Statewide 911 system outage in Massachusetts is resolved, officials say
By Michelle Watson, Emma Tucker, Nic Anderson and Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — A statewide 911 outage in Massachusetts has been resolved after the…
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Here’s where courts are slowing Republican efforts for a state role in enforcing immigration law
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The federal government has long had sole authority over immigration policy in the…
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Early-morning fire destroys 104-year-old NW Bend home; resident awakens to smell of smoke, all 8 escape safely
A stubborn, smoldering fire traced to cigarettes disposed of in a combustible container on the front deck destroyed a 104-year-old home in northwest…
Continue Reading‘Make Europe Great Again’: Hungary’s new motto for EU presidency has a familiar ring to it
By Mia Alberti and Vasco Cotovio, CNN (CNN) — “Make Europe Great Again” is Hungary’s official motto for its upcoming turn at the rotating…
Continue ReadingCongressional Budget Office raises this year’s federal budget deficit projection by $400 billion
By FATIMA HUSSEIN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Congressional Budget Office says it projects this year’s federal budget…
Continue ReadingDollar Tree left lead-tainted applesauce pouches on store shelves for weeks after recall, FDA says
By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Dollar Tree failed to effectively recall lead-tainted applesauce pouches linked to reports of illness in more than…
Continue ReadingBoeing hid questionable parts from regulators that may have been installed in 737 Max planes, new whistleblower alleges
CNN By Chris Isidore and Gregory Wallace, CNN Washington (CNN) — A current Boeing employee claims that the company tried to shield broken or…
Continue ReadingTeen sentenced after pleading guilty to 2022 shooting near Chicago high school that killed 2 teens
CHICAGO (AP) — A teenager who pleaded guilty to a 2022 shooting near a Chicago high school that killed two teens and wounded two others has been…
Continue ReadingTreasury sanctions network connected to separatist Bosnian leader
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A network of people and firms that support the sanctioned president of Bosnia’s Serb-run…
Continue ReadingStudent loan relief contributing to 27% jump in projected federal budget deficit, per CBO
By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The federal budget deficit will hit $1.9 trillion this fiscal year, according to an updated projection released…
Continue ReadingWhat’s a heat dome? Here’s why so much of the US is broiling this week
By TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press FENTON, Mich. (AP) — With much of the Midwest and the Northeast broiling — or about to broil — in extreme…
Continue ReadingAssault on US avocado inspectors in Mexican state led to suspension of inspections
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two employees of the U.S. Agriculture Department were assaulted and temporarily held by assailants in the Mexican state of…
Continue ReadingIsrael’s Netanyahu blames Biden for withholding weapons. US officials say that’s not the whole story
By JULIA FRANKEL and DREW CALLISTER Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is claiming that the United States…
Continue ReadingCelebrity brushes with the law are not new in the Hamptons. Ask Billy Joel and Martha Stewart
EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — Justin Timberlake is not the first celebrity to get arrested in the Hamptons. The beach communities on the eastern end of…
Continue Reading15-year-old girl shot to death hours before her middle school graduation, authorities say
LOWELL, Mass. (AP) — Authorities say a 21-year-old man has been arrested and charged with fatally shooting a 15-year-old girl hours before she was…
Continue ReadingCanal pipe breaks, threatening a northern Montana irrigation project and drinking water
By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press Two century-old steel pipes that help convey water from a river on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation to a river…
Continue ReadingPlastic surgeon charged in death of wife who went into cardiac arrest while he worked on her
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A plastic surgeon in the Florida Panhandle was charged with his wife’s death after she suffered a cardiac arrest and…
Continue ReadingGleaming monolith pops up in Nevada desert, the latest in a series of quickly vanishing structures
By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The strange monolith looks like it could have come from another world. Jutting out of the rocks in a…
Continue ReadingTexas doctor charged with taking private patient information on transgender care
HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas doctor who calls himself a whistleblower on transgender care for minors is accused of illegally obtaining information on…
Continue ReadingThis law is a lifeline for pregnant workers even as an abortion dispute complicates its enforcement
By ALEXANDRA OLSON and CLAIRE SAVAGE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Victoria Cornejo Barrera thought the legal helpline for workers sounded…
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