Austin Transit Partnership picked Stadler to build the CITYLINK trains for the city's first light rail. The board approved $39M to start vehicle design and ordered an initial 21-car fleet.

A Precinct 4 drone and deputies detained eight people near the North Freeway; two suspects were juveniles and two face added evading charges.

A Multnomah County judge gave Vincent Scoggins a life sentence, with parole possible after 25 years, after jurors convicted him in the 2022 killing of his girlfriend.

Former Vikings pass‑rusher Everson Griffen was arrested after a Winona traffic stop and charged with driving without a required ignition‑interlock device. He’s due in court Aug. 28.

Collins Pub, a Pioneer Square staple since 2003, closed last Friday after 23 years. The longtime beer bar at the base of the Collins Building has left a gap in downtown’s tap scene.

Three children were hurt in a Largo crash Sunday night, and the driver now faces DUI and child-neglect charges.

Denver councilmembers are weighing an ordinance to lock limits on low‑level traffic stops into law after city data showed tens of thousands of non‑citation encounters. Supporters want transparency; skeptics warn of unintended enforcement gaps.

A woman was stabbed Monday near Horal Drive and Marbach Road on San Antonio's Far West Side; police say the suspect and a witness were at large.

A Stoneboro man was arrested after a woman told police she was abused as a child. Charging papers list indecent assault, corruption of minors and child-welfare counts.

A 100,000-square-foot waterfront building at 400 Atlantic Ave. is on the market after its owner proposed a 113-room boutique hotel. The CBRE listing is being pitched to hotel, residential and office buyers.

Milwaukee County is backing Phoenix Residential, a 41-unit conversion that pairs crisis beds with permanent affordable apartments as interior work nears completion. Officials say the site is meant as a pilot for pairing shelter and services with housing.

PJM says it will file FERC proposals to buy capacity and add an operational tool to manage surging data‑center demand that could add roughly 70 GW over the next 15 years.

A Lucasville prisoner says he began a second hunger strike on July 25 to protest K2 and other contraband in Ohio prisons, underscoring reporting that seizures are rampant. The action tests state hunger‑strike rules and medical protocols.