Alexandra E. Petri

As the last full-size Kmart in the continental United States prepares to close, shoppers reminisced about the store that once sold everything, everywhere.

By Alexandra E. Petri

An equipment failure at the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine near Cripple Creek had stranded 12 people who were on a tour underground for hours.

By Alexandra E. Petri

In St. Lucie County on the state’s Atlantic coast, far from where the hurricane made landfall, one sheriff confirmed some loss of life without providing further details after a tornado struck.

By Alexandra E. Petri

Prosecutors said the Montanan illegally used tissue from a sheep from Central Asia and the testicles from a bighorn sheep to make large hybrids that he could sell at premium prices.

By Alexandra E. Petri

He had a long career, but he was most widely recognized for his role as John Taggart in that Eddie Murphy franchise.

By Alexandra E. Petri

The man, Justin Johnson, was sentenced on Thursday in the fatal 2021 shooting of the rapper who was gunned down outside a Memphis cookie shop in broad daylight.

By Alexandra E. Petri

The police said the man tried to escape after the explosion. He is being held without bail, the authorities said.

By Annie Correal and Alexandra E. Petri

The earthquake occurred off the coast of Torishima Island, which is uninhabited, at 8:14 a.m. on Tuesday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. The advisory was lifted at 11 a.m.

By Alexandra E. Petri and Hisako Ueno

Leslie Boileau, a sheriff’s deputy in Marion County, Fla., said that he had “accidentally discharged” a loaded gun at his girlfriend, as they were cleaning and dry-firing guns during a lesson.

By Alexandra E. Petri

The charges are part of a sprawling investigation into more than 60 threats targeting schools in 23 counties since a mass shooting on Sept. 4 in Georgia in which four people were killed at a high school.

By Alexandra E. Petri