Bandana’s spring ranking shows New Yorkers are applying en masse to MTA, city and hospital jobs, drawn by steady pay, overtime and pension-backed benefits.

A former Palo Alto High robotics coach is in court this week alleging harassment by parents and boosters. Jury selection began Tuesday in the civil trial.

City planners recommended a zoning change to allow managed 'safe outdoor parking' lots where people living in vehicles can sleep overnight under staffing and hygiene rules. The Planning Commission sent the proposal to City Council after a unanimous vote.

Jim Whittaker, the Seattle-born climber who became the first American to summit Everest in 1963, died April 7 in Port Townsend at 97. He helped grow REI and shaped Pacific Northwest mountaineering.

A Cordova couple says a sinkhole has hollowed their backyard and swallowed fence panels while they await a city inspection to determine responsibility.

Taryn Asher's attorney says she was fired in November and has filed an EEOC complaint alleging gender discrimination and retaliation. Fox 2 has not publicly responded.

A Boston woman plans to buy a new car after taking the $650,000 cash payout from a $1 million scratch‑ticket win at a Stop & Shop in Braintree.

Washington County is holding a Hillsboro neighborhood workshop tonight ahead of a planned Aloha safe‑rest village with about 60 pallet shelters and on‑site case management. County and operator materials promise 24/7 staffing and neighborhood safeguards.

More than 300 pigeons were pulled from a northeastern Pennsylvania home after animal control called; many were sick or parasite‑infested. The Wilderz at Pocono Wildlife is treating and quarantining the flock ahead of adoption.

Neighbors say a nearby construction project is flooding basements and damaging property, and they’re pressing the city and contractor for inspections and repairs.

A leaked recording that appears to capture the Denham Springs fire chief using a racial slur sparked an emergency board meeting and community outrage. Trustees say they will consult counsel before deciding.

South San Antonio ISD says about 400 students didn't return this year, a drop officials link in part to immigration fears that will shave roughly $3 million from the district budget.

A runaway emu named Walter wandered into a Barnstable neighborhood Wednesday before a Yarmouth officer and local police corralled him and returned him to a Marstons Mills farm.