A shelter-in-place order was issued Sunday for neighborhoods near a burning fishing vessel in the Hylebos Waterway in Tacoma, Washington, where a "significant explosion" took place and fire conditions have worsened, officials said.
Tesla will open a Megapack battery factory in Shanghai, it said on Sunday, as it doubles down on its investment in China even as political tension rises between Beijing and Washington.
Boston police had an intergalactic encounter after a report about a person carrying a long rifle led them to someone dressed up in a Boba Fett costume.
One person has died and nearly a dozen more were injured after a 13-year-old crashed into two other vehicles while leading police on a chase in a stolen vehicle in California, authorities said.
World Wrestling Entertainment apologized Friday after using footage of Auschwitz, the infamous Nazi concentration and extermination camp, in a promotional spot for a hyped father-son match.
Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal will undergo "routine surgery" on Sunday after he fractured his femur at a University of Connecticut men's basketball victory parade.
The union representing thousands of Los Angeles school workers has voted "overwhelmingly" to approve a new contract with the Los Angeles Unified School District after last month's three-day strike, union officials said in a news release Saturday.
During World War II, the federal government spent more than $1 billion in today's dollars to help provide affordable child care for mothers who entered the workforce in droves to support the war effort.
All Boston residents are now eligible for tuition-free schooling at six community colleges -- regardless of their age, income or immigration status -- under a new plan announced by the city government.
Two police officers and another person were killed in an exchange of gunfire during a traffic stop in northwestern Wisconsin on Saturday, authorities said.
In every tale of the Faustian bargain, there is the moment when the devil collects his payment. For former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Daniel Kelly, that moment came when he lost the election that would have put him back on the court and preserved a 4-3 conservative majority.
Officials are offering a total of $10,000 for information that leads to the arrest of 16-year-old Tahj Brewton, the third suspect sought in connection with the recent shooting deaths of three Florida teenagers.
A Massachusetts woman pleaded guilty on Thursday to manslaughter in the death of her newborn, whose body was discovered by a dog in a gravel pit nearly 40 years ago in Maine, according to the Office of the Maine Attorney General.
