Eight-time Grammy-nominated gospel singer Richard Smallwood has died at 77. His representative announced that Smallwood ...

Dan Chalk is managing editor of the Midland Daily News. He was born in Midland and graduated from Midland High School in 1989 ...

From Sanford Lake’s return to downtown road projects, new openings and a Renaissance Festival, 2026 is set to be a year of ...

Hong Kong rang in 2026 without fireworks over Victoria Harbor after a massive fire in November killed at least 161 people.

President Donald Trump made a lot of tariff threats and trade promises this year. And while many led to a barrage of new ...

The U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission wants to turn America’s 250th birthday celebration into the country’s single biggest ...

Zohran Mamdani will become mayor of New York City as the clock ticks over into 2026 — but the celebrations are set to last ...

Environmental journalist Tatiana Schlossberg, the granddaughter of the late President John F. Kennedy, has died. Her family ...

Athens and Nicosia are starting 2026 by turning down the volume on New Year’s celebrations. The capitals of Greece and Cyprus are replacing traditional high-decibel fireworks with ...

Authorities have identified a swimmer who went missing after a shark attack off the Northern California coast. Erica Fox, an open ocean swimmer from Pebble Beach, was found dead Saturday south ...

Forty-thousand oysters, lobster worth $400,000 and a cache of crabmeat all were stolen in separate recent incidents in New England. The first seafood heist took place Nov. 22 in Falmouth, Maine, ...

California will begin 2026 with nearly a quarter of the snow needed to reach peak snowpack levels for the spring. Angelique Fabbiani-Leon, a state hydrometeorologist for the Department of ...