BALTIMORE — Several Eastern Shore hospitals have reinstated masking mandates this week, joining a growing number of health care centers in Maryland reporting unusually high numbers of influenza cases.

On Friday, TidalHealth announced that protective masking is required at its locations, which include TidalHealth Peninsula Regional in ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Mayor Kaohly Her launched a new era of leadership in St. Paul with an inaugural pledge to fight both national and local challenges, from what she described as a “hostile” federal administration to a billion dollars in city maintenance needs.

And she plans to do that while keeping residents’ concerns at the forefront.

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CHICAGO — Elizabeth Branske rescheduled her first date with her now-wife, Melissa Nunez, three times before they met up at Emporium Arcade Bar in Logan Square two years ago.

The wait ended up being worth it, though, Branske said. It was the most fun she’d ever had on a first date. Nunez wasn’t intimidated by her competitiveness at games,...Read more

Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a new Office of Mass Engagement Friday to foster community participation as he looks to retain the grassroots momentum that helped him win in November.

The mayor, who was formally sworn in at a chilly New Year's Day ceremony on Thursday, said he wants New Yorkers to help him in advocating for his affordability ...Read more

BOSTON — A Massachusetts commission overseeing law enforcement in the state has suspended the certification of Boston Police Officer Ricardo Alexandre.

Alexandre was arrested by a different police agency on Tuesday, according to a Boston Police Department spokesman. The Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Commission ...Read more

With Connecticut officials speculating more than a dozen people have died out in the cold in the past two months, advocates are calling for more resources to help the rising number of unhoused in the state.

Citing a 45% increase in the unhoused population in the state, a scarcity of resources and an affordable housing crisis, the homeless ...Read more

BRADENTON, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed College Football Hall of Fame coach and sportscaster Urban Meyer to fill a seat on the New College of Florida’s Board of Trustees.

The appointment is one of three that DeSantis announced in a press release on Tuesday. DeSantis also reappointed Mark Bauerlein and Debra Jenks, who currently serves...Read more

President Donald Trump suggested the U.S. is ready to aid protesters in Iran if authorities crack down on the unrest, prompting a top Iranian official to threaten retaliation against U.S. forces in the region.

Trump’s comments in an early-morning Truth Social post — including a warning that the U.S. is “locked and loaded and ready to go�...Read more

An 18-year-old from Mint Hill planned to use knives and hammers to kill people in a grocery store and fast-food restaurant in an ISIS-inspired New Year’s Eve attack, U.S. Attorney Russ Ferguson said Friday.

FBI agents foiled Christian Sturdivant’s plans and charged him with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist ...Read more

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked Ukraine’s head of military intelligence to become his chief of staff, filling one of the country’s most influential positions after Andriy Yermak stepped down amid a corruption scandal.

Zelenskyy offered the post of head of the presidential office to Kyrylo Budanov, the Ukrainian leader said Friday on ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Irene Blair was expected to have another six to eight months to live in June, after her pancreatic cancer rapidly advanced to stage 4 less than a year after her initial diagnosis.

A new drug being tested in clinical trials around the world, including at Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center, was the 59-year-old grandmother ...Read more

In his first public comments since his father died in a Gaston County house fire this week, NASCAR star driver Denny Hamlin thanked the community Wednesday for its support.

“Thank you to everyone who has reached out with condolences on my father’s passing,” Hamlin said on the social media site X.

He also provided a brief update on his ...Read more

NEW YORK — Despite a last-minute shakeup, Eric Adams managed in his final hours as mayor to install a fourth new appointee on the city’s the Rent Guidelines Board as part of an effort to derail one of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s core campaign promises, the Daily News has learned.

Earlier this month, Adams made four new appointments to the RGB ...Read more

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked Ukraine’s head of military intelligence to become his chief of staff, filling one of the country’s most influential positions after Andriy Yermak stepped down amid a corruption scandal.

Zelenskyy offered the post of head of the presidential office to Kyrylo Budanov, the Ukrainian leader said Friday on ...Read more

Many of those injured in the deadly fire that engulfed a bar in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana during New Year celebrations are fighting for their lives, as officials started investigating the tragedy.

The official death toll remains at 40, but 119 others were injured in the blaze, which Swiss President Guy Parmelin has described as “...Read more

President Donald Trump suggested the U.S. is ready to aid protesters in Iran if authorities crack down on the unrest, prompting a top Iranian official to threaten retaliation against U.S. forces in the region.

Trump’s comments in an early-morning Truth Social post — including a warning that the U.S. is “locked and loaded and ready to go�...Read more

NEW YORK — Former New York City Mayor Eric Adams responded to Andy Cohen’s drunken New Years Eve rant, accusing the Bravo host of having a drinking problem he needs to address.

“My response to @Andy: AA,” Adams wrote in a post on X Thursday evening.

“Another sloppy drunken rant,” he continued. “If anyone actually cares about him,...Read more

Venezuelans awoke Friday to mounting reports that a narrow stretch of coastline near its border with Colombia may have been the target of a U.S. military strike — a move that would mark a sharp escalation in Washington’s pressure campaign against the Nicolás Maduro regime.

The suspected strike occurred in the western reaches of the Gulf of...Read more