L.A. County says state housing laws stand in way of rebuilding. Advocates disagree
A request by L.A. County to temporarily waive state housing laws drew the ire from advocates who accused the county of ...
‘Extremely disturbing’: High levels of heavy metals at Monterey estuary after lithium battery site fire
After a fire at a Monterey County battery storage facility, scientists say high levels of heavy metals were found at a nearby ...
He was both fire captain and prolific arsonist. His novel put him in prison
The FBI would eventually call John Orr the most prolific serial arsonist of the 20th century, and when he went on trial in ...
He was worried about who won the election. Meanwhile, he won the lottery
A text from a co-worker teasing Michael Chavez about winning the lottery led him to check his ticket. And he actually had won ...
An 11-year-old said she was sexually assaulted in a state shelter. The accused man was moved to another family shelter.
PEABODY — A man accused of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl in a state shelter in early December was not removed from ...
Billions for Massachusetts' climate projects in limbo under Trump
Despite a judge’s ruling blocking the Trump administration's proposed freeze of federal funds, the future of federally funded ...
Congo's M23 rebels consolidate control over a devastated Goma
By Yassin Kombi and Sonia Rolley GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -The United States told Rwanda it was "deeply ...
‘Almost unfathomable’: Mass. educators grapple with prospect of immigration raids in schools
Shaken school administrators across the state have sent out letters to families with reassuring messages that they would be supported, and schools would not voluntarily cooperate with federal ...
Why Penn State hiring Ohio State DC Jim Knowles is a ‘home run’ for Philadelphia recruiting
Penn State hired Ohio State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles, a Philadelphia native and St. Joe's Prep graduate.
What Trump’s funding freeze could mean for universities, nonprofits and more
A federal judge blocked the directive just minutes before it was to kick in Tuesday, placing it on hold until Monday.
In pictures: What is the Maha Kumbh Mela and why does it attract millions of Hindus?
Officials had been preparing for months for the world’s largest religious festival, with around 400 million Hindu pilgrims ...
Trump’s grant gambit threatens to wreck the goldilocks economy he inherited
A two-page memo, totaling less than a thousand words and packed with right-wing rhetoric, threw the fate of the US economy into uncertain territory late Monday as the Trump administration ordered the ...