LOS ANGELES — Crews continue to battle strong winds while they work to extinguish a brush fire in Oakland that ignited Friday afternoon, burning two homes and forcing 500 evacuations […]
Moderate flooding is expected from a glacial dam outburst in Alaska’s capital city
JUNEAU, Alaska — A flood warning was issued Saturday after an outburst from a glacial lake in Alaska’s capital. Suicide Basin is a side basin of the Mendenhall Glacier above […]
Singer Zayn postpones US tour after the death of his former bandmate Liam Payne
English singer Zayn Malik on Saturday postponed a planned tour to the U.S. following the death of his former One Direction bandmate Liam Payne. Zayn, as the singer often goes […]
NYC officials envision turning Fifth Avenue into a grand boulevard
NEW YORK — Manhattan’s famed luxury store row Fifth Avenue is in line for a major makeover. New York City officials unveiled a plan this week to transform a central […]
Stanford psychologist behind the controversial “Stanford Prison Experiment” dies at 91
SAN FRANCISCO — Philip G. Zimbardo, the psychologist behind the controversial “Stanford Prison Experiment” that was intended to examine the psychological experiences of imprisonment, has died. He was 91. Stanford […]
3 killed and 8 injured by gunfire following a Mississippi school’s football game
LEXINGTON, Miss. — Three people were killed and eight others were injured in central Mississippi early Saturday when at least two people opened fire into a group of several hundred […]
Harlem neighborhood remembers 4-year-old boy prosecutors say was starved to death by parents
NEW YORK — Residents in New York’s Harlem neighborhood are remembering a four-year-old boy who prosecutors say was starved to death by his parents. Community members lit candles and released […]
The Texas Supreme Court halts execution of man in shaken baby case after eleventh-hour appeal by lawmakers
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Mail carriers reach tentative contract with USPS that includes pay raises and airconditioned trucks
Some 200,000 mail carriers have reached a tentative contract deal with the U.S. Postal Service that includes backdated pay raises and a promise to provide workers with air-conditioned trucks. The […]
Two Texas cities represent the divide between those who vote and those who could, but often don’t
LEWISVILLE, Texas — Deep in the heart of Texas’ sprawl, the city of Lewisville embodies the Lone Star State. Bisected by Interstate 35 and ribboned with six- and eight-lane thoroughfares […]