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Fall or summer? Scorching, record-breaking heat hits Northeast

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Anonymous letters detail alleged misconduct at police department

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Plácido Domingo Resigns From LA Opera

The announcement that the opera megastar is stepping down as the company's general director comes in the midst of two formal investigations into accusations of sexual misconduct made by 20 women....

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Afraid For Her Life, A Pakistani Activist Vanishes ... And Escapes To New York

Gulalai Ismail spoke out against sexual assaults committed by Pakistani security forces. She was detained and threatened. Then she disappeared — until last week. (Image credit: Tim McDonnell/NPR)

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Placido Domingo exits LA Opera amid sexual harassment investigation

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Latinx Voters Ask Court To Ensure All Residents Counted In Allotting Congress...

The group is concerned the Trump administration won't follow more than 200 years of precedent in dividing up seats in Congress based on numbers that include unauthorized immigrants. (Image credit:...

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Investors Are Back In Saudi Arabia A Year After Khashoggi's Killing

The oil-rich kingdom has poured millions of dollars into a global damage control campaign. While some governments have shunned the country, the Trump administration remains a strong supporter. (Image...

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From Snakes To Spikes, Reporters Reveal Trump's Extreme Border Proposals

Border Wars authors Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Michael Shear chronicle the president's attempts to upend the nation's immigration system — including a proposed alligator-filled border trench. (Image...

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Irrigation For Farming Could Leave Many Of The World's Streams And Rivers Dry

A new study shows many of the world's streams and rivers could dry up because people are draining underground aquifers that sustain streams through dry periods. Climate change won't help matters....

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'Fake News' Law Goes Into Effect In Singapore, Worrying Free Speech Advocates

The law allows the government to determine what constitutes false information and stipulates hefty fines and jail sentences for people and media companies that violate it. (Image credit: Roslan...

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Amber Guyger, Ex-Officer Who Killed Man In His Apartment, Given 10 Years In...

Guyger fatally shot 26-year-old Botham Jean thinking he was an intruder in her own apartment last year. Jean, who was black and unarmed, was shot while watching TV and eating a bowl of ice cream....

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Doctor Gets 40 Years For Illegally Prescribing More Than Half A Million...

Dr. Joel Smithers was convicted in May of more than 800 federal counts of illegal drug distribution. He was facing life in prison and a $200 million fine. The court ordered him to pay $86,000. (Image...

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After ceiling collapses on child, mother calls for Norfolk landlord to make...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A Norfolk woman says she’s reached her boiling point. Last week, a bedroom ceiling in her apartment collapsed on her son. “I’m really mad,” said Norfolk resident Tomika Platt....

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Olympic gold medalist and Portsmouth native LaShawn Merritt returns home to...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Three-time Olympic gold medalist LaShawn Merritt has some down time right now, but come November he’ll gear back up for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. “I plan on putting those...

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Gun control talks stall in Congress amid impeachment inquiry

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — Gun control and anti-gun violence advocates fear that just as momentum was building behind their efforts to change gun laws in the United States, the politics of impeachment may...

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Workers fight to keep coal ash regulations in place

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – Families and workers from across the country traveled to Washington D.C. to push the EPA to keep coal ash regulations in place. North Carolina resident Susan Wind stood in front...

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State website down for 2nd day after glitch that exposed applicants’ personal...

RICHMOND, Va. — A state website is down for a second day after a technical glitch exposed Virginians’ personal information, as state officials conduct an internal investigation.  Those people were...

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Brother of Honduran president accused of getting $1 million from 'El Chapo'

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Victim's brother hugs ex-cop after sentencing in wrong-apartment murder

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Complaint drafted 'entirely on their own,' Whistleblower attorney says

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