Once a prosecutor of serial killers and career criminals, retired Essex County District Attorney John McDonald Sr. died at home Saturday after a brief illness.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has canceled a popular grant program that previously awarded millions of dollars for Hampton Roads projects meant to protect against natural disasters.

An Israeli airstrike has struck the northern gate of a field hospital in the Gaza Strip, killing a medic and wounding nine other people. The strike hit the Kuwaiti Field ...