BOSTON — A person clearly suffering from a mental health crisis attacked a police officer with a sword and was Tasered and shot, leading to his death, authorities say.

“This was a very chaotic circumstance for a number of first responders, both from the mental health perspective, as well as members of the Boston Police Department doing ...Read more

Kendra Duggar is reportedly renting out her home and selling some personal items to help cover husband Joseph Duggar’s $600,000 bail.

According to People, 31-year-old Joseph posted the $60,000 required for his release from custody on Friday, after he pleaded not guilty to child sex abuse charges in Florida. He is facing counts of lewd and ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina Supreme Court this week ended a more than 30-year-old case wrestling with the roles of the courts and the legislature in public education.

The court decided that state courts do not have the authority to make decisions involving education policy, including ordering the state to spend billions of additional ...Read more

Five European Union members urged the bloc to tax windfall profits energy ​companies are reaping as a result of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.

The finance ministers of Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal ​and Austria ​made the ​joint call in an April 3 letter seen by Bloomberg to Wopke Hoekstra, the EU’s climate commissioner.

They wrote ...Read more

The Iranian military said major oil producer Iraq is exempt from shipping restrictions in the Strait of Hormuz, a potentially significant move for global crude supplies.

“Brotherly Iraq is exempt from any restrictions we have imposed on the Strait of Hormuz,” Iran’s military spokesman said in an Arabic-language video statement published ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The largest wildfire in California this year is no longer growing, fire officials said Saturday morning.

The Riverside County Springs fire, fueled by strong Santa Ana winds up to 50 mph on Friday, did not grow overnight, with firefighters battling the blaze on the ground and aircraft dropping water from above, according to Terra...Read more

The downing of a U.S. aircraft and the dayslong search for a missing crew member has pierced the aura of invincibility that President Donald Trump has sought to project as he tries to stave off the increasing political risks of the Iran war he started five weeks ago alongside Israel.

Trump has repeatedly claimed dominance over Iranian airspace ...Read more

Ukraine expects top envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to lead a U.S. delegation to Kyiv this month, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s chief of staff said, as efforts to resume peace talks get underway.

The team may arrive shortly after Orthodox Easter, which is celebrated on April 12, Kyrylo Budanov told Bloomberg.

While special envoy ...Read more

President Donald Trump said Saturday that time was running out on his 10-day deadline for Iran to make a peace deal with the U.S. and threatened that the Islamic Republic would face “all hell” in 48 hours.

“Remember when I gave Iran ten days to MAKE A DEAL or OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT,” Trump said in a social media post the day before ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — United Launch Alliance managed its second mission of the year early Saturday with one its few remaining Atlas V rockets on the latest trip to put up more Amazon satellites into orbit.

The rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 41 at 1:46 a.m. with 29 more broadband satellites for ...Read more

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com.

Why does some rain fall harder than other rain? – Naomi B., age 9, San Fancisco, California

There are some days when the rain falls peacefully and gently, nourishing the ...Read more

MIAMI — Three months after Venezuelans woke up to the news that strongman Nicolás Maduro had been captured by U.S. military forces and taken to New York to face drug-trafficking charges, many in South Florida and elsewhere are still weighing a question that has lingered for years: Are they willing to return home?

For Victor Jiménez, the ...Read more

It happened a few years ago, but I still remember it clearly. I was seated at a white-tablecloth fine-dining restaurant in Brooklyn, the now-shuttered Clover Hill. In need of a break from booze, I ordered a nonalcoholic cocktail. After the server recited the drink’s composition — beet, oolong tea, tonka bean and a few other carefully ...Read more

Tax time can come with big surprises for some people who have Affordable Care Act coverage, including owing money back to the government for premium subsidies received during the previous year.

More changes lie ahead that make it important for those getting subsidies in 2026 to track their income and take steps to protect against that kind of ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A pair of brush fires erupted in Southern California on Friday afternoon, forcing evacuations in Los Angeles and Riverside counties as the first major blazes of the season after a winter of intense rains and periods of scorching heat.

The fires were being driven by Santa Ana winds gusting at up to 50 mph across the landscape at ...Read more

MIAMI — Relatives of the husband of murdered Coral Springs Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer Bowen knew she was in danger and urged police to break down the door of her home Wednesday afternoon to make sure she was alive, 911 calls released Friday show.

Metayer Bowen’s husband, Stephen Bowen, 40, is in Broward County jail on a premeditated murder ...Read more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A company that’s been touting Anchorage’s mobile voting use has been told to stop.

The Municipality of Anchorage in March sent a cease-and-desist letter to the Mobile Voting Project and its founder, Bradley Tusk, asserting the company has misrepresented the city’s mobile voting.

As the municipality prepares for its ...Read more