Author: Grace Hauck, USA TODAY

Scientists are drawing on past experience with SARS and MERS epidemics to determine the best way to handle the Wuhan coronavirus crisis.

Between the Australia fires, the Puerto Rico earthquakes and Iran tensions, it’s been a busy week. Here’s a roundup of all the good news you missed.

Two people, including a 5-year-old boy, were bitten by a coyote in Chicago Wednesday, the most recent in a string of coyote sightings.

Two toddlers are dead after a woman stabbed a man and jumped from the 11th floor of a building with an infant early Thursday morning, police said.

2019 was a deadly year for gun violence, and New Year’s Eve was no different. Within hours of the new decade, many people had lost their lives.

Weed dispensaries across Illinois opened their doors Wednesday morning to long lines of customers eager to purchase recreational marijuana.

These parents thought they’d prank their toddler with the worst present ever: A wrapped banana. Turns out, the 2-year-old loved it.