In the midst of a chaotic scene, a woman dialed 911 to help a 3-year-old boy and his caretaker after a suspect attempted to kidnap and then slashed the child at a Walmart in Omaha, Nebraska.

A multi-day outbreak that began Monday will continue through the end of the week from the southern Plains to the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes region.

Another risk of storms today, storms hit early afternoon

Hopes rose for renewed talks between the United States and Iran as the U.S. military said its blockade of Iranian ports was in full effect and Tehran threatened to retaliate by strike targets across the war-weary region.

Officials say crashes involving about 70 vehicles have bottlenecked a section of a snowy Colorado highway and sent eight people to the hospital