Associated PressSAVANNAH, Ga. — Five soldiers were shot on Wednesday at the Army’s Fort Stewart in Georgia before a shooter was arrested.Parts of Fort Stewart in southeast Georgia were locked down after a shooter was reported on the sprawling Army post, a spokesperson said. The...
By Seung Min Kim and Meg KinnardAssociated PressWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday established a task force on the 2028 Olympic Games being held in Los Angeles that he said would ensure the event is “safe, seamless and historically successful.”The 2028 Games will be...
FALLS TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Former Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Brandon Hughes has taken on a new role in public service, this time trading in his football cleats for a badge, Phillyburbs.com reported.The 39-year-old was sworn in Aug. 5 as a Falls Township Police Department officer during...
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — A Florida deputy used nothing more than a pool skimmer and his bare hands to remove a young alligator from a backyard swimming pool last week, an unusual call that ended with the animal safely relocated, CBS News reported.The encounter took...
WAYZATA, Minn. — A new bipartisan bill aims to address police staffing shortages nationwide by increasing federal funding for recruitment and training programs, CBS News reported.The “Pathways to Policing Act” (H.R. 3408), introduced by U.S. Rep. Kelly Morrison (D-Minn.) with support from Republican Rep. Brad...
By Tim SullivanAssociated Press WASHINGTON — The Justice Department identified some three dozen states, cities and counties as so-called sanctuary jurisdictions on Tuesday, two months after the federal government quietly removed a much longer list that included many localities that support the Trump administration’s hard-line...
Want to watch NFL RedZone or Wrestlemania? Get ready to pay up for ESPN’s new streaming service.On Aug. 21, ESPN is set to launch its own “direct-to-consumer” streaming app that will put everything the network has to offer in one place: the ESPN App. It...
The field for Williamsport, Pa. is starting to shape up and a couple more tickets to the Little League World Series will be booked on Wednesday, Aug. 6 as the Regional Tournaments continue.The games are scheduled to start at 11 a.m. EDT and will be...
WORCESTER — Red Sox prospect Tyler Uberstine’s journey to Triple-A Worcester included pitching just seven innings as a senior in high school and receiving no college scholarship offers.“My freshman year of college I hung the cleats up and was just a normal student,” Uberstine said.A...
Massachusetts can expect hazy skies on Wednesday as smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to drift down the East Coast, prompting an Air Quality Alert for the western part of the state.The Air Quality Alert is in place for Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire counties. The...
