BOSTON — Attorneys for Michael Proctor will have to answer in court when the disgraced former state trooper became unavailable for a scheduled deposition in Karen Read’s wrongful death suit.

The attorneys will also be pressed on when Read’s legal team was informed of the request to delay Monday’s deposition and why preparation couldn’...Read more

Harrowing scenes are unfolding at health facilities at the epicenter of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

A 25-year-old midwife and a doctor in his early 30s are sick with Ebola symptoms, including fevers and severe joint pain, said their colleague Elisabeth Furaha, the medical director at SOFEPADI's Karibuni Wa Mama ...Read more

MIAMI — Inside the University of Miami’s newly opened 3D-bioprinting lab, the future of medicine looks a lot like science fiction. Think miniscule robotic devices that repair the body. Molecules designed to hunt down cancer cells. And a printer capable of creating a prosthetic ear in less than 10 minutes.

“You thought it was science ...Read more

CHICAGO — Third grader Denym Jenkins was meeting with the assistant principal at her Far South Side elementary school two years ago when a teacher walked in and told her to “get out.”

The teacher pushed Denym out of the office, slammed the door behind her and berated the assistant principal, district documents show. Denym was shoved so ...Read more

When retirees and activists in Citrus County, Florida, started to organize against a nearby data center proposal, they weren’t sure how many of their neighbors would show up.

They had been trying to gin up support on Facebook and Nextdoor. They had explained the harms of data centers to confused residents. They set up a flea market booth and ...Read more

WASHINGTON — American forces headed off Iranian missile and drone attacks in the Persian Gulf as the war that began nearly 100 days ago continued to simmer with no resolution in the offing.

Six ballistic missiles fired at Bahrain and Kuwait “were intercepted and a seventh did not reach its intended target,” U.S. Central Command said in a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The British Broadcasting Corp. issued a wave of subpoenas to dozens of members of President Donald Trump’s inner circle as part of its defense in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit, raising fresh questions about Trump’s speech before the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

The BBC in recent weeks sent 47 subpoenas to members...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — Texas Christian University’s chapter of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity was suspended Thursday at the conclusion of a conduct appeal process, officials with the university’s Interfraternity Council said.

The chapter will not recruit new members this fall or participate in other council activities during the suspension...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has outlined plans to start the consolidation of three key grant components in September, as part of a reorganization effort that has raised concern from advocates and drawn the attention of at least one senator.

The department held a stakeholder briefing Thursday morning where they outlined a rough ...Read more

MIAMI — Facing the potential loss of hundreds of millions in annual revenue, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava isn’t just battling Gov. Ron DeSantis’ property tax overhaul.

She’s also facing hits from Republican lawmakers who represent her own backyard — and who say the county’s spending habits help make the case for the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration told a federal judge Friday there is no need to block implementation of a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund,” arguing the administration has already scrapped the idea.

The filing, in response to an order from Judge Leonie M. Brinkema of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on Friday created a task force that studies scams targeting immigrants and recommends strategies to prevent them. But analysts say the governor’s actions don’t do much beyond symbolically supporting immigrant rights.

The governor signed an executive order creating the 12-month-long Maryland Immigrant ...Read more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Oil companies on Friday once again showed little interest in the latest lease sale for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, but the results were enough to disappoint groups that have fought to protect the region along the Arctic Ocean from development.

The lease sale raised just $3.7 million with only two parties...Read more

DENVER — Lacking agreement from the seven Colorado River states, federal managers of the critical waterway are planning to implement a framework for its future that will require a renegotiation every two years as the basin faces unprecedented water supply uncertainty.

Scott Cameron, the acting commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, ...Read more

RICHMOND, Va. — Democrats in the General Assembly don’t appear to be any closer to reaching a budget deal. Money committee chairs Sen. Louise Lucas and Delegate Luke Torian met with Gov. Abigail Spanberger on Friday morning. But the conversation didn’t go well.

“Today, the Governor and House decided that they did not want to alter the ...Read more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A mountaineering ranger died Thursday while patrolling Denali, National Park Service officials said.

Denali National Park and Preserve officials said in a statement that ranger Robin Pendery died after falling into a crevasse near the mountain’s 14,000-foot camp while on a climbing patrol at about 2 p.m. The camp is ...Read more