The Brandywine Valley Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has begun its animal control partnership with the District, the city's first new animal services contractor in decades.
A Missouri appeals court panel ruled Thursday that the state's Republican governor - and not St. Louis County's Democratic county executive - has the power to appoint a replacement for the county's outgoing prosecuting attorney.
Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the privacy-minded company of deploying its virtual assistant Siri to eavesdrop on people using its iPhone and other trendy devices.
In President-elect Donald Trump's first term, Democrat-led sanctuary cities refused to help with deportations. This time around, they're pondering a more active resistance.
Nearly 200 absentee ballots somehow went uncounted in Wisconsin's liberal capital after the Nov. 5 election, prompting state election officials to launch an investigation Thursday into whether the city clerk broke the law.
Sky watchers and meteor enthusiasts should look out for the Quadrantid meteor shower, which will be unobscured by the moon and most visible in the night sky this weekend.
The archaic computer dispatch system for the nation's largest sheriff's department remained out of commission on Thursday after crashing on New Year's Eve, forcing deputies to handle all calls by radio, authorities said.