MIAMI — Quatisha Maycock, 5, had just learned how to write her name and practiced scribbling it every day up until she was thrown into the Everglades and left to be eaten by alligators.

Shandelle Maycock, Quatisha’s mother, broke down Monday as she detailed how her daughter loved coloring, playing with dolls, dressing up and especially ...Read more

U.S. power grids are under mounting pressure following a winter storm that unleashed deep cold and heavy snow and ice from Texas to Maine, driving up heating demand and raising the risk of blackouts.

The storm affected millions of people across the eastern two-thirds of the United States, with 765,000 homes and businesses without electricity ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Several use-of-force experts who examined videos of the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti questioned the actions of federal agents leading up to the 37-year-old’s death on a south Minneapolis street.

But determining whether the fatal shooting of Pretti, who top officials in the federal government say was in possession of a firearm...Read more

SEATTLE — Gov. Bob Ferguson and Attorney General Nick Brown are condemning President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown in Minnesota and say they’re preparing legal options to fight back if a similar operation ramps up in Washington.

At a news conference Monday morning, Ferguson said state officials cannot stop Immigration ...Read more

U.S. power grids are under mounting pressure following a winter storm that unleashed deep cold and heavy snow and ice from Texas to Maine, driving up heating demand and raising the risk of blackouts.

The storm affected millions of people across the eastern two-thirds of the United States, with 813,000 homes and businesses without electricity ...Read more

As an alternative to new federal vaccine recommendations, the American Academy of Pediatrics released its own childhood vaccine schedule Monday with the backing of a dozen of the nation’s most prominent medical groups and associations.

The American Academy of Pediatrics’ vaccine schedule differs from the new federal one in a number of ways,...Read more

As federal immigration tactics face mounting legal and political scrutiny after a U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot a Minneapolis man over the weekend, President Donald Trump announced Monday he was dispatching his border adviser Tom Homan to Minnesota.

Until now, Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino has overseen the federal government’...Read more

PONTIAC, Mich. — The presence of Legionella at the Oakland County courthouse is shrinking, according to county officials.

The county on Monday reported one positive water sample at the courthouse's Circuit Court Tower on Telegraph Road collected Jan. 13-14. This is down from three found during the previous round of testing, according to a ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — As Minneapolis reels from the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, some Republicans are starting to distance themselves from the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota.

Several local and national Republicans have called for more oversight over the Department of Homeland Security, while others are pushing back over...Read more

As federal immigration tactics face mounting legal and political scrutiny after a U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot a Minneapolis man over the weekend, Donald Trump announced Monday he was dispatching his border czar Tom Homan to Minnesota.

Until now, Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino has overseen the federal government's immigration ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — City crews are facing bitterly cold temperatures Monday as they dig Lexington out of Winter Storm Fern’s aftermath.

Lexington received 5.5 inches of snow and 1.48 inches of precipitation from the snowstorm Saturday and Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. Gov. Andy Beshear said the state received less snow but...Read more

DENVER — Subzero windchills continued across the Denver area early Monday morning, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a cold weather advisory.

Temperatures in Denver dropped to nearly 3 degrees below zero overnight Sunday into Monday, which felt closer to 19 degrees below with windchill, according to data from the weather service...Read more

Sunseekers hoping for warmth will be disappointed this week: Kansas City will face a stretch of very cold days with temperatures staying below freezing, according to the National Weather Service.

With January ending soon, a late-month thaw isn’t in sight.

Temperatures dipped to minus 5 degrees shortly before 7 a.m. Monday at Kansas City ...Read more

When people think about agricultural pollution, they often picture what is easy to see: fertilizer spreaders crossing fields or muddy runoff after a heavy storm. However, a much more significant threat is quietly and invisibly building in the ground.

Across some of the most productive farmland in the United States, a nutrient called ...Read more

The ocean is under increasing pressure. Everyday human activities, from shipping to oil and gas exploration to urban pollution, are affecting the marine environment. Extensive research shows how this combination of stressors represents one of the greatest threats to marine wildlife, potentially affecting biodiversity on a global scale.

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Two in five Americans have fought with a family member about politics, according to a 2024 study by the American Psychiatric Association. One in five have become estranged over controversial issues, and the same percentage has “blocked a family member on social media or skipped a family event” due to disagreements.

Difficulty ...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump has, for the moment, indicated a willingness to abandon his threat to take over Greenland through military force – saying that he prefers negotiation to invasion. He is, however, continuing to assert that the United States ought to acquire ownership of the self-governing territory.

Trump has repeatedly ...Read more

Every year, malaria kills more than 600,000 people worldwide. Most of them are children under 5 in sub-Saharan Africa. But the disease isn’t confined to poor, rural areas – it’s a global threat that travels with people across borders.

For decades, the fight against malaria has felt like running in place. Bed nets and drugs save ...Read more

NEW YORK — New York City’s biggest winter storm in five years had dumped at least 10 inches of snow in Central Park by Monday morning, with below-freezing temperatures all week expected to keep the snow from melting for days.

More than 11,000 flights were canceled nationwide Sunday, the bulk of them in the Northeast. JFK, LaGuardia and ...Read more