The annual Dr. Beach report is out, ranking the 10 best beaches in the U.S. for 2026, from Hawaii to Florida to Cape Cod, while also spotlighting environmental challenges affecting some shorelines.

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A man who experts for both prosecutors and defense attorneys had said was intellectually disabled became the 600th person executed in Texas since 1982, put to death Thursday ...

A North Texas man whom experts for both prosecutors and defense attorneys had said was intellectually disabled became the 600th person executed in Texas since 1982, put to death Thursday evening for ...

A man who wrapped the face of a 77-year-old retired TCU professor from her chin to her eyebrows with 14 layers of duct tape, leaving her to asphyxiate in the trunk of her car, was executed on Thursday ...

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for Texas to carry out its 600th execution on Thursday, May 14. Edward Busby's execution had been on hold for nearly a week after the 5th U.S. Circuit Court ...

The Lee County School Board approved a proposal to transfer ownership of Fort Myers Beach Elementary to the town. The town must reopen the facility as a charter school within three years or the ...

Hazel Lee Ridgely, 90, a longtime sales associate at Dillard’s, died April 26, 2026, at Halifax Health Hospice, Port Orange, surrounded by her loved ones. Lee, of Daytona Beach, was born in Washington ...

Social media food critic Keith Lee visited Laura's II in Lafayette after numerous fan requests. Lee praised the restaurant's customer service, comparing it to being with family. He left a $3,000 tip ...

The Joy Lee Apartments in Carolina Beach, built in 1945, are a rare example of historic architecture in a town dominated by new construction. Builder Grover Lewis, who had no formal training, designed ...

John Lee Hancock is gearing up for the shoot of courtroom drama Monsanto starring with Jonathan Bailey and Laura Dern in Germany. The drama revisiting the real-life legal battle against chemical giant ...