Three sewage backups in a week sent brown water into Pelham Gardens basements, leaving at least 10 homes with thousands in damage.

A partial AC failure at Baltimore’s state youth detention center forced nine teens to sleep in an overflow gym; officials say fans, ice and monitoring kept them safe.

Fort Worth’s shelters are over capacity and staff have begun keeping some animals in temporary outdoor enclosures while the city pleads for adoptions and short-term fosters.