Asbestos closes Chesapeake school - Lynchburg News and Advance

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) — A Chesapeake school has been closed after air quality tests found elevated levels of asbestos. Crestwood Middle School was evacuated Tuesday and its 620 students were taken to Oscar Smith High School. Chesapeake schools ...

Heavy rain causing flooding across South - Forbes

Heavy rain across the South on Wednesday caused flooding, school and road closures and a landslide that destroyed a home in North Carolina. Thousands of people lost power across the Carolinas as a cold front swept the region with wind and rain, and a ...

Israel, Hamas briefly hold fire to allow Gaza aid - Reuters

GAZA (Reuters) - Hundreds of embattled Palestinians ventured outside to shop for food on Wednesday during a three-hour Gaza truce, a first step toward an Egyptian-proposed ceasefire under discussion by Israel and Hamas. "Food and milk -- what else ...

Alleged rapist coach Villa released on bracelet - Boston Herald

D isgraced, ex-Walpole football coach Daniel Villa was released from custody this afternoon on an electronic monitoring anklet to a home in a yet undisclosed town outside Walpole. The once-great New England Patriots [ team stats ] tackle posted $7 ...

Red Sox: longtime scout Sczesny dies - Boston Globe

BOSTON— Boston Red Sox scout Matt Sczesny, credited with signing Mo Vaughn, John Valentin and Bob Stanley, has died. The team announced Monday night that the 76-year-old Sczesny died Sunday in Long Island, N.Y., after battling cancer. He had ...