Woman arrested, accused of child neglect after 'fecal matter, filth' found in home

13 minutes ago | WESH

Sanford police say a local home was so filthy that they hauled a woman off to jail for child neglect.
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New trash schedule will draw rats, warns neighborhood leader

Beacon Hill residents are slamming city leaders for an earlier 6 a.m. trash and recycling pick-up time, saying they're concerned rats will swarm the neighborhood and loud...
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‘We'll Keep Fighting': Freeborn County Landowners Call On State To Stop Wind Project

49 minutes ago | CBS

MINNEAPOLIS - After a two-year fight, a new wind farm has finally been given the green light in southern Minnesota. But in Freeborn County, hundreds of neighbors are making...
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Report: One in 7 children in state live in poverty

59 minutes ago | Boston Herald

One in seven of the state's children live in poverty and almost a third come from families that struggle to afford housing, according to an annual report on children's...
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'I wasn't planning on shooting anybody': Libertyville murder defendant takes stand, claims self-defense

1 hour ago | Chicago Tribune

For the first time since his arrest in 2016, Kenneth Seplak, testifying Monday on his own behalf, admitted to seeing and having a confrontation with David Gorski the night...
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Harvard pulls Parkland grad's admission over racist comments

2 hours ago | Boston Herald | 4 articles

By COLLIN BINKLEY BOSTON - A survivor of the Parkland school shooting announced Monday that Harvard University withdrew his admission over racist comments he made in a shared...
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Man struck by hit-and-run driver 13 months after 2 vehicles pin him inside local car wash

2 hours ago | WTAE

Victim says he may be unable to work for weeks or months
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Mayor Martin Walsh calls for fare hike delay, Boston role in T operations

3 hours ago | Boston Herald

Mayor Martin J. Walsh is pushing for Boston to have a larger role in MBTA operations and for the T to delay the looming fare hike, which the organization says it's not going to...
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What's the Deal: Philadelphia's must-do summer guide for families

3 hours ago | ABC

There's never been a better time to be a kid in Philadelphia than right now. A local expert helped us compile a must-do summer guide for both the little ones and their parents.
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Ugandan medics facing Ebola outbreak say they lack supplies

4 hours ago | New York Post

BWERA, Uganda - The isolation ward for Ebola patients is a tent erected in the garden of the local hospital. Gloves are given out sparingly to health workers. And when the...
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2 shot, 2 arrested at Raptors rally; celebration continues

TORONTO - Two people were shot and wounded at a rally Monday for the NBA champion Raptors, and two people were arrested, police said. Read more ...

Gloria Vanderbilt, iconic fashion designer and socialite, dies at age 95

The American artist, author, actress, fashion designer, heiress and socialite was born in 1924. Read more ...

Man shot in gunfire exchange outside Dallas federal courthouse dies

Witnesses and authorities say a masked gunman opened fire on a federal courthouse in downtown Dallas Monday morning before being fatally shot in an exchange of gunfire with... Read more ...

Gloria Vanderbilt's most iconic quotes on life, death and style

The fashion legend, socialite and artist died Monday at the age of 95. Read more ...

The tree thought to have inspired Dr. Seuss' 'The Lorax' has fallen

The tree was estimated to be about 80 to 100 years old. Read more ...

Supreme Court hands Democrats a win in Virginia racial gerrymander case

Because the Supreme Court dismissed the challenge on standing grounds, justices did not rule if the maps constitute an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. Read more ...

Supreme Court sides with Oregon bakery that refused to make cake for...

The court's decision puts off a major case for next term and allows the issue to further percolate in the courts below. Read more ...

This Day in History: O.J. Simpson leads police on infamous Bronco chase

The infamous white Ford Bronco police chase came days after Simpson's ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, was killed along with her friend Ron Goldman. Read more ...

Bodies of missing woman, child found after father's arrest for murder

The bodies of a missing Oregon woman and her 3-year-old son were discovered in a wooded area over the weekend - weeks after the boy's father was arrested in connection to their... Read more ...

'You're better off getting a job': 11-year-old recounts fighting off...

Braydon Smith was alone in the house and on the phone with his mom when the suspect entered through a window. Read more ...