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Reporters Kevin Cullen and Shelley Murphy, who covered Bulger for years for The Boston Globe, have a new book out about the career criminal. Bulger was wanted for 19 murders when he was captured by the FBI in 2011. He faces trial in June.

At 19, the heroine of Isabel Allende's florid, frenzied Maya's Notebook is in a tailspin of drugs, prostitution and crime. Sent by her grandmother to hide out with an old friend on an island off Chile, she finds love and redemption. Reviewer Mary Pols doesn't buy it.

The Senate voted 77 to 19 to start the process for considering a stop-gap spending bill with funding for Ukraine and disaster relief. Even if the Senate is able to pass it, House action is unclear.

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification issued a new report that concluded that the entire population in the Gaza Strip, more than 2 million, face serious food insecurity as war continues.

Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks officially opened the Quarry Trails Metro Park in 2021. The ambitious project transformed the abandoned Marble Cliff Quarry and one of the park’s main attractions is its waterfall, Millikin Falls.

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said in a televised national address that there is a high risk of more radioactivity leaking from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. He ordered everyone within 20 kilometers (about 12 miles) to evacuate and everyone within 30 kilometers (about 19 miles) to remain inside.

Common Pleas Court Judge Angelo Foglietta in Pennsylvania — ruling after Musk’s lawyers said the winners are paid spokespeople and not chosen by chance — did not immediately explain his reasoning.

President-elect Donald Trump has said his tariffs will raise revenues, boost U.S. jobs, and help stop the drug trade. But some of these goals are at odds with the others.

The officer involved was previously under scrutiny for punching a man in the face during an arrest in 2023. The city recently settled a federal civil rights lawsuit involving that case.

During a hearing on Wednesday, Judge Dale Ho questioned federal prosecutors over their decision to suspend criminal charges against Mayor Eric Adams. Judge Ho's ruling is expected soon.