LIBERTY, Mo. — Over her 25 years living in a quiet suburban mobile home park, Kristi Peterman got to know the neighbors directly next door and a few across the street.

But since she and her neighbors collectively purchased the sprawling park outside of Kansas City from its longtime owner in 2021, she’s gotten to know just about every ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Over the past 3 1/2 years, Baltimore has had millions of extra dollars to spend on public safety, thanks to the federal government.

The city received a total of $641 million through the American Rescue Plan Act in 2021, signed into law by President Joe Biden to address the COVID-19 pandemic and economic instability caused by ...Read more

KINGSTREE, S.C. — One morning in late April, a small brick health clinic along the Thurgood Marshall Highway bustled with patients.

There was Joshua McCray, 69, a public bus driver who, four years after catching COVID-19, still is too weak to drive.

Louvenia McKinney, 77, arrived complaining about shortness of breath.

Ponzella McClary ...Read more

On a sweltering afternoon in July 2020, Belinda Ramones got a call that her brother was in the hospital. The call was from a woman at the Florida landscaping business that he had joined that week, the Davey Tree Expert Co., Ramones said. By the time she arrived, she said, “My brother was swollen up from hands to toes.”

Two days later, her ...Read more

Early one morning last year, as state Rep. Josh Bray left his small town of Mount Vernon in southeastern Kentucky to make his way to the Capitol in Frankfort, he decided to count how many drivers he saw texting or distracted by something else.

He quit counting after 24 when he saw a truck driver reading a newspaper while going down the road.

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LOS ANGELES — The California Department of Transportation is slated to fully close the cracked and spalling 61-year-old Vincent Thomas Bridge connecting San Pedro to Terminal Island as soon as next year — stirring fear of traffic nightmares for nearby neighborhoods that breathe some of the region's most polluted air.

Once a tollway, the ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Right now, without getting up from your chair or leaving your house, you can search and review court records related to the 2020 Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd. Minnesota courts provide online access to a plethora of documents such as complaints, arrest warrants and jury verdicts.

But in Maryland, it’s a different ...Read more

CHICAGO — A Chicago police officer was shot Monday night on the South Side, sources said.

The officer was shot around 8 p.m. near the intersection of East 82nd Street and South Ingleside Avenue. Additional details of the shooting were not immediately available but sources said the officer was in critical condition.

By 8:30 p.m., squad cars ...Read more

If Americans could choose one word to describe their feelings about the 2024 race, it would be anxious, a new poll found.

The poll, conducted by YouGov on Sunday, asked 4,373 U.S. adults to choose one of 12 words that best describes how they feel about the presidential election. The top word chosen was “anxious,” with 31% of respondents ...Read more

Rutgers University's Institute for Translational Medicine and Science has received a $47.5 million federal grant to develop practical applications for scientific discoveries, the university announced last week.

The funding will support the institute's work to bring the latest medical practices and research advancements to patients in the region...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — SpaceX sent up 6,000 pounds of cargo on a resupply mission to the International Space Station on Monday night with the rocket booster’s return trip bringing a sonic boom to parts of Central Florida.

A Falcon 9 on the CRS-31 mission lifted off from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39-A at 9:29 p.m. EST.

The first-stage ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Only 17% of about 2,500 voter registration applications the Lancaster County district attorney was reviewing have been found to be fraudulent so far, county officials said Monday. Another 26% are still being reviewed and 57% were verified as legitimate applications.

Lancaster County announced last month that they were reviewing...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia law enforcement officials said Monday they are prepared for Tuesday's election and issued steep warnings to anyone who may seek to interfere with the democratic process.

"F around and find out," Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner repeated three times, referring to people who may try to intimidate voters, ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — A year-old voter identification law in Idaho has made it more onerous for some residents to register to vote, preventing dozens of voters in Ada County from voting in this year’s election so far.

Ada County Clerk Trent Tripple told the Idaho Statesman on Monday by phone that he estimates upwards of 100 people so far in Ada ...Read more

North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile on Tuesday, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff and Japan’s Coast Guard, ratcheting up tensions just hours ahead of the U.S. election.

At least one missile was launched toward waters off its east coast, Japan’s Coast Guard said. The missile likely already fell, it said. Other ...Read more

An explosive new report details the ways in which the private estates of Prince William and King Charles rake in funds by charging charitable organizations and public agencies for use of the duchies’ land and rights of way,

The controversy centers around the Duchy of Lancaster, established in 1399 and owned by King Charles, and the Duchy of ...Read more

HUEHUETOCA, Mexico — In a forlorn stretch of high desert outside Mexico City, a dozen migrants trudged along beside a set of railroad tracks, hoping to jump on a freight train that would take them closer to the United States. They said they were only vaguely aware of the U.S. presidential election — which was a just few days away — and ...Read more

The National Hurricane Center said Tropical Storm Rafael formed in the Caribbean on Monday, and is forecast to intensify into a hurricane as it heads north toward the Gulf of Mexico.

As of the NHC’s 7 p.m. EST advisory, Rafael was located about 150 miles south of Kingston, Jamaica, and 370 miles southeast of Grand Cayman moving north-...Read more

Highlighting the challenges of dealing with disinformation, a new study published last month by Stanford University researchers suggests that partisan bias often outweighs the truth in influencing how people consume news.

While it may seem unsurprising to those who have been paying close attention, the findings published in the Journal of ...Read more