Escape

Ford is adding 270,000 vehicles to a recall in North America to fix a gearshift problem that could cause them roll away unexpectedly. The addition covers certain 2013 through 2016 Fusion midsize cars with 2.5-liter engines. The company is urging drivers to always use the parking brake until repairs are made.

A 15-year-old boy accused of stabbing his mother to death and who escaped from juvenile hall is back in custody.

Authorities were searching Friday for a teenage murder suspect who escaped from juvenile hall in Orange, where he had been held since allegedly stabbing his mother to death in 2017.

Seven children found malnourished, some shackled, inside a Southern California home in January were released from the hospital.

A California couple charged with torturing their children by starving, beating and shackling them is now facing additional charges in connection with the case.

The grandparents of 13 starved and tortured children say their son’s family looked happy and healthy when they last visited California six years ago.

A North Korean soldier races for the border in a jeep and then on foot before his former comrades shoot him at least five times as he limps into South Korea, where he collapses and is dragged to safety by southern soldiers on a dramatic video released by the U.S.-led U.N. command Wednesday. The defection, subsequent surgeries and slow recovery...

Golfers in New Hampshire say they were joined by a llama on the green, after he escaped from his enclosure to the sixth fairway at Eagle Mountain Golf Course in Jackson.

Ford issued a recall for about 117,000 vehicles Wednesday.

A Springfield, Massachusetts, zoo remained closed on Wednesday as it continued working to return an escaped monkey to its enclosure.

A chimpanzee fled from a zoo in northern Japan and tried desperately to avoid being captured by climbing an electric pole. Not for long.

Two zebras escaped from a circus in West Philadelphia on Sunday, leading police on a wild chase for miles in the city.

The aunt of escaped inmate Kamron Taylor, who was captured in Chicago late Friday night, was arrested on the suspicion that she helped her nephew escape a Kankakee jail facility earlier this week.

Northern California officials are reviewing jail security a week after a suspected child molester overpowered his single guard and escaped from custody.

A search for a Santa Clara County jail inmate who escaped after fighting and injuring a deputy has been called off. The inmate, identified as 40-year-old Johnell Carter, is still at large, officials said. Peggy Bunker reports.