A reward is being offered for information in the shooting death of a beloved Auburn High School senior killed just weeks before graduate. Delvin Tarver, 18, was in a SUV when he was struck by gunfire in the parking lot of the CVS on Baskin Street in Union Springs around 12:43 a.m. Saturday. Central Alabama Crime Stoppers on Tuesday announced a $1,000 reward for information leading to the identity and arrest of a suspect or suspects in the case. Union Springs police Lt. Gary Lewis said the shooting happened where...

A project that was billed as the Baltimore’s first “zero-energy” development is mired in a contract dispute as the buildings intended for revitalization stand vacant along West North Avenue. A newly filed lawsuit in federal court reveals an ongoing conflict between the project’s developer and Frankenmuth Insurance Co., which issued a $3.5 million performance bond for the contractor hired for the job. The general contractor, Modern Builders LLC, is not named as a defendant but is accused in the complaint of performing substandard work and failing to meet the project...

Dua Lipa left fans levitating with her 2024 Met Gala look! The pop star, 28, stepped out in style at the annual prestigious event at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday, May 6. This year's Met Gala, featuring the dress code “The Garden of Time," marks Lipa's third time at the event — but she pulled up in her sexiest look yet! Lipa teamed up with Marc Jacobs on a getup that showed a hint of skin but delivered an extremely sexy statement. On top, the "Dance...

Alaska officials on Monday unveiled a new statewide education campaign on the dangers of fentanyl in the wake of a record increase in overdose deaths. The campaign, called “One Pill Can Kill,” will aim to educate Alaskans about the dangers posed by even a single dose of fentanyl, which the Drug Enforcement Administration says has infiltrated supplies of almost all illicit drugs. At a press conference held at the state crime lab in Anchorage on Monday, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan called the campaign an “all-hands-on-deck effort to save Alaskan lives.”...

Here’s a little public service announcement: If someone tells you they just won the lottery but needs your help collecting the money, don’t hand them $20,000 in cash for nothing more than a promise that they’ll return. Police in Newark have opened an investigation because a local woman learned that lesson the hard way. It all started on the afternoon of Feb. 28, when she was approached by a group of people in a vehicle who told her they just won $1 million through the lottery but there was a...

Tragedy can inspire those who live in its shadows to pave a path to progress and compassion. Deborah Adler, born into a family of Holocaust refugees and herself an eyewitness to the 9/11 terror attacks, found a way to build a better bottle. An artist and graphic designer with an entrepreneurial spirit, Adler created the ClearRx prescription system while a graduate student at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Millions of Americans today are safer because of her rare combination of professions: artist, technician and entrepreneur. MEET...