EDWARDS, Miss. — Every now and then a freight train rumbles through, creaking and groaning on the rusted tracks that run along the edge of the largely deserted downtown. On some days, that train is just about the only thing moving.

Grandma’s Ice Cream Shoppe, an ice cream parlor owned by a retired preacher and his wife, gets only one or two...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Marvin Reid can’t say how many pedestrians he’s seen get hit while trying to brave the North Hollywood intersection of Magnolia Boulevard and Tujunga Avenue. He gave up keeping count long ago.

One afternoon last spring, he watched as a man was struck while walking toward a 7-Eleven on the corner. Fortunately, the man popped ...Read more

​NEW YORK -- Terrorism in 2026 looks very different than it did 25 years ago when the Twin Towers fell on 9/11.

While the United States has not seen an attack on that scale since then, the risks have become more varied and complex. Now, fighting terror is police focusing on the havoc a lone gunman can wreak in Times Square, a Boko Haram ...Read more

As Cuba’s hot summer nears its end with no sign of regime change on the communist-run island, Cubans continue to suffer miserable living conditions as the country’s humanitarian crisis gets disturbingly worse.

Several years into a deep recession, the near-collapse of the country’s entire infrastructure has upended Cubans’ daily lives, ...Read more

Every state is receiving opioid settlement payouts from companies accused of flooding the nation with prescription painkillers and fueling overdose deaths. But only one state is directing 20% of those payouts to sheriffs — the largest carve-out for law enforcement nationwide.

In Louisiana, sheriffs are elected, do not serve at the pleasure of...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Ezequiel Romo’s gang had plagued Panorama City for decades.

Named after Blythe Street — a short thoroughfare flanked by overcrowded apartments — the crew had robbed, stole, peddled drugs and shot up rivals since the 1980s, seemingly untroubled by the city of Los Angeles’ attempts to defeat it.

The city poured millions ...Read more

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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