COVID-19 cases rise in Massachusetts; Maine football upended
The number of new cases of COVID-19 in Massachusetts increased by more than 1,700 on Friday while the number of newly confirmed coronavirus deaths...
Cleanup boats on scene of large Gulf oil spill following Ida
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard said Saturday that cleanup crews are responding to a sizable oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico following...
Lawsuit: Paraplegic man’s foot ‘shredded’ on rollercoaster
FARMINGTON, Utah — A paraplegic man who was injured on a roller coaster is now suing a Utah amusement park, saying his paralyzed leg...
Northeast deals with muck, waterlogged homes in Ida cleanup
CRANFORD, N.J. — Flood-stricken families and business owners across the Northeast were hauling waterlogged belongings to the curb Saturday and scraping away noxious mud...
Rescue groups: US tally misses hundreds left in Afghanistan
SAN DIEGO — Veteran-led rescue groups say the Biden administration's estimate that no more than 200 U.S. citizens were left behind in Afghanistan is...
Legal shield for Purdue Pharma owners is at heart of appeals
The end of the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy case has left a bitter taste for those who wanted to see more accountability for members of...
As flood alerts lit up phones, did ‘warning fatigue’ set in?
NEW YORK — Cellphones across New York and New Jersey pulsed with urgent warnings of catastrophic flooding as the fury of Hurricane Ida's remnants,...
Admirers still urging sainthood for chaplain killed on 9/11
NEW YORK — Among the nearly 3,000 people killed in the 9/11 terror attacks, Mychal Judge, a Catholic chaplain with New York’s fire department,...
Indiana pardon requests have dwindled with state law change
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb issued seven pardons to convicted criminals during his first year in office, including a man who spent eight...
Allen County OWI court first in Indiana to be certified
FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Allen Circuit Court’s Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated Court has become the first of its kind in the state to...