Shirley Mae McLean, who lived in Aurora for more than six decades and raised a family while working in real estate and travel, died October 21; services are set for early November.
Ken Adams · October 27, 2024
Telfair Forest Products asked state regulators to revoke a permit change that would have nearly doubled its allowable hazardous air pollutant emissions, ending a legal fight brought by environmental groups.
Jayden Sweiler · October 25, 2024
Officials in Deer Park acknowledge delays in warning the public after a hydrogen sulfide release at the PEMEX refinery that killed two workers and injured 35 others.
Kendra Konchanuk · October 14, 2024
Dr. Ashwin Vasan, who has led the city's health department since March 2022, said he is leaving for family reasons, adding to a string of senior departures from the Adams administration.
Jacob Leary · September 23, 2024
On the 267th day of 2024, a look back at events on this date, from Benedict Arnold's exposed plot in 1780 to Roger Federer's farewell match in 2022.
Jacob Leary · September 23, 2024
A fire at an Energy Transfer pipeline on Spencer Highway forced evacuations and school precautions in La Porte and Deer Park, and officials said it could burn for several more hours.
Kendra Konchanuk · September 16, 2024
City officials say crews are about halfway through the first round of cleanup, having hauled away more than a million cubic yards of vegetative debris since collection began 17 days ago.
Kendra Konchanuk · July 29, 2024
Police say a woman, her daughter-in-law and two young grandchildren were killed in Bensonhurst, and a relative of the family is in custody as detectives investigate.
Jacob Leary · July 20, 2024
On Saturday, July 20, 2024, the 202nd day of the year, the calendar looks back on the 1969 moon walk and other events that fell on this date.
Jacob Leary · July 20, 2024
A BMW SUV fleeing a Cobb County officer lost control, struck a stone neighborhood sign and plunged into woods, killing the driver and injuring a passenger.
Jayden Sweiler · June 17, 2024
The United Federation of Teachers argues that 856 schools could meet the state class size law by adding 3,000 teachers, as the Adams administration continues to resist the mandate.
Jacob Leary · May 7, 2024
Sixteen-year-old Mint Butterfield, child of tech founders Caterina Fake and Stewart Butterfield, was found in a van in San Francisco nearly a week after leaving home, and an adult acquaintance is jailed on suspicion of child abduction.
Mei Ling · April 28, 2024
Multiple twisters hit the state overnight into Sunday, destroying homes in Holdenville, flattening downtown buildings in Sulphur and prompting a state of emergency in 12 counties.
Jacob Leary · April 28, 2024
A Spanish member of the European Parliament says the bloc's new asylum rules balance shared responsibility with tighter scrutiny, though enforcement remains a challenge.
Amy Swan · April 26, 2024
Simpson, a Potrero Hill native who won the Heisman Trophy and later stood trial for double murder, died of cancer, his family said.
Mei Ling · April 11, 2024
The city, which bought the Asbury Avenue play cafe in February, says the site will host accessible recreation programs, a preschool, a pickleball court and a temporary home for Ecology Center animals.
Ken Adams · April 2, 2024
Raul Benitez Santana, 32, denied charges of vehicular homicide in the March 2 death of trooper Chris Gadd, whose patrol car was struck while parked on the shoulder near Marysville.
Jennifer Paige · March 26, 2024
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that 750 National Guard members, along with state and MTA police, will check riders' bags at busy stations as part of a wider response to violence on the transit system.
Jacob Leary · March 6, 2024
Boston Public Schools has put several employees on leave and opened an investigation after a 3-year-old at the James F. Condon School in South Boston was restrained with nylon straps fastened to a chair with duct tape.
Ishani Kapalli · March 4, 2024
A Marshall Project analysis of crime figures from four cities that received large numbers of bused migrants found no clear connection between their arrival and crime increases.
Juan Gonzalez · February 29, 2024
The Panhandle blaze grew from 300,000 to 850,000 acres in about a day, is only 3% contained, and has claimed its first confirmed life.
Jayden Sweiler · February 28, 2024
A Chicago Tribune investigation found that holes in state law and slow action by the licensing agency allowed providers accused of sexual misconduct to keep practicing, sometimes for years.
Ken Adams · February 25, 2024
The Ninth Circuit left a injunction restricting San Francisco's enforcement against street camping intact while directing the lower court to refine parts of the order.
Mei Ling · January 11, 2024
Police are investigating an early-morning ram-raid at a Bank of America branch in the Outer Richmond and a separate attempted ATM theft at an Oakland shopping center, with no arrests reported.
Mei Ling · January 3, 2024
