The county saw a significant increase in high-risk clients with mental illness with inadequate staff and funding - fallout from dysfunction at the Oregon State Hospital, a new suit alleges.

At 10:34 a.m. on Thursday, the NWS Newport/Morehead City NC issued a beach hazards statement in effect until 8 p.m. for West Carteret.

At dawn on June 1, gunfire shattered the stillness of Mali's military base in Boulkessi. Waves of jihadist insurgents from an al-Qaeda-linked group stormed the camp, catching newly deployed soldiers off guard.

Australia had set a target of 204 — tricky, but achievable, as West Indies sought to claim a morale-boosting consolation victory. Already 2-0 down in their three-Test series, West Indies were demolished for just 27, the second-lowest total in Test history after New Zealand’s 26 against England 70 years ago.

Almost two weeks after a 17-year-old girl was stabbed 14 times in West Seattle, two teenagers pleaded not guilty in court on Monday. They both were charged last week with first-degree assault. Aleighna Herzog, 17, was charged in King County Superior Court, while a 15-year-old was charged in juvenile court.

U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee says Israel should "aggressively investigate the murder of Saif Mussallet" in the occupied West Bank.

The state’s first animal case of West Nile virus for this year has been confirmed in a goat in Lunenburg, and the Worcester County town was elevated to moderate risk, Massachusetts public health officials said Tuesday.

If a 1960s-era dam in the Yankee Springs Recreation Area failed, it would wash out a road, officials say. Locals are pushing for another solution that doesn't involve lowering the lake level.

Thousands of residents near Gretna lost power Thursday morning as a tropical disturbance in the Gulf began dumped rain across south Louisiana.