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COVID-19 is arguably one of the reasons it took so long for the feds to take former Ald. Ed Burke to trial in the first place. The FBI raided his offices five years ago this week. Criminal charges followed in 2019, but the pandemic helped scuttle plans to begin the…

Ella Henderson was playing with friends when decaying willow collapsed at Gosforth Park First School, Newcastle

Election officials in Arizona and Mississippi said glitches in their systems didn't prevent people from voting despite allegations otherwise.

Councillors will be asked next week to approve Dr Helen Paterson as the council's new boss, but one representative has called her proposed salary 'eye-wateringly high'

Awards totalling £10,000 aim to support up and coming actors in the city

Models used to predict flooding are based on long-term, historical records that do not reflect changes to the climate over the past decade, scientists say..

Some weather experts say the recent flooding that devastated Yellowstone National Park underscores an urgent need to update how the government issues forecasts as extreme weather becomes more frequent

Visitors will be treated to a 45-minute tour when the massive project is finished

"We would have a concern that this places an onus on parents."