CT lawmakers are considering banning the use of legacy and donor preferences in admissions to all colleges and universities across the state, public and private.

The Washington Bridge in Providence County, Rhode Island, which connects the state’s capital to the opposite side of the Seekonk River, will be demolished.

New York authorities are set to crack down on so-called “ghost cars,” vehicles deliberately equipped with illegitimate license plates to avoid tolls and tickets.

University of Arizona President Robert Robbins is expected to take a voluntary pay cut as the school looks to rein in its spending amid a financial crisis.

University of Arizona President Robert Robbins is expected to take a voluntary pay cut as the school looks to rein in its spending amid a financial crisis.

Maine is discontinuing its iconic “chickadee” license plates, first introduced in 1999, to make way for a newer, simpler design featuring an homage to the state’s old flag.

A local Oakland claims he was assaulted by a member of Mayor Sheng Thao’s private security team during a tense press conference Wednesday morning.

Police in West Virginia are reportedly investigating a traffic stop during which state Transportation Secretary Jimmy Wriston was not cited after being pulled over for erratic driving.

A man sentenced to life in prison for a 2018 shooting has been granted a new trial because he was denied the right to a “properly constituted jury” after a post-deliberation shakeup.

New Hampshire faces around 1,200 lawsuits alleging abuse going back decades against juveniles at the Sununu Youth Services Center. Lawmakers established a fund as an alternative to litigation.

Atlanta city officials on Monday voted to ban right turns at red lights at certain intersection in neighborhoods where there is heavy pedestrian traffic.

The attorney representing suspended Magisterial District Judge Sonya McKnight denies charges of her responsibility for the non-fatal shooting of her estranged boyfriend.

Plans for a new medical school were approved Tuesday for the University of Georgia’s Athens campus by the school systems’s Board of Regents.

Democrat Pennsylvania State Rep. Kevin Boyle is under investigation after a video posted to social media showed him berating a bartender and threatening to shut down a restaurant.

Coroner Wavis Jordan of Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, has been criminally charged after allegedly stealing money from a dead person and misstating causes of death.

Megan Hoffmann Kolb is suing Wisconsin prison officials over the suicide of her father, Dean Hoffmann, in solitary confinement last year.

Los Angeles’ civilian Board of Police Commissioners on Wednesday unanimously selected Assistant Chief Dominic Choi to serve as the LAPD’s interim chief.

Federal officials released a report Wednesday claiming the overwhelmingly fossil fuel-dependent Puerto Rico will be able to fully transition to clean energy by 2050.