PITTSBURGH — Bob DiCola noticed something was off with his hands.

As a drummer, who has spent years keeping time with bands including the Pittsburgh PolkaMeisters and Miss Freddye, even a slight change in grip stood out.

The tingling in his fingers didn’t just feel unusual: It threatened both the 70-year-old Leechburg man’s passion for ...Read more

Michigan's numerous waterways offer plenty of opportunities for outdoor recreation, but as summer draws near, state health experts warned that even touching the foam that sometimes accumulates on those waterways could lead to health problems.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services said in a statement that anyone who comes in ...Read more

Each month, judges at the Fort Snelling Immigration Court in Minnesota decide hundreds of cases involving immigrants fighting deportation by claiming they face persecution and dangers in their home countries. For years, the odds of winning were slim. Now, they have become vanishingly small.

In the first two months of this year, judges at the ...Read more

Anti-government protests and persistent roadblocks in Bolivia are testing the country’s transition to a democracy that’s open to the world economy, beleaguered President Rodrigo Paz said in an interview Saturday with Bloomberg Television’s Wall Street Week.

Now in their fourth week, the roadblocks have choked off food, fuel and medical ...Read more

The battle to keep a highly toxic chemical from exploding took a step backward Saturday.

The temperature in a critically failing tank filled with a highly toxic chemical and at risk of exploding in Orange County is rising, not falling, officials said.

By Saturday morning, the temperature in the pressurized tank at an aerospace company in ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A man was shot by U.S. Secret Service agents near the White House on Saturday after he opened fire with a handgun, according to a statement from the agency.

The man had been pacing along the street for some time before he approached a police checkpoint, pulled a pistol from his bag and began firing indiscriminately, said a person...Read more

Kyiv came under a massive Russian drone and missile attack early Sunday, Ukrainian authorities said, hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the U.S. embassy warned of an imminent strike.

Authorities in the capital said missile debris fell in at least three city districts, damaging mostly residential houses and vehicles. At least one ...Read more

During Britney Spears’ DUI arrest in Ventura County, California, in March, the pop star, at points, refused to comply with law enforcement, denying being under the influence and offering to make lasagna for officers rather than exit her car, video and reporting released by various outlets Thursday showed.

“No, I don’t want to get in your ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A man was shot by U.S. Secret Service agents near the White House on Saturday after he opened fire with a handgun, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The man had been pacing along the street for some time before he approached a Secret Service police checkpoint, pulled a pistol from his bag and began firing ...Read more

President Donald Trump said that a peace deal with Iran has been “largely negotiated” and he plans to announce an agreement shortly that would reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

“An Agreement has been largely negotiated, subject to finalization between the United States of America, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the various other ...Read more

Fifteen months before Caleb Liam Vazquez gunned down three men at the San Diego Islamic Center, Chula Vista police got a court order to remove his father's numerous firearms.

Vazquez, 18, was undergoing mental health treatment in the days before Monday's deadly attack, having been previously involuntarily hospitalized by authorities.

His ...Read more

Gov. Wes Moore vetoed a bill that was backed by Maryland media organizations that sought to steer more state advertising dollars to local news outlets.

The Local News for Maryland Communities Act of 2026, also known as Senate Bill 459, would have established a goal for state agencies to spend at least 50% of their advertising budgets with ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Pulse nightclub massacre, which will mark its grim 10th anniversary next month, was the nation’s deadliest mass shooting in 2016, and Orlando and Orange County’s top political and law enforcement leaders said Friday they faced unprecedented challenges as they responded to a gunman who attacked the nightclub and then ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Public health officials are working through the weekend to contain a measles exposure at the Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina near the San Diego Convention Center.

A public notice released Saturday morning seeks to reach anyone who was at the downtown hotel on May 17 from 9 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. or who visited a Baskin-Robbins store ...Read more

The Connecticut State Conference of the NAACP is launching an investigation into circumstances surrounding the death of a 17-year-old male who was found dead in the woods along the banks of the Quinnipiac River in Wallingford, Connecticut, 20 days after he went missing following a reported motor vehicle crash.

Leaders with the Connecticut NAACP...Read more

Experts and emergency crews have been working for nearly two days to try and prevent a potentially catastrophic chemical spill or explosion at Garden Grove, California, aerospace manufacturing facility, but have so far been unable to find a fix.

Anxious observers and residents may be asking themselves, what makes fixing this damaged chemical ...Read more

Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in Orange County early Saturday afternoon as the temperature inside a malfunctioning chemical storage tank in Garden Grove rose to dangerous levels while crews attempted to head off a disastrous explosion and tens of thousands of residents remained under evacuation orders.

Crews who “put ...Read more

President Donald Trump said that a peace deal with Iran has been “largely negotiated” and he plans to announce an agreement shortly that would reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

“An Agreement has been largely negotiated, subject to finalization between the United States of America, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the various other ...Read more

Lather on the sunscreen this holiday weekend and pay close attention during your skin exam.

That brown spot on your leg could look like nothing to worry about, particularly to the naked eye. But early skin cancer, including aggressive melanoma, could be missed with just a visual exam.

A recent viral headline illustrates the risk: “Mom, 37, ...Read more

It took just over one month for the Federal Aviation Administration to close the book on an investigation that had grounded Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket.

The company announced Friday on X that the FAA had approved its report about what went wrong with an April 19 launch when the rocket’s upper stage had an engine issue and ultimately lost...Read more