Tess Gunty’s “The Rabbit Hutch” has won the National Book Award for fiction.

Nate Wiggins broke up Sam Hartman’s fourth-down pass in the end zone to help No. 5 Clemson hold off No. 21 Wake Forest 51-45 in double overtime.

Katy Perry will narrate a new podcast about Elizabeth Taylor.

Whether you’re stocking up for hurricane season or replenishing canned food or pantry items just to keep on hand, sometimes it’s hard to know what to buy.

John Adams and John Quincy Adams also opted not to participate in a tradition that began with George Washington. The White House Historical Association points out that John Adams was never formally invited by his successor, Thomas Jefferson, to the event and perhaps didn’t want to impose. He did not call on Adams, nor did Adams invite Jackson to the White House. Some four decades later, President-elect Ulysses S. Grant refused to ride with President Andrew Johnson from the White House to the Capitol for the ceremony. Rather, Ford was administered the oath of office in the White House East Room shortly after Nixon had tendered his resignation to avoid impeachment.

After Perry was lynched, the mob laid siege to the black section of Ocoee, Fla., killing dozens. That dark episode, until recently largely forgotten, came to be known as the 1920 Ocoee Election Day Riots. Others remember it as a massacre, one of the many acts of racial violence perpetrated against black citizens over the decades. The Ocoee massacre was just one of many that engulfed communities across the country during the Jim Crow era. Bracy and state Rep. Kamia Brown, both Democrats, wanted similar compensation for descendants of the Ocoee riots but failed to muster support from the Republican-controlled Legislature.

LOS ANGELES - Katy Perry's 2013 song "Dark Horse" was copied in part from "Joyful Noise," a song by Christian rap artist Flame, a Los Angeles jury decided Monday, according to several media reports. The unanimous decision from a nine-person jury came after a weeklong trial, during which Perry testified about the track's creation, Variety reported. Flame, whose real name is Marcus Gray, argued that "Dark Horse" infringed on his copyright by using an underlying beat from his song without permission, Variety reported. Both Perry and Dr. Luke testified that they had not heard "Joyful Noise," according to an article in the Hollywood Reporter. Technical difficulties plagued the trial, Variety reported, saying attorneys attempting to play the song were unable to make the track work.

The demand for more "Big Little Lies" worked before so why not try it again? After an explosively successful first season back in 2017, viewers immediately started clamoring for a second season. (CNN) - The demand for more "Big Little Lies" worked before so why not try it again? After an explosively successful first season back in 2017, viewers immediately started clamoring for a second season. Earlier this year HBO president Casey Bloys didn't sound hopeful regarding a third season in an interview with TVLine.

Perry rose to fame with the release of her second single "I Kissed a Girl" in 2008. Her first mainstream studio album, "One of the Boys." followed later that year and subsequently became the 33rd-best selling album worldwide of 2008. Hide Caption