2 hours agoEx-cop's video captures crowd's horror during Floyd arrestNewly released body-camera video from a third officer involved in George Floyd’s arrest captures for the first time the growing horror of onlookers who repeatedly pleaded...
1 hour agoMore US churches sue to challenge COVID-19 restrictionsChurches in California and Minnesota are challenging state pandemic restrictions in court, contending that they are violations of religious liberty.
5 hours agoAttacks, pandemic a 'gut punch' for famed Chicago district Store owners in and around Chicago's Michigan Avenue are asking themselves if of the economics and reputation of one America’s most prestigious shopping districts can reb...
8 hours agoPrivate prison industry backs Trump, prepares if Biden winsSpeaking to investors last week, the founder of the private prison company GEO Group predicted his company would rebound after the November election.
8 hours agoFlag-draped coffins of troops from sunken tank sent to DoverThe flag-draped coffins carrying the remains of seven Marines and a sailor who died after a seafaring tank sank off the coast of Southern California last month have arriv...
7 hours agoFederal appeals court: Male-only draft is constitutionalA federal appeals court has upheld the constitutionality of the all-male military draft system.
9 hours agoDistrust of authority fuels virus misinformation for LatinosFalse claims and conspiracy theories, ranging from bogus cures to the idea that the coronavirus is a hoax, have dogged efforts to control the pandemic from the beginning.
16 minutes agoCrews try to tame California wildfire as heat wave arrivesLight winds and scattered thundershowers early Thursday are helping calm the flames of a huge wildfire that prompted evacuations north of Los Angeles.
1 day agoNo prosecution for many arrested at Portland's protestsPeople who have been arrested in Portland since late May on non-violent misdemeanor charges during the protests that have racked Oregon’s largest city for months won’t be...
1 day agoInterest in homeschooling has ‘exploded’ amid pandemicAs parents nationwide prepare to help their children with more distance learning, a small but quickly growing number are deciding to take matters entirely into their own ...
1 day agoHe set out to mobilize Latino voters. Then the virus hit. The coronavirus is disrupting Latinos’ long climb up the political ladder.
2 days agoGroup sues police for any videos of man's fatal shootingA conservative legal group has sued a Maryland police department for copies of any body camera videos of the fatal shooting of a man whose family says he was asleep when ...
2 days agoPsychiatrist can present findings in newspaper shooting caseA judge has ruled a psychiatrist retained by prosecutors can testify about his findings on whether a man who killed five people at a Maryland newspaper was legally sane.
2 days agoLack of body cameras fuels suspicion in Chicago shootingThe Chicago Police Department is facing new questions about accountability after acknowledging that officers who shot a black man were not wearing body cameras.
2 days agoElite public schools in Virginia, elsewhere seek diversityOfficials in several states are considering major changes to the way the nation's top-rated public high schools admit students.
2 days agoCosby sex assault appeal takes on non-prosecution dealBill Cosby's lawyers are arguing in a new appeals filing that it was “fundamentally unfair” to let prosecutors use Cosby's damaging deposition from a sex accuser's lawsui...
3 days agoMany landmark restaurants, bars won’t reopen after virusLa Tropicana Cafe has been a cornerstone of Tampa’s historic Latin-influenced Ybor City neighborhood since the 1960s, well known as a gathering spot for politicians rangi...
3 days agoHundreds ransack downtown Chicago businesses after shootingHundreds of people smashed windows, stole from stores and clashed with police in Chicago’s Magnificent Mile shopping district and other parts of the city’s downtown.
3 days ago55 years after riots, Watts section of LA still bears scarsThe Los Angeles community of Watts has been associated with an uprising in 1965 that led to burned-down buildings and bloodshed.
3 days agoHate crime victim arrested at protest won't be prosecutedOfficials say rampaging protesters in Portland launched commercial grade fireworks at police in another night of Oregon rioting and even used a mortar in their attacks.
4 hours agoSchools mull outdoor classes amid virus, ventilation worriesMany U.S. schools have poor air circulation, which will exacerbate the coronavirus threat when some of them reopen this month.
Native mascots still a sticking point in high school sportsAdvocates have made strides in getting Native American symbols and names changed in sports, but they say more work needs to be done mainly at the high school level.
3 days agoPuerto Rico halts primary voting in centers lacking ballotsPuerto Rico’s historic primaries are being marred by a lack of voting materials in a majority of centers across the U.S. territory that forced frustrated voters who brave...
No parties, no trips: Colleges set COVID-19 rules for fallU.S. colleges are asking returning students to promise to help contain the coronavirus.
US tops 5 million confirmed virus cases, to Europe's alarmAmerica's failure so far to contain the spread of the coronavirus as it moves across the country has been met with astonishment and alarm on both sides of the Atlantic.
Riot declared as fire burns in Portland police union officesProtesters were back on the streets of Portland, Oregon, as violent demonstrations continued over the weekend in the city that had hoped for calm after federal agents wit...
Body removed months after hotel collapsed under constructionCrews have recovered the body of one of two construction workers that became trapped nearly 10 months ago in the collapse of a Hard Rock Hotel under construction in New O...
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine again tests negative for coronavirusThe fourth COVID-19 test result for Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine came back negative Saturday after the governor received conflicting positive and negative results ahead of a sch...
