Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is struggling to strike a deal to fund the Israeli military’s request for $8 billion before next month’s election.

Israel’s military is seeking about $8 billion in additional funding, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is struggling to strike a deal to unlock the money ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — NBC4’s helicopter was one of several news aircraft flying over the scene of a deadly bus crash in Chatsworth Tuesday evening at sunset.

It’s common for multiple news choppers to arrive at the scene of breaking news, beaming live images for newscasts and streaming.

But around 7 p.m., something went horribly wrong and in a ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Maryland health officials are warning residents about possible measles exposure after a person from another state who had the disease visited three Ocean City businesses this month.

The Maryland Department of Health said the person visited the Casablanca Oceanside Inn, 2408 Baltimore Ave., from 4 p.m. Sept. 3 through noon Sept. 6;...Read more

Declining birth rates mean fewer students.

And that means more districts grappling with whether to close or merge schools.

“The big shrink” is how Marguerite Roza, director of Georgetown University’s Edunomics Lab, described what is happening nationally.

“When there are fewer young people, obviously it’s going to change the shape ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge’s statement this week that Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner may have committed crimes while running his office came as part of a lengthy battle in a complex post-conviction case.

But the fallout is likely just beginning.

The stunning remarks by U.S. District Judge Paul S. Diamond — that Krasner ...Read more

When California’s groundbreaking law on single-use plastic passed in 2022 to address the growing scourge of plastic pollution, it had broad political support. There was the state Chamber of Commerce, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, a powerful ocean advocate and Californians Against Waste.

But now as the law’s deadlines and requirements finally ...Read more

Nearly five years ago, Chase Johnson was cured of breast cancer — but not of the profound anxiety that it would return.

When Johnson was originally diagnosed in 2021, the resident of Cary, North Carolina, was only 31 — nearly a decade away from the age at which regular mammograms are recommended — and she had no history of breast cancer ...Read more

The revelation by the Air Force this week that the U.S. now has a weapon in space stoked speculation — but few answers — about the weapon’s capability.

“As much as you want to know, Beijing wants to know even more,” Lieutenant General Greg Gagnon, commander of the Space Force’s Combat Forces Command, which trains personnel to ...Read more

Mayor Michelle Wu said Boston’s housing crisis is so bad that in addition to enticing developers with $100 million in tax breaks, the city is now considering funding part of their construction costs to kickstart stalled projects.

Wu said the city is in negotiations with developers about reworking mitigation agreements, which could result in �...Read more

Amid powerful economic headwinds, President Donald Trump rallied loyalists Wednesday in North Carolina, aiming to drive up the Republican vote in a key Senate race in which his chosen candidate has been trailing in the polls.

Michael Whatley, a former Republican National Committee chair, has so far failed to gain traction against Democratic ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Whether it’s a sleek, low-slung Impala, a candy apple red Monte Carlo or a roaring T-top Trans Am — the classic cars of the late 1970s and the ’80s are an iconic part of California’s automotive heritage.

But many of these vehicles have been relegated to driveways and garages due to the challenge of passing a smog check. ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Gov. Henry McMaster said Wednesday that South Carolina’s effort to improve the economy and educate the state’s children should be balanced with protecting a scenic landscape that includes ancient trees, significant salt marshes and an abundance of wildlife.

At a luncheon in Columbia, McMaster said protecting the state’s...Read more

Minnesota law enforcement arrested an ICE agent Wednesday in the shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant in Minneapolis during Operation Metro Surge last winter, culminating months of delays and legal maneuvers in efforts to bring him to the state to answer to charges.

Christian Castro, 52, was stopped by agents with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal...Read more

GASTONIA, N.C. — President Donald Trump returned to the Charlotte region to campaign Wednesday evening alongside Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley in Gastonia.

Trump delivered remarks focused on crime and the economy at the Gastonia Municipal Airport, where he also rallied during his 2024 presidential campaign. Whatley, a ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he still had confidence in Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh and criticized what he said was a “hostile” board even after the central bank unanimously defied his calls to lower borrowing costs.

“I do, I mean I’m relying on Kevin,” Trump told reporters about his hand-picked Fed chief, speaking Wednesday ...Read more