Current News

/

ArcaMax

Colleen Cronin/Boston Herald/TNS

Lindsay Clancy jurors allegedly targeted by would-be photographer

Current News / News & Features /

PLYMOUTH, Mass. — A 56-year-old woman was arrested outside the Lindsay Clancy trial for attempting to photograph the jury, the Boston Herald has learned.

The State Police told the Herald Dawn Light of Sutton was arrested Tuesday at about 3:40 p.m. outside of the Plymouth District Courthouse. She is charged with one count of intimidation of a ...Read more

Jose A. Iglesias/El Nuevo Herald/TNS

Citing gang violence, FAA extends ban on U.S. flights into Haiti's capital

Current News / News & Features /

The Federal Aviation Administration has extended restrictions on U.S. flights landing in Port-au-Prince for another six months, citing safety risks due to the country’s ongoing instability.

The new FAA notice took effect on Monday and runs through March 2, 2027. It bans U.S.airlines, commercial operators and most U.S. registered civilian ...Read more

Anthony Wallace/AFP/Getty Images North America/TNS

USS Lincoln's 5,000 sailors unwind in Thailand's Pattaya after long deployment

Current News / News & Features /

BANGKOK, Thailand — Thousands of sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln are about to trade the steel corridors of an aircraft carrier for the neon-lit bars, beaches and massage parlors of Thailand.

The nuclear-powered carrier is due to arrive early Wednesday at Laem Chabang Port, about 30 kilometers (19 miles) from the resort city of Pattaya...Read more

Colleen Cronin/Boston Herald/TNS

Lindsay Clancy jurors allegedly targeted by would-be photographer

Current News / News & Features /

PLYMOUTH, Mass. — A 56-year-old woman was arrested outside the Lindsay Clancy trial for allegedly attempting to photograph the jury, the Herald has learned.

It all hit as the jury was sent home early after declaring they were deadlocked.

The State Police told the Herald Dawn Light of Sutton was arrested Tuesday at about 3:40 p.m. outside the...Read more

Kayla Bartkowski/Los Angeles Times/TNS

Rare Torrey pines faring worse than expected after Santa Rosa Island fire: 'heartbreaking'

Current News / News & Features /

LOS ANGELES — When the largest fire recorded in the history of Channel Islands National Park erupted on Santa Rosa Island in May, observers feared for the park’s rare Torrey pines.

On Tuesday, the National Park Service released grim news: Up to 80% of the grove’s trees could die as a result of the fire, which burned nearly 40% of the 18,...Read more

Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times/TNS

Charlie Kirk murder suspect must face death penalty trial

Current News / News & Features /

The murder case against the man accused of killing political commentator Charlie Kirk can proceed to trial with a charge that makes the suspect eligible for the death penalty, a Utah judge ruled Tuesday.

The judge said prosecutors have shown probable cause to support an aggravated murder charge against Tyler Robinson for the alleged shooting of...Read more

Dreamstime/Dreamstime/TNS

Lake Tahoe river otter attack leaves swimmer bloodied and needing 38 stitches

Current News / News & Features /

A Lake Tahoe swimmer was attacked by a river otter Sunday, leaving her with multiple cuts and wounds that required 38 stitches.

Lynnette Bellin of Reno, Nev., told The Sacramento Bee in a statement that she was taking a morning swim near Hidden Beach on the east side of Lake Tahoe when an otter grabbed her leg.

“I suddenly felt hands on my ...Read more

Sebastien Bozon/AFP/Getty Images North America/TNS

California passes 'broadest set of guardrails' on AI chatbots targeted at kids

Current News / News & Features /

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California legislators on Monday sent two bills to Gov. Gavin Newsom that would change how chatbots are made and regulated in the state. The legislation could have ramifications across the country for the still-emerging technology.

Senate Bill 1119 would require companion chatbot operators to analyze the design of their ...Read more

Ron Agam/Getty Images North America/TNS

FDNY wants feds to include cardiovascular disease, cognitive decline to 9/11 illness list

Current News / News & Features /

NEW YORK — As firefighters and EMS members who responded to 9/11 get older, the FDNY is pushing for the federal government to add cardiovascular disease, cognitive decline, and other ailments to the list of covered 9/11 illnesses that could help survivors in the future.

Studies by the FDNY WTC Health Program show that a higher percentage of ...Read more

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images North America/TNS

Trump pressures squeezed refiners to ease pump prices

Current News / News & Features /

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump pressed U.S. oil refiners to boost domestic production of gasoline and diesel during a closed-door meeting Tuesday, as he contends with high prices and mounting cost-of-living concerns before November’s midterm elections.

