Firefighters are still dousing hot spots after a massive fire at a seven-story apartment building under construction near the University of Maryland
Volunteers are stepping up to accompany people living in the United States illegally to court hearings and meetings with immigration officials in New York, New Mexico and elsewhere
A small Florida town plans to fly a Confederate flag at City Hall this week for Confederate History Day
An unusually large number of luxury condominiums are for sale or available for rent at Trump Tower in Chicago. Real estate professionals tell the Chicago Tribune that almost 11 percent of the building's 486 residential units are for sale
The number of New York City public school students who lived in homeless shelters for at least part of the last school year rose by more than 4,000 from the previous year
Police in Connecticut have cited Fitbit records in an arrest warrant for a 40-year-old man charged with killing his wife in 2015
Transit officials say anti-Semitic graffiti incidents are the top subway bias crime investigated so far this year by the New York Police Department
The family of a New York City firefighter who died after falling five stories while battling a blaze in Queens last week has the support of the city and a charity in helping to pay its debts
For teenagers in treatment for addiction, returning to school means resisting offers to get high with old friends
Two dead leatherback sea turtles have been discovered along South Carolina's coast
Among 10 Things to Know: US government shutdown, health bill rescue at stake in Congress; Arkansas executes 2 inmates on the same gurney, hours apart; Seoul: North Korea holding drill to mark military anniversary
Outdoors retailer L.L. Bean says a systems upgrade is causing shipping delays
Officials say dozens of teens robbed and assaulted passengers on a regional transit train in Oakland over the weekend in an apparently orchestrated attack
A South Carolina man accused in a number of killings won't be allowed to leave jail for his mother's funeral
Half a century ago, Colorado became the first state to allow abortion for reasons other than rape or an imminent threat to a woman's health