A Dorchester resident won the $2 million top prize on a $10 Cashword scratch ticket and took a $1.3M lump sum, the state lottery says.

A $50 million gift from NVIDIA executive Roger Bringmann will bankroll the Bringmann Center and push Austin Christian University toward rapid growth and accreditation. The donation aims to double the Georgetown campus and expand the school's business and tech programming.

UT Dallas suspended its Students for Justice in Palestine chapter for a year after a commencement protest administrators said broke campus rules. Students call the move punitive and plan to keep organizing off campus.

Hello Houston marked its first anniversary with a special episode that brought city officials, conservation leaders and a Broadway writer together to discuss local projects and national headlines.

An avian flu outbreak has forced Daybreak Foods to furlough 87 workers at two southern Wisconsin farms as authorities depopulate affected flocks and impose movement restrictions.

A resurfaced video of a Chhath Puja in a Denton pond and Rep. Brandon Gill’s X post calling it “Third World” have sparked local debate over culture and waterways.

About 20,000 Park Slope residents joined Saturday's No Kings march along Prospect Park West. Organizers say the neighborhood action was one piece of a nationwide day that drew millions.

A Bronx NYCHA tenant says raw sewage flooded her apartment twice in one night, leaving the unit damaged and prompting demands for temporary housing as crews work on repairs.

GW’s published cost sheet pegs returning undergrads’ budgets at about $98,165 for 2026–27 — nearly $100K once housing and living costs are added. The estimate has touched off affordability conversations on campus.

Paramedic and EMT vacancies are stretching rural Michigan’s ambulance system and forcing agencies to lean on scholarships, volunteers and short‑term fixes.

Skyway Lanes, the city's last Black-owned bowling alley, will close April 26 after a brief wave of support couldn't cover rising costs.

A $43 million family gift will put a donor's name on UC's College of Law. The announcement follows recent campus upgrades and a string of major local donations.

The Village of Casa Familia opened in Kendall with 50 affordable apartments and an 11,000‑sq‑ft community center designed for adults with IDD.