NEW YORK — When household batteries die, it’s hard to know what to do with them. So they get shoved into a junk drawer or sheepishly thrown into…
Read more You can give old batteries a new life by safely recycling themDavid Michael Crawford, 74, of Ellicott City, is already serving a prison sentence for crimes committed in Howard County, for which he was sentenced to eight life terms…
Read more Former Laurel police chief sentenced to 55 years in prison on multiple arson charges – WTOP NewsLOS ANGELES — California’s top prosecutor announced a civil rights investigation Thursday into how delayed evacuations impacted a historically Black community ravaged by one of last year’s deadly…
Read more California announces investigation into delayed evacuation orders during LA-area wildfireCRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland — CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — World champion Franjo von Allmen dominated the last men’s World Cup downhill before the Olympics on Sunday, giving troubled ski resort…
Read more Von Allmen hands Crans-Montana 2nd Swiss victory in 2 days in last World Cup race before OlympicsDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An explosion tore through an apartment building Saturday in Iran ‘s port city of Bandar Abbas, killing a 4-year-old girl as local media…
Read more Blast in Iran port city kills 1, wounds 14 before Strait of Hormuz naval drill watched by US“28 Years Later: The Bone Temple” may have scored well with critics, but slightly more moviegoing audiences chose to spend the holiday weekend catching up with “Avatar: Fire…
Read more Box Office: ‘28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’ opens behind ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’JACKSON, Miss. — Beverly Geiger Bonnheim was 17 when the Ku Klux Klan bombed her synagogue in 1967. This weekend, at 75, she watched it burn again. “It…
Read more Mississippi synagogue congregant shares story of 1967 Ku Klux Klan bombingHONG KONG — From 18th place to 140th. That’s how much Hong Kong’s ranking plunged in a global press freedom index over some 20 years. Behind the decline…
Read more Red lines and increasing self-censorship reshape Hong Kong’s once freewheeling press sceneA person was taken into custody late Saturday after a fire ripped through a synagogue in Mississippi, heavily damaging the historic house of worship in what authorities say…
Read more Suspect arrested after fire damages historic Mississippi synagogueLOS ANGELES — On the first anniversary of the most destructive wildfires in the L.A. area, the scant home construction projects stand out among the still mostly flattened…
Read more A year after LA wildfires destroyed thousands of homes, fewer than a dozen rebuiltLOS ANGELES — A year after twin infernos tore across opposite ends of Los Angeles County, the scars are still visible. Thousands of homes were reduced to rubble,…
Read more These numbers tell the story of the Los Angeles wildfires, one year laterALTADENA, Calif. — ALTADENA, Calif. (AP) — “DANGER: Lead Work Area” reads a sign on a front door of an Altadena home. “May damage fertility or the unborn…
Read more LA residents are still battling toxic hazards a year after historic wildfiresA small plane crashed Sunday at the Provincetown Municipal Airport on Cape Cod, catching fire and killing the pilot, who was the only person on board, officials said.…
Read more Small plane crash at Cape Cod airport leaves pilot deadCRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland — About 40 people were killed and 115 injured, most of them seriously, after a fire ripped through a bar’s New Year’s celebration in a Swiss…
Read more About 40 dead, 115 injured in fire at Swiss Alpine barCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The moon and sun share top billing in 2026. Kicking off the year’s cosmic wonders is the moon, drawing the first astronauts to visit…
Read more The moon and sun figure big in the new year’s lineup of cosmic wondersA fire tore through the historic Old Port waterfront in Portland, Maine, on Friday night, damaging aging buildings and several boats along Custom House Wharf, authorities said A…
Read more Fire in Portland’s Old Port damages its historic waterfront and sinks at least one boatLOS ANGELES — Rain from a powerful winter storm that swept across Southern California has begun to taper off, but another storm system was on the horizon for…
Read more Storm system threatens more rainfall Christmas Day over waterlogged Southern CaliforniaFire destroyed a beach cabana in Queens’ Breezy Point overnight, creating a dramatic scene as the sun rose on Wednesday, but causing no reported injuries. The FDNY says…
Read more Dramatic fire burns down beach cabana in Breezy PointBEVERLY — A woman has been displaced following a fire that broke out Tuesday morning inside her Cape-style home on Putnam Street. Firefighters were called to 62 Putnam…
Read more Fire displaces resident on Putnam Street in BeverlyWASHINGTON — The U.S. military said Monday that it had conducted another strike against a boat it said was smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing one…
Read more US strikes another alleged drug-smuggling boat in eastern Pacific