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The former city manager of Aurora stole $656,909 from the Wise County town of 2,500 and posed as the town’s auditor as investigators closed in after a suspicious fire this summer destroyed financial records at City Hall, prosecutors say.

Former Fort Worth Police Chief Joel Fitzgerald said Sunday he’s a whistleblower who was fired within hours of meeting with the FBI about city hall corruption.

Airbnb’s CEO said the company was taking actions against unauthorized parties in the wake of a deadly shooting at a Halloween party held at an Airbnb rental home in California.

A fifth victim has succumbed to her injuries Friday after a Halloween party shooting at an Airbnb in Orinda. The victim has been identified as 19-year-old Oshiana Tompkins of Vallejo.

The second-largest city in Massachusetts is sticking with the Oct. 31 date for Halloween celebrations this year. The Worcester City Council made the decision Tuesday.

Residents and city leaders are discussing whether Halloween should take place on a different date.

Worcester is considering permanently moving Halloween to the last Saturday of October instead of Oct. 31 to avoid problems with midweek trick-or-treating. Worcester City Manager Edward Augustus Jr. hopes to discuss the move with local police and school leaders, as well as community, neighborhood and faith-based groups, The Telegram & Gazette reports.

A northern New England city has found a new twist on utility boxes many people drive, bike, or walk past every day — without paying them much attention. “I love it,” beamed Katie O’Brien of South Burlington, Vermont, describing the volunteer project she is overseeing to transform dull and rusty utility boxes into pieces of public art. “If they keep...

Embattled Fall River, Massachusetts, Mayor Jasiel Corriea, who was recently ousted in a city council vote in favor of his removal, was not at a hearing Friday in connection to the latest federal charges he faces.

City councilors in Fall River, Massachusetts, have voted to remove Mayor Jasiel Correia from office temporarily. The Fall River City Council voted 8-to-1 Tuesday night in favor of appointing Council President Cliff Ponte to replace Jasiel Correia temporarily as acting mayor. Correia was arrested after allegedly extorting hundreds of thousands of dollars from marijuana companies.

After luring the Pawtucket Red Sox out of Rhode Island, city officials in Worcester, Massachusetts, hope to do the same with the Boston Celtics’ affiliate in Maine. Worcester officials have been discussing an effort to bring the Maine Red Claws, the Portland-based G League team, to the Heart of the Commonwealth.

An EF-1 tornado pried off the roof of a hotel building on Cape Cod, tore down huge trees and knocked out power for thousands Tuesday in the middle of the high tourism season. However, there were no initial reports of injuries. Emergency crews were fanning out across the Mid-Cape to contend with the damage after the tornado touched down in...

Berkeley is always leading the way when it comes to progressive laws and Wednesday it added another to the list.

A second small Florida city has paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to hackers who took over most of its computer operations, just as a third Florida city reports it had its data breached.

Portland, Maine, is now housing more than 200 asylum seekers who are fleeing countries like Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They’ve crossed into the U.S. through the southern border illegally, but they won’t be deported because they’re trying to escape persecution.

Undaunted by a dangerous journey over thousands of miles, people fleeing economic hardship and human rights abuses in African countries are coming to the U.S.-Mexico border in unprecedented numbers, surprising Border Patrol agents more accustomed to Spanish-speaking migrants. Officials in Texas and even Maine are scrambling to absorb the sharp increase in African migrants. They are coming to America after...

Portland Maine is seeking solutions to a major influx of asylum seekers. This week, more than 150 people have arrived in the city seeking relief from political persecution in their home countries.

Portland Maine is seeking solutions to a major influx of asylum seekers. This week, more than 150 people have arrived in the city seeking relief from political persecution in their home countries.

The victims of America’s latest mass shooting in Virginia Beach, Virginia had been dead for less than a day when police and city officials released a detailed presentation with their names, photos, job titles and the cities or towns in which they lived. Far less was revealed Saturday about the man who authorities say carried out the shootings. There was...

The victims of America’s latest mass shooting in Virginia Beach, Virginia had been dead for less than a day when police and city officials released a detailed presentation with their names, photos, job titles and the cities or towns in which they lived. Far less was revealed Saturday about the man who authorities say carried out the shootings. There was...