BIDDEFORD, Maine — Orange, blue, calico, two-toned and … cotton-candy colored? Those are all the hues of lobsters that have showed up in fishers’ traps, supermarket seafood tanks and scientists’ […]
Georgia school shooting suspect was troubled by a broken family, taunting at school, his father said
It was just the two of them, the teenager and his father, since an eviction a year earlier ended with the boy’s parents parting ways in a separation that fractured […]
The heads of the CIA and MI6 issue a joint call for a cease-fire in Gaza
LONDON — The heads of the American and British foreign intelligence agencies said Saturday they are “working ceaselessly” for a cease-fire in Gaza, using a rare joint public statement to […]
Harris and Trump are getting ready for Tuesday’s debate in sharply different ways
PITTSBURGH — Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are veering sharply in how they gear up for Tuesday’s presidential debate, setting up a showdown that reflects not just two separate visions […]
Biden’s disastrous debate performance offers lessons for Harris and warnings for Trump
WASHINGTON — The first sign of trouble came before the debate even started. “Folks, how are you?” President Joe Biden said as he shuffled onto the stage. His voice was […]
As US colleges raise the stakes for protests, activists are weighing new strategies
University of Southern California law student Elizabeth Howell-Egan isn’t allowed on campus because of her role in last spring’s anti-war protests, but she is keeping up her activism. She and […]
Maui’s toxic debris could fill 5 football fields 5 stories deep. Where will it end up?
LAHAINA, Hawaii — Hinano Rodrigues remembers being 4 or 5 years old, carrying a bucket across a highway to the ocean in the Maui community where he still lives. At […]
Cowabunga! New England town celebrates being the birthplace of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
DOVER, N.H. — As the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles grew to become a pop culture sensation, the place where they were conceived rarely got mentioned. It wasn’t the New York […]
A 14-year-old boy is charged with killing 4 people at his Georgia high school. Here’s what we know
A 14-year-old boy stands charged with four counts of murder, accused of using a semiautomatic assault-style rifle to kill two students and two teachers this week at his high school […]
Winning numbers drawn in Friday’s Mega Millions
The winning numbers in Friday evening’s drawing of the “Mega Millions” game were: 06-23-41-59-63, Mega Ball: 25, Megaplier: 2 The winning numbers in Friday evening’s drawing of the “Mega Millions” […]