Governor Kathy Hochul defended New York City's response to the Legionnaires' outbreak after officials confirmed the death toll had risen to five.

Island communities off the coast of North Carolina are bracing for flooding ahead of the year's first Atlantic hurricane, Hurricane Erin.

A man who made Sebastopol and its people part of his extended family for 34 years, Jeffrey Edelheit died Aug. 14. He was 72.