By Sean Murphy and Will Weissert Associated PressKERRVILLE, Texas — President Donald Trump arrived Friday in Texas for a firsthand look at the devastation from the state’s catastrophic flooding.Since the July 4 disaster, which has killed at least 120 people and left more than 170...
By Libor JanyLos Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — Homicides across Los Angeles fell by more than 20% in the first half of the year, leaving the city on pace to end 2025 with its lowest total for that crime category in nearly 60 years, according to...
By Brenden MooreHerald & Review, Decatur, Ill.DECATUR, Ill. — A multiagency task force is being formed to combat human trafficking in Central Illinois and will base its operations in Decatur.The task force, to be known as the Illinois Trafficking Enforcement Group, will be led by...
A Connecticut man walked away from the casino a jackpot winner last Sunday. The man, identified by the casino as Jimmie Bennett from Bridgeport, was playing in Mohegan Sun’s Casino of the Sky on July 6 when he hit the Super Grand Jackpot on the...
Chris Reid, co-owner of Bare Roots Farm in West Chesterfield, stands in one of the two greenhouses that can hold roughly 2,800 plants combined. He and his partner, Anna Maunz, are facing a $27,000 loss due to Gardener's Supply Co.'s filing for bankruptcy. (Douglas Hook...
As the final hours before the deadline for many towns to comply with the MBTA Communities Act tick down, some are still holding out against the state’s requirements. While some small communities have until the end of the year, most of the 177 cities and...
A 54-year-old man convicted of two murders he participated in as a teen was granted parole on Wednesday following his first appearance before the state’s parole board.Lazell Cook was initially sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on two counts of first-degree...
Several dozen beaches were closed across Massachusetts on Saturday. There were 42 beaches closed in total, according to the state’sDepartment of Public Health (DPH).One of those is the main beach at Walden Pond State Reservation, which will remain closed for the entirety of summer 2025...
Someone in Massachusetts won $100,000 playing the lottery on Friday.The $100,000 prize was from “Mass Cash,” a daily drawing game. The winning numbers from the July 11 drawing were 2, 18, 19, 34 and 35.The winning ticket was sold in North Andover at a shop...
By Sam MostowRichmond Times-Dispatch, Va.HALIFAX COUNTY, Va. — Virginia State Police troopers, along with search and rescue teams, engaged in multiple water rescue operations overnight in Halifax County.At 11:53 p.m. Tuesday, state troopers, search and rescue teams and Halifax County deputies located two vehicles in...
