Category: Local

Educator's Black Lives Matter Email Upends Her District

A Black superintendent’s email to parents after the killing of George Floyd engulfed a small, predominantly white Maryland communi...

St. Paul Bar Shooting Leaves 1 Dead and at Least 14 Wou...

Investigators said that they were searching for several gunmen and had not determined a motive for the shooting. A woman died at t...

A Year After ‘Defund’, Police Departments Get Their Mon...

The abrupt reversals have come in response to rising levels of crime, the exodus of officers and political pressures.

87 Rescued From ‘Near-Whiteout’ Conditions During Utah ...

The runners were participating in a 50-mile race when they were caught in 12 to 18 inches of snow in the Wasatch Mountain range no...

Man Who Faked Suicide to Avoid Covid-19 Fraud Charges I...

Prosecutors said David A. Staveley, who cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet and left suicide notes with friends and relativ...

Pockets of Vaccine Hesitancy Emerge Among U.S. Firefigh...

Hundreds of firefighters in Los Angeles have filed a notice of intent to sue to fight a vaccine mandate, with the threat of seekin...

Child Care Has High Costs for Parents, Low Wages for St...

President Biden’s social policy legislation aims to address a problem that weighs on many families — and the teachers and child ca...

Varsity Blues Scandal: Outcomes in the College Admissio...

Dozens of parents and others have pleaded guilty. Here’s what happened to a few of them.

Benefits for All or Just the Needy? Manchin’s Demand Fo...

As Democrats ponder cutting a $3.5 trillion social safety net bill down to perhaps $2 trillion, a proposal to limit programs to th...

Sam Anthony, Facing Death, Found the Courage to Find Hi...

After struggling with cancer for years, Sam Anthony was running out of time. Before he died, he found the courage to mail a letter...

North Dakota Governor Asks Residents to Avoid Hospitals

“The pressure on hospitals and clinics in both our urban and rural areas is reaching critical levels,” Gov. Doug Burgum said last ...

A Boston Mayoral Candidate Is Leaning Into Her Accent

The mayoral candidate Annissa Essaibi George, the daughter of Polish and Tunisian immigrants, speaks with the accent of working-cl...

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