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BOSTON — Days after approval, Natick town administrators are taking the next steps to implement a sanctuary-like policy.

Town administrators in the Greater Boston community are set to “lead a series of educational ...Read more

Habiba Mohamed was working at a restaurant that served government soldiers in Somalia when al-Shabab insurgents began threatening her to stop. The terrorist group attacked the establishment, killing some of her coworkers, ...Read more

Israel struck multiple targets in Yemen it said were controlled by Houthis, the last of the Iran-backed groups still fully engaged in the regional war that began 14 months ago.

Targets hit Thursday included military ...Read more

For many people, retirement is a major goal and represents a life milestone. Unfortunately, 35% of American workers feel significantly behind when it comes to their retirement savings, according to Bankrate’s 2024 ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin bucked his party in 2021 when he refused to support a $1.8 trillion bill on taxes, social programs and clean energy, thus dooming President Joe Biden's "Build Back Better" initiative.

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A woman was shot and killed by a Juneau, Alaska, police officer early Christmas morning after she approached officers with a hatchet and refused to put it down, police said.

The incident occurred outside the Breeze In ...Read more

Alaska's law enforcement agencies this year intensified a campaign to intercept drugs coming into Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport in baggage as well as through the mail in response to the state's high number of...Read more

The make and brand of the sweater worn by murder suspect Luigi Mangione in court Monday, when he pleaded not guilty to federal charges, has sold out. Meanwhile, more merchandise centered on Mangione is appearing online, as...Read more

Texas gained more new people than any other state between July 2023 and July 2024, according to Census data.

Texas’s population jumped by 562,941 people. Florida saw the second highest numeric growth with 467,347 new ...Read more

The "silly season" of news coverage used to refer to the dog days of summer, when there was so little of importance happening that newspapers and cable channels filled the vacuum with fluff.

Not this year.

Starting in ...Read more

Two highly endangered Florida panthers were found dead from vehicle strikes only two days apart, closing out a particularly deadly year for the species.

The first panther, a 2½-year-old male, was found dead Dec. 21 in ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Firefighters were battling a fire Thursday morning at a four-story building in downtown L.A., according to authorities.

Crews were placing ground ladders to fire escapes in order to help evacuate occupants...Read more

Colorado’s employment counts have become so unreliable the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in an unprecedented move, has stopped issuing reports based on them.

“BLS has observed data quality problems because of ...Read more

Two Maryland politicians are being considered to become the next chair of the Democratic National Committee, vying to lead a political party that is rebuilding after November losses in the White House and both chambers of ...Read more

The ride-hailing company Lyft accused San Francisco of overcharging it $100 million in taxes over the last five years in a lawsuit filed last week.

Lyft, which is headquartered in the city, said in the complaint that the ...Read more

Rep. Patrick McHenry sat in the House Financial Services Committee office on Dec. 19, looking fairly relaxed, despite the chaos erupting around him in every other corridor of the Capitol.

He had already been asked to move...Read more

The U.S. House of Representatives will decide Jan. 3 whether to re-elect Speaker Mike Johnson to the top GOP job after he faced a contentious vote to avert a government shutdown at the last minute just before the holidays,...Read more

DETROIT — Three leaders of a local gang chapter that's part of a larger underworld network, who held the ranks of "Chief," "Universal Elite" and "Chief Enforcer," were sentenced to 60 and 70 years in federal prison this ...Read more

A brand of natural cat food sold in California is being pulled from store shelves after reports that a cat in Oregon who ate the pet food contracted bird flu and died.

Oregon-based Northwest Naturals of Portland is ...Read more

As Mark McAfee — the maverick leader of California’s largest raw milk dairy — works on getting his Fresno County dairy out of bird flu quarantine, his name has surfaced as a possible advisor for the Food and Drug ...Read more