State is poised to be the first agency to move forward with RIFs after receiving the Supreme Court's blessing.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s plan to downsize a “bloated” department had been on hold after a court ruling.

The US Department of State on Thursday evening notified its staff that it would “in the coming days” fire hundreds of US-based employees, following this week’s Supreme Court decision allowing Donald Trump’s administration to proceed with mass job cuts across federal agencies.

Using a photo from the city, the state herpetologist identified it as a northern watersnake, a much more common, nonvenomous snake.

Venomous snake warning in Massachusetts city after dogs attacked 02:11. The Attleboro, Massachusetts community is being extra cautious after first responders say a copperhead snak

The Attleboro Fire Department is alerting residents after a venomous snake was reported to have bitten two dogs in the area.

Baltimore Police believe a 45-year-old man was wounded in a shooting Thursday morning in Penn North, just a few blocks away from where officers and medics were tending to a mass overdose. Police said in a news release that they received a ShotSpotter alert on the 1300 block of West North Avenue at about 11:16 a.

At least 25 people were hospitalized Thursday following a “level one” mass overdose event in Baltimore. Baltimore City police and fire officials said paramedics first responded to a 911 call for a single overdose around 9:25 a.

San Bernardino Diocese, the sixth largest in the US, grants Catholics dispensation from mass obligation amid concerns over immigration enforcement actions.