After several consecutive days of intense heat, Con Edison is asking 96,000 of its customers in the southwestern part of Brooklyn to reduce their use of air conditioning and other large appliances today. The utility company said it is reducing the electricity supply by 8% as a way to prevent …

China said on Thursday it still has more than 18,000 people quarantined amid a spike in COVID-19 cases across the country. The admission comes six months after the World Health Organization declared the new coronavirus a global health emergency. Since then, the virus has spread and infected more than 17 …

Three Chicago police officers were shot Thursday morning while detaining a suspected robbery of a violent car outside a police station on the city’s West Side, authorities said. The suspect was also shot after the shooting erupted around 9:40 a.m. in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood, outside the District 25 police …

Four times in the past eight days, California has set COVID-19 death records in a single day. This time, the state erased its previous mark, reporting 193 deaths on Wednesday, 29 more than the previous record set the day before, according to data compiled by this news organization. It also …