El Paso Water monitors Cement Lake after a possible dam breach; crews worked to relieve pressure near Doniphan and W. Paisano.

A quiet Syosset side street turned into a controlled blast zone Wednesday afternoon when a bomb squad destroyed a cache of potentially dangerous chemicals found inside a home on Patricia Lane. Nassau ...

The Bloomfield Hills institution has landed a $15 million gift to turn its former 1932 gymnasium into a modern performing arts center, a top-to-bottom redo that will swap jump balls for jazz concerts ...

Chicago is starting Thursday on a calm, cool note, sitting near 54°F under clear skies. Patchy fog may hug the lakeshore before sunrise, but once the sun gets going, temperatures will climb fast.

Golfers at Naval Air Station Jacksonville got a surprise hazard on Wednesday when a hulking alligator casually lumbered across a fairway, briefly halting play and sending everyone’s attention straight ...

On Wednesday, Chandler High School star quarterback Will Mencl, widely regarded as the nation’s top quarterback, committed to the Ducks over fellow finalists Penn State and Auburn. The 6-foot-3, ...

Deputies with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Gang Suppression Unit arrested Darryl Maxwell after they said they found a loaded, unregistered Glock 19 tucked under the vehicle’s center-console trim.

State authorities issued an invasive-pest alert this week after a confirmed detection in Denver’s Hilltop neighborhood in October 2025 and reports from other states, including Oklahoma, according to ...

A Denver family says a city-run animal shelter euthanized their dog only days after they tried to get him back, a sudden loss that has left relatives heartbroken and demanding to know how it happened.

Tufts won approval to offer living‑donor liver transplants, expanding options and potentially shortening wait times in Boston.

A Placer County judge on Wednesday handed a 34-year-old woman a staggering 175-years-to-life prison sentence after a jury found she repeatedly sexually abused two young relatives who were in her care.

Seven Central Florida eateries briefly closed after inspectors found roaches, rodent droppings and sewage problems.