Richmond school board keeps transgender policy in place despite lawsuit

These 25 Maine areas could see more investment under federal program

Qualified Opportunity Zones are designed to help draw private, long-term investment to low-income areas.

Ex-Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip pleads guilty to lesser charge in 1997 murder

Former Oklahoma death row prisoner Richard Glossip, who spent nearly 30 years incarcerated and was on the brink of execution three times for a 1997 murder, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge, his attorney said Thursday. Glossip had been sentenced to death over the killing in Oklahoma City of his former boss, motel owner Barry […]

Witnesses who watched a Brooklyn building come crashing down felt helpless amid the chaos

NEW YORK (AP) — Before the screams started, Dervie Mapp heard loud popping noises outside her Brooklyn apartment. She bolted out of bed to the kitchen window and watched as a neighboring building came crashing down, raining three stories of bricks and twisted metal. Stunned survivors cried out amid thick dust and piles of rubble […]

Cargo ship strikes bridge between New Jersey and Philadelphia, causing traffic backup

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A cargo ship struck a bridge across the Delaware River on Thursday, disrupting traffic between Palmyra, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, according to a Pennsylvania lawmaker. The collision left the 3,659-foot-long (1,115-meter-long) Tacony-Palmyra Bridge unable to close, causing a major backup on the Philadelphia side, state Rep. Ed Neilson said in a news […]

Midcoast town still contending with toxic carpet pile 25 years later

The site has been vacant and unused since the 1990s and is contaminated with metals and inorganic contaminants.