President Joe Biden’s trio of legislative packages designed to revive U.S. manufacturing prowess is already helping regions from upstate New York to West Virginia. To the frustration of its local development agency, one that’s getting left behind is a cradle of the American industrial revolution: the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts.

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If you had to choose, which would you rather have: a healthy father or a good father?

Studies suggest men often choose being a good father over being healthy.

Becoming a father is a major milestone in the life of a man, often shifting the way he thinks from being “me focused” to “we focused.” But fatherhood can also ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Who can resist that face?

While the alligator snapping turtle might look like a giant beetle made from volcanic rock, these unique creatures are native to Kansas’ rivers — and they’re about to make a triumphant homecoming.

Alligator snapping turtles are the bigger, spikier, beakier cousins of the common snapping ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — On a sticky Sunday afternoon in late May, Mark Wendell ambled through Loch Haven Park, a mossy, oak-covered green space wedged between a trio of lakes and the Orlando Science Center.

Among the two-dozen food and vendor tents lining the sidewalks at the Orlando Fringe theater and arts festival was People Power for Florida’s ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Gas prices in Nevada could rise because of a new law California put in place to curb price gouging.

Last year the Golden State created a new state division via legislation, known as the California Gas Price Gouging and Transparency Law, to oversee and regulate the state’s gas and fuel operations. The law also paved the way for ...Read more

Late last year, President Joe Biden’s administration was facing a border problem – and it wasn’t just on America’s frontier with Mexico.

Thousands of Mexican citizens were taking advantage of visa-free travel to fly to Canada and then try to cross into the U.S. by heading south.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came under ...Read more

As many as 10 people were shot at a Michigan water park Saturday afternoon, with the suspected gunman reported contained a short time later.

The shooting erupted about 5 p.m. at a “splash pad” in Richmond Hills, about 25 miles north of Detroit, when the gunman drove up, got out of a vehicle, opened fire with a 9mm Glock semi-automatic ...Read more

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva denied that Finance Minister Fernando Haddad was weakened after Congress refused to act on a provisional measure considered crucial for the country’s fiscal balance.

“Haddad will never be weakened as long as I am president because he is my finance minister, chosen by me and held by me,” Lula...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A mountain lion was found dead Saturday morning on the 101 Freeway in Agoura Hills, not far from a wildlife crossing being built to reduce the number of cougar fatalities.

The puma's body was discovered about 5 a.m. in the far right lane of the freeway near Liberty Canyon Road, according to the California Highway Patrol. ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles police fatally shot a woman who they say was threatening family members with a knife and refused to surrender the weapon, authorities said Saturday.

Officers responded to a call about 12:35 a.m. in Panorama City, police said. The unidentified suspect, described only as being in her 20s, was wielding a knife and ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A man Los Angeles prosecutors once described as one of the city's most prolific serial killers has been charged with another slaying: a woman in Utah in the late 1990s.

Utah authorities on Friday announced the filing of an aggravated murder charge against Chester Turner in the killing of 22-year-old Itisha Camp in Salt Lake City...Read more

LOS ANGELES — El Dorado County cannot enforce its ban on programs that hand out clean syringes as a legal battle continues between the county and the California Department of Public Health, a Superior Court judge has ruled.

Judge Gary S. Slossberg granted a preliminary injunction to prevent El Dorado County from enforcing an ordinance that ...Read more

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party is headed for a historic wipe out in the July 4 general election, according to three new polls published in Sunday newspapers.

An MRP poll by Survation published in the Times predicts the Labour opposition will win a 262-seat majority in Parliament, with the Conservatives cut to just 72 ...Read more

NEW YORK — Sean “Diddy” Combs has returned New York’s honorary Key to the City, at the direct request of Mayor Eric Adams, after shocking video released last month showed the music mogul violently assaulting his ex-girlfriend.

The Harlem native, who was awarded the key last September, turned it into City Hall nearly a week after Adams ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County's COVID cases and hospitalizations are continuing to increase as a new subvariant of the coronavirus makes further gains across the state.

For the seven-day period that ended Sunday, there were an average of 121 new cases per day in L.A. County, up from 106 a day the prior week, according to the most recent ...Read more

Chinese Premier Li Qiang has begun the first visit to Australia by a senior Beijing leader since 2017, signaling improved ties between the two nations at a time of escalating security tensions in the Asia-Pacific region.

Li arrived in the southern city of Adelaide on Saturday for the first leg of his trip, where he is expected to visit two ...Read more

BOSTON — Opioid overdose deaths jumped in the city last year, while the state reported its biggest drop in OD deaths in more than a decade.

New data shows opioid-related overdose deaths increased by 12% in Boston, even though the Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported a 10% decrease statewide.

The spike in Boston continues the ...Read more

BALTIMORE — A suspect in the murder of Bel Air mother Rachel Morin is in custody in Tulsa, Oklahoma, awaiting extradition to Harford County, Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler said at a news conference Saturday.

“Rachel’s murderer is no longer a free man and hopefully, he will never have the opportunity to walk free again,” Gahler ...Read more

DENVER — The campfire-sparked Interlaken wildfire continues to grow in Lake County, reaching a total burn area of 591 acres with minimal containment, fire officials said Saturday.

Flames — which have been burning on U.S. Forest Service land for five days — will continue to creep outward for more than a week, according to forest service ...Read more

Amiee Dean and her family were fishing Wednesday at the Point on Cape Hatteras when they — and everyone else on the beach — had what’s likely a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

“We were just sitting there fishing and they started jumping out of the water,” said Dean, whose 10-year-old son captured images of what appeared to be two orcas...Read more