A hatchet-waving man led police on a 20-mile chase through several Massachusetts towns before eventually being boxed in by state and local police cruisers, officials said. It all began Monday afternoon when a Rochester police officer responded to a report of a person with a hatchet, acting erratically. When the… Read More

Racist language in old tweets from the freshly crowned Miss Teen USA is just the latest controversy for the Miss Universe Organization, which suffered a round of turmoil last year over then-owner Donald Trump’s inflammatory comments against Mexicans. The new flap came over the weekend, shortly after 18-year-old Texan Karlie… Read More

The Boston Police Department has unveiled an $89,000 ice cream truck as the newest addition to its patrol fleet. The truck, adorned with balloons and Boston police decals, was introduced Monday at police headquarters in the city’s Roxbury neighborhood. It will be used as part of “Operation Hoodsie Cup,” a… Read More

A woman who was recently released from prison in Oregon robbed a bank in Wyoming only to throw the cash up in the air outside the building and sit down to wait for police, authorities said Friday. Investigators say 59-year-old Linda Patricia Thompson told them she wanted to go back… Read More

One of the last people who would have predicted Jimmy Walker’s win in the PGA Championship at Baltusrol was the man himself. Though Walker felt some improvement last week at the Canadian Open, he’d struggled much of the year, particularly in the majors. And he’d never really come close to… Read More

After leaping from an airplane, Luke Aikins rocketed toward earth for two minutes, and then calmly flipped onto his back at the last second and landed in a 100-by-100-foot net in California. Cheers rose from those who gathered at the Big Sky movie ranch on the outskirts of Simi Valley… Read More

An 8-year-old boy with a rare, genetic, developmental disease has died a day after being made an honorary Marine. Jerimiah Gillette, tells KABC-TV and the Marine Corps Times that his son, Wyatt, died Sunday. Wyatt was honored with a formal ceremony Saturday at Camp Pendleton near San Diego, where his… Read More

The picturesque Main Street of Ellicott City, Maryland, faces a months-long recovery that could cost hundreds of millions of dollars after devastating flooding that damaged nearly every home and business along the road, officials said. Two people were killed when the town about 14 miles west of Baltimore took on… Read More

Visitors to the birthplace of America can soon climb aboard a life-size Revolutionary era privateer ship in the heart of the city’s historic district, while staying firmly planted on land. Builders working with the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia are crafting half of a ship — which at… Read More