A New Jersey mayor says buses of migrants bound for New York City have been stopping at the train station in his town and others in an apparent effort to evade an executive order by New York’s mayor trying to regulate how and when migrants can be dropped off in …
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A shooting killed three teenagers and wounded a fourth person Sunday afternoon in South Carolina’s capital city, a sheriff’s department said. KELLOGG SHOOTING ON FATHER’S DAY LEAVES 4 DEAD, SUSPECT ARRESTED Richland County sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a shooting on Saddletrail Road in Columbia just after 2 …
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A 14-year-old suspect has been arrested in connection with a weekend shooting over a yearslong squabble that left three teenagers dead and another injured in the capital city of South Carolina, officials said Tuesday. The youth joins two 17-year-old suspects, all charged with three counts of murder and one of …
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Two lawsuits have been filed against an electric utility for allegedly sparking a fire in eastern Washington that killed a man and burned approximately 240 homes. A lawsuit filed Monday in Spokane County Superior Court says Inland Power and Light Company’s electrical equipment contacted or caused sparks to surrounding vegetation …
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Former Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez announced Monday that he’s running for Congress. Nez said he will challenge incumbent Eli Crane, who has represented Arizona’s redrawn 2nd Congressional District since last year. The district covers a large portion of northern and eastern Arizona and includes 14 of the 22 federally …
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A magnitude 3.6 earthquake rattled northern Illinois and parts of three other states early Wednesday, awakening some residents and spurring reports to 911 about homes shaking, the U.S. Geological Survey and police said. The small earthquake was detected about 4:41 a.m. local time and was centered about sixth-tenths of a …
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Vermont hopes to raise an additional $1 million this holiday season for victims of the July flooding through ongoing sales of “Vermont Strong” license plates and socks, Republican Gov. Phil Scott said Monday in announcing the six-week campaign. “With summer flooding not yet in the rearview mirror, many families are …
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A lack of snow and warm temperatures that suppressed deer movement led to a lackluster opening weekend of Wisconsin’s nine-day gun season, with hunters killing thousands fewer deer than last year. The state Department of Natural Resources released preliminary data Tuesday that showed hunters registered 92,050 deer compared with 103,623 …
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A caretaker in Maine has been charged in the death of her romantic partner and grandmother, authorities said. NEW YORK COUPLE, 5-YEAR-OLD SON, FOUND STABBED TO DEATH IN APARTMENT: OFFICIALS Police said deputies conducted a welfare check at a home in the town of Denmark on Saturday and found two …
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A blanket of bright green alfalfa spreads across western Arizona’s McMullen Valley, ringed by rolling mountains and warmed by the hot desert sun. Matthew Hancock’s family has used groundwater to grow forage crops here for more than six decades. They’re long accustomed to caprices of Mother Nature that can spoil …
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