BALTIMORE — The year 2025 marked a time when Baltimore put a check mark next to two capital projects that have been stuck in the talking stages for too long to remember.

Little noticed, except by annoyed drivers on the North Avenue Bridge, was the eight-month rebuild of the Howard Street Tunnel. The tunnel was lowered so that shipping ...Read more

NEW YORK — Clemson University’s president on Saturday said his decision to suddenly retire had nothing to do with an ongoing controversy surrounding a local development project and his potential conflicts of interest with it.

Jim Clements, Clemson’s president since 2013, has been criticized in recent months by local officials for his role...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — Three people — including an officer — were injured in North Idaho after a gunman walked into a local sheriff’s office and opened fire the day after Christmas.

The suspect was shot and killed by law enforcement less than two hours after opening fire inside the Shoshone County Sheriff’s Office in Wallace, Idaho, according...Read more

ATLANTA — Atlanta surpassed another record high temperature Saturday afternoon.

The average high for this time of year is around 54 degrees. But around 3 p.m., temperatures briefly climbed to 79 in the city, National Weather Service data reveals.

The previous record for the day was 75, set in 2015.

On Christmas Eve, Atlanta set a record ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of dozens of current and former inmates in Los Angeles County's women's jail claims male correctional officers watched them shower, harassed and groped them and retaliated when the alleged abuses were reported.

The suit accuses deputies of taking advantage of women incarcerated at Century ...Read more

NEW YORK — Christmas may officially be in the rearview, but there’s still plenty of winter ahead.

New Yorkers on Saturday woke up to the first major snowfall they’d seen in nearly four years. As of 7 a.m., the storm had passed, with the National Weather Service saying an approximate 4.3 inches of snow had fallen in Central Park.

It ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — A look at some of the documents among the vast universe of records released from the investigation of the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein reveals connections to the city of Orlando — and a photographed meeting with Piglet at Disney World.

As might be expected, given the volume of information and the proximity of ...Read more

California is in for a brief weekend reprieve from damaging holiday storms that killed four people and hobbled Christmas travel, but weather officials warned of more wet weather heading to the rain-soaked state starting on New Year’s Eve.

Heavy rains pummeled much of California over the past seven days, bringing flash floods, mudslides, and ...Read more

Thailand and Cambodia agreed to an immediate ceasefire for the second time in six months after the latest round of border clashes killed dozens of soldiers and civilians, while displacing more than half a million others.

The neighboring countries signed a pact on Saturday to end the use of all types of weapons as well as attacks on civilians ...Read more

Earlier this year, as members of the United Nations Security Council gathered for one of their regular briefings on Haiti, the discussion followed a familiar pattern: the rapid expansion of armed gangs, their increasingly guerrilla-style tactics and the country’s worsening humanitarian crisis.

But in the report presented by Secretary-General ...Read more

ATLANTA — Imprisoned reality television stars Todd and Julie Chrisley were pardoned, President Donald Trump dodged what many people said was the strongest criminal case against him, and jury verdicts reached new heights in a year of significant legal developments in Georgia.

The state also had its first trial in hundreds of pending lawsuits ...Read more

CHICAGO — Just past midnight days before Christmas, Chicago police boarded a Pink Line train at Washington and Wells streets and found two men shot.

A knife fight had escalated to a shooting that left one of the men dead, police said.

Such recent cases of violence aboard the system have rattled some riders while also drawing attention from ...Read more

Argentina’s Senate approved President Javier Milei’s budget bill for 2026, cementing a legislative victory that overcame renewed tensions between the libertarian leader and his top ally.

In a 46-25 vote, senators passed Milei’s budget in a general vote for the first time since he took office in 2023. The legislative win reflects Milei’s...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — Boise State professor Scott Yenor, known for his comments calling independent women “meddlesome and quarrelsome” and advocating against feminism, has stirred up controversy on a national scale again.

Yenor has joined The Heritage Foundation, a strong influence in Republican politics — prompting at least one call for ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A trap meant to capture a bear that’s been under an Altadena home for a month was sprung but was triggered by the wrong beast.

Biologists at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife have had a bear trap set at Ken Johnson’s house since Dec. 9 in an attempt to capture a 550-pound male black bear that wedged itself in ...Read more