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City staff proposed 20 Midtown addresses — including the Mercantile Saloon and former AIDS‑era doctors' offices — for landmark status in a proposed Lavender Heights district.
An Eastport roadside birth ended safely after officers and East Moriches Rescue medics delivered a baby girl inside an SUV. Both mother and newborn were taken to Stony Brook University Hospital in good condition.
Seventeen recruits joined the SFPD’s 288th class as leaders warned that recent on‑duty injuries have underscored how quickly police work can turn dangerous.
Mayor Parker and the Office of Public Safety named 47 neighborhood groups to share nearly $2M in Targeted Community Investment Grants. The awards are part of Gun Violence Awareness Month activity.
A Take 5 top-prize ticket worth $33,514 was sold at a New Rochelle liquor store; the winning numbers were 11-12-13-19-38 and the winner has up to a year to claim the prize.
The City Council approved a resolution condemning harassment of San Diego’s Somali community and pledging steps to protect at‑home child‑care providers.
Two baby owls were found nesting inside Fire Station 12 in Delacroix, pausing interior demolition while the parish monitors the birds.
A Raleigh-area truck driver pulled over mid-route, checked an online Cash 5 ticket and found he'd won $138,239, taking home roughly $99,546 after taxes.
Sankofa House, a small Milwaukee recovery residence for people early in addiction recovery, is slated to lose county funding this August — residents fear displacement.
The Ravens pledged $1 million to six organizations to back prevention, crisis response and expand Mayor Brandon Scott’s GVRS in Baltimore.
San Antonio elementary and middle school STAAR results were released Tuesday. Campus- and subgroup-level scores are now online with tools to search your school.
Hui Kū Maoli Ola’s new Ono Small Puaʻa venture will lease nearly 400 acres mauka of The Ritz‑Carlton Oʻahu, Turtle Bay to revive native agroforestry and train local farmers.
Amy Shlossman will leave Sinai Hospital to lead OHSU Health, with a start date set for Aug. 31. LifeBridge has named Leslie Simmons interim as a national search begins.
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