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Authorities in Webster County have issued a golden alert for a missing elderly woman.

Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer joined District 4 City Commissioner Patty Sheehan and others to hold a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday morning for a pocket-sized expansion of Lake Eola Park.

Incredibly, 30 children have gone missing in the past 30 days in the City of Philadelphia. Can you help police find them and get them back home?

Incredibly, 30 children have gone missing in the past 30 days in the City of Philadelphia. Can you help police find them and get them back home?

Authorities in Philadelphia are asking for your help locating 18 children, several as young as 10 years old, that have gone missing since the end of March.

Our panel of experts and influencers looks back at the news of the week and predicts what will make news in the week to come.

A 7-Eleven in downtown Orlando was demolished Monday, making way for an expansion of the city's signature park at Lake Eola.

The death toll has reached 74 in Kentucky, three nights after a swarm of tornadoes struck. At least 14 people died in Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri and Tennessee, but the worst was in Mayfield, in far southwestern Kentucky. William Brangham reports.

Early settlers called Orlando's beloved Lake Eola simply “the lake” but also referred to it as Sandy Beach, after a stretch of sand that would appear along the east end during dry weather. We know a lot about the park area’s history, but that vowel-packed name — Eola — bears a trace of mystery. It’s not a common moniker.