PONTIAC, Mich. — The presence of Legionella at the Oakland County courthouse is shrinking, according to county officials.

The county on Monday reported one positive water sample at the courthouse's Circuit Court Tower on Telegraph Road collected Jan. 13-14. This is down from three found during the previous round of testing, according to a ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — As Minneapolis reels from the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, some Republicans are starting to distance themselves from the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota.

Several local and national Republicans have called for more oversight over the Department of Homeland Security, while others are pushing back over...Read more

As federal immigration tactics face mounting legal and political scrutiny after a U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot a Minneapolis man over the weekend, Donald Trump announced Monday he was dispatching his border czar Tom Homan to Minnesota.

Until now, Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino has overseen the federal government's immigration ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — City crews are facing bitterly cold temperatures Monday as they dig Lexington out of Winter Storm Fern’s aftermath.

Lexington received 5.5 inches of snow and 1.48 inches of precipitation from the snowstorm Saturday and Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. Gov. Andy Beshear said the state received less snow but...Read more

DENVER — Subzero windchills continued across the Denver area early Monday morning, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a cold weather advisory.

Temperatures in Denver dropped to nearly 3 degrees below zero overnight Sunday into Monday, which felt closer to 19 degrees below with windchill, according to data from the weather service...Read more

Sunseekers hoping for warmth will be disappointed this week: Kansas City will face a stretch of very cold days with temperatures staying below freezing, according to the National Weather Service.

With January ending soon, a late-month thaw isn’t in sight.

Temperatures dipped to minus 5 degrees shortly before 7 a.m. Monday at Kansas City ...Read more

When people think about agricultural pollution, they often picture what is easy to see: fertilizer spreaders crossing fields or muddy runoff after a heavy storm. However, a much more significant threat is quietly and invisibly building in the ground.

Across some of the most productive farmland in the United States, a nutrient called ...Read more

The ocean is under increasing pressure. Everyday human activities, from shipping to oil and gas exploration to urban pollution, are affecting the marine environment. Extensive research shows how this combination of stressors represents one of the greatest threats to marine wildlife, potentially affecting biodiversity on a global scale.

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Two in five Americans have fought with a family member about politics, according to a 2024 study by the American Psychiatric Association. One in five have become estranged over controversial issues, and the same percentage has “blocked a family member on social media or skipped a family event” due to disagreements.

Difficulty ...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump has, for the moment, indicated a willingness to abandon his threat to take over Greenland through military force – saying that he prefers negotiation to invasion. He is, however, continuing to assert that the United States ought to acquire ownership of the self-governing territory.

Trump has repeatedly ...Read more

Every year, malaria kills more than 600,000 people worldwide. Most of them are children under 5 in sub-Saharan Africa. But the disease isn’t confined to poor, rural areas – it’s a global threat that travels with people across borders.

For decades, the fight against malaria has felt like running in place. Bed nets and drugs save ...Read more

NEW YORK — New York City’s biggest winter storm in five years had dumped at least 10 inches of snow in Central Park by Monday morning, with below-freezing temperatures all week expected to keep the snow from melting for days.

More than 11,000 flights were canceled nationwide Sunday, the bulk of them in the Northeast. JFK, LaGuardia and ...Read more

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s approval ratings saw a slight dip in several polls conducted over the weekend, pointing to the riskiness of her decision to call a snap election in early February.

The polls paint an early picture of how voters are viewing the election that Takaichi announced last week as she seeks a mandate backing ...Read more

Vegemite, the yeasty spread from Australia, gets a passing green checkmark. So does a French bottle of Chateauneuf-du-Pape. But Diet Coke, a favorite of President Donald Trump? To that, a popular new mobile app in Denmark assigns a failing red X — a message to shoppers to put that American stuff back on the shelf.

Denmark, a country one-...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The killing of a Minneapolis man by federal agents is escalating a standoff between state and federal officials over the Trump administration’s massive deportation operation in Minnesota, prompting tense and urgent debates over federal jurisdiction and the rule of law.

In the wake of Alex Pretti’s killing on Saturday, ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Federal agents shot and killed 37-year-old nurse Alex Pretti on Jan. 24 in south Minneapolis during an immigration enforcement action, prompting local leaders to implore the Trump administration to end the massive immigration operation that’s rocked the city.

Pretti’s death comes less than three weeks after a federal agent ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a freeze warning for parts of Central Florida for overnight into Tuesday morning with forecast temperatures expected to fall into the lower 30s.

The warning is in effect from midnight-9 a.m. for Lake County and interior Volusia County with some areas that could see the upper...Read more

MIAMI — In lush South Florida, trees and bushes grow all year round. And that means yard waste and dead trees never stop piling up. But leaving them in a landfill is a climate-warming issue.

Two South Florida governments think they have a new solution — light it on fire, but in a planet-friendly way.

Miami-Dade County and Coral Gables, one...Read more