Narrowing the contestants down. Shit. We’re still only narrowing the contestants down. Tonight’s the night! We go from the arbitrary top 24 to the familiar and understandable top 10! With maybe some extra people! There’s some “wild card” business that’s gonna go down tonight, and I’m not sure how many additional contestants will make it through by the grace of the judges. I hope it’s fewer than ...

Ipswich: Firefighters have today been hailed as heroes after nine people were rescued following a second arson attack on their block of flats in just two weeks.

PRINCETON — With the snow mostly melted from the sidewalks and cornfields of Bureau County, area officials are turning their thoughts to spring and the safeguards people need to take when it comes to severe spring weather.

You are feeling tightness in your chest and are short of breath. Maybe it’s the flight of stairs you just climbed or the colder weather that’s causing it. As an adult with no history of breathing problems, your first question might be, “Are these asthma or COPD symptoms I’m feeling?” Good question. What’s the difference? A simple breathing test (spirometry) is the best way to find out if you ...

Makayla Somers and Ethan Stairs were among the thousands of New Brunswickers who wore pink shirts Wednesday to make more than just a fashion statement.

Darkness, rain and temperatures are falling on Christchurch with people still trapped in buildings crumpled by a massive earthquake, waiting on search and rescue teams to get them out alive.

HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK It began as a competition between sixth-grader Jailen Swinney and a friend: Who could read a book faster? But after finishing Walter Dean Myers' "Monster," a classic young adult novel about a teen on trial for being an accomplice to murder, Swinney had done more than win a race. She had discovered a book whose characters had similar experiences to people ...

Fire alarms went off every day at the Norman Blumberg Apartments - so often that people stopped believing the sound signaled an emergency, residents said.

A dozen people, including nine firefighters, were hurt and scores of residents had to be evacuated today after a 2-alarm fire broke out on the eighth floor of a high-rise public housing apartment building in North Philadelphia.

Former Department of Natural Resources Secretary George Meyer says he's been involved in a lot of situations where law enforcement was needed. He wore a bullet-proof vest himself when monitoring the conservation wardens who were deployed to prevent violence at boat landings during the treaty rights disputes in northern Wisconsin in the 1980s.