A woman who has repeatedly tried to sneak aboard airplanes has been arrested in Chicago twice in as many days, the latest incident while trying to get through security without a ticket at O'Hare International Airport.

Nails deteriorated by years of exposure to the sand, salt and moisture from the ocean gave way, causing a deck collapse that hurt 24 people as they posed for a picture at a North Carolina beachfront home, authorities said.

After a relatively quiet start to the Fourth of July weekend in Chicago, a burst of gun violence overnight left three dead and 27 people wounded in just eight hours, including a 7-year-old boy killed after returning from a celebration.

At first, Antonio Brown thought the shots that killed his 7-year-old son were just more fireworks. But then people started yelling, "They shot your son," and he saw Amari collapsed on the ground.

A tall sergeant in a white shirt with blue chevrons on his shoulder stood next to a group of people, red and yellow crime tape between them, as he investigated a shooting that killed a man and wounded two others in the Albany Park neighborhood.

The Fourth of July in Chicago was celebrated with concerts, baseball games, lakefront fireworks and block parties. It was also marked by a burst of overnight gun violence that left three dead and 27 wounded in eight hours, including a 7-year-old bo...