Former U.S. Attorney Ken Parker was contracted for one year to advise Cincinnati on public-safety strategy and community outreach, with a $199,000 cap. Parker will review PIVOT and ACT for Cincy, attend monthly briefings and host listening sessions.

Dutchess Donuts & Creamery plans to take over the former Elisa's stand on Route 52 in Fishkill, promising donuts, ice cream and coffee with no opening date yet.

SCOTUS scrapped caps on party‑candidate coordination, letting national committees funnel bigger coordinated spending into midterm races — and Washington is already recalibrating.

Surviving spouses say Pittsburgh still won’t cover post-retirement health costs despite court rulings, forcing widows to buy their own coverage. The union estimates millions owed.

Tampa-based Bubble Down landed a $200M growth-capital commitment from BTG Pactual Strategic Capital to fund new builds, acquisitions and tech investments across the Southeast.

Sugar Land approved a $1.3M incentive for DeliverIt Group's planned $11.85M sterile‑injectable manufacturing facility, adding local life‑science capacity.

A Gastonia man was arrested after a shooting at Greenview Meadows Apartments that killed a 34-year-old man; the suspect was found nearby holding a child, who was unharmed.

Court filings say Autumn Reed poured gasoline through a Randolph Street home and set it ablaze; the blast injured six people, including two infants. Charges were filed this week.

A 74-year-old Marionville woman died Monday after her delivery-style Chevrolet skidded off MO-39 north of Aurora and overturned, troopers say.

San Francisco rolled Copilot out to 30,000 city workers, but adoption is wildly uneven: a few superusers account for much of the activity while many staff barely use it. The gap is forcing new rules and a city AI roadmap.

A 14-year-old rider died Tuesday after an electric motorcycle crash at Seattle's I-5 Colonnade park. Police and the medical examiner are investigating.

Orlando Health St. Cloud Hospital has activated a 24/7 STEMI program and new cardiac cath labs, allowing many Osceola County heart-attack patients to get faster, local care. The expansion also added ICU capacity.

An Atlanta woman wanted in a 2019 Maryland kidnapping was arrested on I-85 in Hart County and two children were recovered safely, authorities say.