Trump made clear he wants lower gas prices at the pump for Americans and asked ...Read more

Barry Williams/New York Daily News/TNS

NYC firefighters recall Josephine Harris, the 'guardian angel' who helped them survive 9/11

Current News / News & Features /

NEW YORK — She has been dead for many years now, not from anything related to 9/11, because they saved her that day.

But to hear the firefighters who pulled Josephine Harris from the World Trade Center rubble on Sept. 11, 2001 tell it, she was the one who saved them.

All six of them.

“We considered Josephine our guardian angel,” said ...Read more

Alejandro Tamayo/The San Diego Union-Tribune/TNS

San Diego County supervisors greenlight plan to build own Tijuana River treatment plant

Current News / News & Features /

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to launch a new phase of the county’s fight against Tijuana River pollution, approving funding to plan a new treatment system to capture sewage from the river itself and to advance a permanent fix at a toxic air pollution hot spot in South County.

Supervisors voted 4-1 to ...Read more

Mariposa County Sheriff/TNS/TNS

Fire breaks out near Yosemite National Park, Highway 140 closed

Current News / News & Features /

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A wildfire broke out Tuesday afternoon roughly 10 miles west of Yosemite National Park, prompting authorities to order evacuations and close Highway 140, one of the main routes into the park, only a few days before Labor Day weekend.

The fire, along Highway 140 and Colorado Road, was 200 acres by 4 p.m., according to the ...Read more

Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images North America/TNS

US-Iran conflict intensifies with fresh attacks from both sides

Current News / News & Features /

WASHINGTON — The conflict between the United States and Iran has escalated sharply, with American forces carrying out a fresh wave of strikes and the Iranians saying they have retaliated.

U.S. Central Command said in a Tuesday evening statement that the targets in the now-completed operation included “air defense sites, radar systems, ...Read more

Arwen Clemans/Los Angeles Times/TNS

Dolly Parton's Walk of Fame star vandalized after beloved singer's death

Current News / News & Features /

Dolly Parton’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is being repaired after vandals reportedly defaced it.

The “Here I Come Again” singer’s name was scratched off of a sidewalk marker dedicated to Parton in 1984, according to TMZ. The alleged vandal is also believed to have stolen flowers from that memorial. Photos posted on social media ...Read more

Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times/TNS

California lawmakers kill wildfire bill after utility complaints

Current News / News & Features /

Legislation that would have helped California wildfire victims receive compensation more quickly, but that utilities said didn’t do enough to reduce their financial risks, died in Sacramento on Tuesday after the Assembly declined to vote on it.

The failure of Senate Bill 492 disappointed wildfire victims and lawmakers who had negotiated the ...Read more

Mariposa County Sheriff/TNS/TNS

Fire breaks out near Yosemite National Park, Highway 140 closed

Current News / News & Features /

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A wildfire broke out Tuesday afternoon roughly 10 miles west of Yosemite National Park, prompting authorities to order evacuations and close Highway 140, one of the main routes into the park.

The fire, along Highway 140 and Colorado Road, was 171 acres by 3:05 p.m., according to Cal Fire, with 0% containment.

Yosemite ...Read more

Ankle monitor, loss of TPS blamed for Haitian college student's death

Current News / News & Features /

After Pierre Damas Bel, a 20-year-old Haitian immigrant and aspiring college soccer player, was fitted with an electronic ankle monitor, he took to Instagram to lament about the humiliation of being shackled.

He came to the United States, he wrote, to “study and build my future,” not to commit a crime or hurt anyone. Yet, he said, he was ...Read more

RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post/TNS

Big change for Colorado income tax makes ballot, which is now all but set for November

Current News / News & Features /

DENVER — Voters will decide whether to raise income taxes on the highest-earning Coloradans this November, the secretary of state’s office said Tuesday, all but setting the ballot for the general election.

Initiative 195 would create a graduated income tax for the state under which higher earners pay a greater percentage of their income ...Read more

Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/ZUMA Press/TNS

Hawks lament Pentagon 'churn' after Army secretary's resignation

Current News / News & Features /

WASHINGTON — Defense-minded lawmakers are growing concerned about leadership vacuums in the military following the resignation of Army Secretary Dan Driscoll.

“I’m tired of all the churn. I want to see some stability,” House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike D. Rogers, R-Ala., told reporters Tuesday.

Pressed on if he’s concerned...Read more