Some home improvement jobs should be left to professionals. Trying to sort out electrics or plumbing without sound expert knowledge can leave your home in a worse state than when you started and cost ...

Pilots told to ‘get off iPad’ and steer away from Air Force One ‘immediately’ Evergreen HS shooting lasted 9 minutes; staff, ...

NEW YORK — Mary Vaughan stands outside of the Brooklyn school where she first served as a poll worker. "This was my first assignment,” Vaughan said. “The reason why I kind of started doing it was, I ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority Board of Directors will meet Thursday afternoon to consider an amended proposal to fix the transit agency's $10 million budget ...

Ontario’s education system is set for a major overhaul, with Education Minister Paul Calandra calling the way school boards operate a “very old model” and promising to announce changes before the end ...

The New Orleans mayoral election comes at a critical juncture for the Sewerage and Water Board, as agency officials warn the board’s distressed infrastructure and uncertain funding pose threats to ...

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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Raleigh, N.C. — The first wave of mailings is now going out to North Carolina voters who need to provide their driver’s license number (DL#) or last four digits of their social security number (SSN4) ...

Woodstock’s town board has reached agreement on repairs to a MacDaniel Road washout, consenting to release $25,000 from capital funds to pay for engineering costs. Councilmember Bennet Ratcliff said ...

SOUTH HADLEY — At its Aug. 12 meeting, the South Hadley Selectboard approved $175,000 in funding to fix the grading on its new pickleball courts at Buttery Brook Park, as long as that funding includes ...

NORTON — Select board members have approved $262,500 for the roof replacement project at the fire station. The money will come from the budget of $300,000 that had already been set aside by the town.