Baltimore, brought low by crime, uses a new approach to begin a turnaround

As a high school student in Baltimore, Sean made a mistake that changed the course of his life. A smart kid with good grades, Sean got into a fight that put another student in the hospital with life-threatening injuries. Sean, who was 18 when he went on trial, spent the next four years in prison … Read more

FEMA resumes disaster mitigation program following judge’s order on lawsuit brought by Democratic-led states

The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Wednesday opened applications for a major resilience grant program that the agency canceled last year, less than three weeks after a federal judge ordered FEMA to make the funding available. FEMA will make $1 billion available for the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program, which helps states, local governments, … Read more

The ferocity of the downpour that brought the latest Hawaii flooding surprised even meteorologists

HONOLULU — Crews on Tuesday began evaluating damage from a surprise downpour that sent floodwaters raging through a neighborhood near downtown Honolulu — the latest bout in a series of storms and flooding that have pummeled the state over the past two weeks. Residents along Oahu’s North Shore, famous for its big wave surfing, were … Read more

Man accused of tricking hundreds of teens into sending him pornographic images is brought to US

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Bangladeshi man accused of using social media to trick teenage girls into sending him sexually explicit images — and then threatening to share them with their friends and family if they didn’t send more — has been transported to Alaska to face federal charges of child sexual exploitation. Zobaidul Amin, 28, … Read more