Four people have died from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning in a New Hampshire residence, according to officials who reported that the victims were found dead on Christmas.

The Wakefield, N.H. Police Department responded to 2962 Province Lake Road for a welfare check at around 4:21 p.m. on Wednesday.

When police officers arrived, they found...Read more

DETROIT — The mother of the Oxford High School shooter has asked an Oakland County judge to be released from prison while her appeal and request for a new trial or a dismissal of her charges is pending.

In a motion filed Thursday in Oakland County Circuit Court, Jennifer Crumbley asked Judge Cheryl Matthews to allow her to be released from ...Read more

After passing the U.S. Senate, a bill that would have established the Chesapeake National Recreation Area fell short in the 118th Congress, but advocates are hoping to ride the momentum into next year.

The bill would have linked natural and historical sites in the Chesapeake Bay watershed under the banner of the National Park Service, including...Read more

Yemen-based Houthis — the last of Iran-backed groups still fully present in the regional war that began 14 months ago — are slowly escalating attacks on Israel with an eye to avoid full-out retaliation.

With Hamas on the ropes after losing much of its forces in Gaza since the conflict began in October 2023 and Hezbollah in an official truce...Read more

BALTIMORE — Who wants to be a billionaire?

Mega Millions, the national lottery known for its high-stakes jackpots, has reached $1.15 billion for the next drawing Friday – potentially the fifth largest prize in the game’s history.

Mount Washington resident Paul Chrismer said he is feeling lucky and is looking to end the year as a wealthy ...Read more

CHICAGO — As the scope of the consent decree that governs Chicago’s public safety reforms has grown, so, too, has the city’s legal tab.

From 2019 through 2023 — the first five years of the consent decree — the independent monitoring team responsible for assessing compliance billed the city 35% more than was initially quoted. The ...Read more

MIAMI — When Hurricane Irma slammed into Miami’s Rickenbacker Causeway in 2017, it nearly wiped out a narrow, shady roadside beach popular with locals for its panoramic views of Brickell and Biscayne Bay.

Seven years after Miami-Dade County shut it down as a safety hazard, the modest park with outsized views has finally reopened on the ...Read more

NEW YORK — A man accused of slashing two people in back-to-back Christmas Eve attacks at Grand Central Station — cutting one victim in the wrist so deeply a tourniquet needed to be applied — screamed “F— these people!” at the start of his rampage, prosecutors say.

Jason Sargeant was ordered held on $150,000 bail during a brief ...Read more

MIAMI — Does Florida have an age limit for driving? The question comes up time to time, especially after crashes involving senior citizens.

Florida had the largest number of older drivers involved in fatal crashes in 2021, compared to all other states. And the answer to the question above: Florida doesn’t place an age cap on driving. But ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — President-elect Donald Trump’s promise of mass deportations and tougher immigration restrictions is deepening mistrust of the health care system among California’s immigrants and clouding the future for providers serving the state’s most impoverished residents.

At the same time, immigrants living illegally in Southern ...Read more

Tescha Hawley learned that hospital bills from her son’s birth had been sent to debt collectors only when she checked her credit score while attending a home-buying class. The new mom’s plans to buy a house stalled.

Hawley said she didn’t owe those thousands of dollars in debts. The federal government did.

Hawley, a citizen of the Gros ...Read more

China abruptly ousted two military lawmakers from its national parliament without explanation, as a purge of key personnel in the upper echelons of the nation’s defense establishment shows no sign of easing.

The country’s top legislative body revoked the membership of You Haitao and Li Pengcheng during a Wednesday meeting, according to a ...Read more