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11 hours agoEx-officer’s trial in Floyd’s death shows courtroom tacticsThe murder trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death has introduced viewers from around the world to a vast array of defense and prosec...
8 hours agoMaryland lawmakers override vetoes on sweeping police reformMaryland lawmakers have overridden Gov. Larry Hogan's vetoes of three extensive police reform measures.
14 hours agoTexas Rep. Crenshaw temporarily blinded after eye surgeryTexas Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw says he has undergone surgery on his eye and will be virtually sightless for a month.
13 hours ago‘Clear the Capitol,’ Pence pleaded, timeline of riot showsNew details from the deadly riot of Jan. 6 are in a previously undisclosed document prepared by the Pentagon for internal use.
13 hours agoLawmakers seek long-term limit on governors' emergency powerState lawmakers across the U.S. are taking actions to limit the emergency powers of governors — not just in the current coronavirus pandemic, but for any future emergenci...
16 hours agoMore Black Americans open to vaccines after outreach effortsMore Black Americans say they are open to taking the coronavirus vaccine.
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1 day agoWisconsin Supreme Court says don't purge voters from rollsThe Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that the state elections commission should not remove from the rolls voters flagged as possibly having moved, something conservative...
1 day agoFlorida woman who coughed on cancer patient gets 30 days in jailA Florida woman whose image went viral when she deliberately coughed on a customer at a Pier 1 store last year in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic has been sentenced...
1 day agoConey Island attractions reopen after losing year to virus Coney Island’s illustrious amusement parks have reopened after the coronavirus pandemic shuttered them all last year.
1 day agoEXPLAINER: What the release of 2020 census numbers meansAfter a decade of planning and a head count that was challenged by an unprecedented pandemic, the U.S. Census Bureau is releasing the first numbers from the 2020 census b...
1 day agoWest Virginia weighs income tax cut to stem population lossWest Virginia is about to lose another congressional seat because of its steady population decline.
1 day agoSlain South Carolina doctor wrote of faith, life's fragilityAuthorities are trying to figure out why former NFL player Phillip Adams shot and killed a prominent South Carolina doctor, three of his family members and a repairman be...
2 days agoPolicy changes help drive US migrant crossings to new highsComplex forces are driving an increase in the number of migrant families and unaccompanied children coming to the U.S. Many say President Joe Biden's positions on immigra...
2 days agoEXPLAINER: What is excited delirium?The attorney for the officer on trial in George Floyd’s death has raised the concept of excited delirium as testimony examines whether reasonable force was used on Floyd.
2 days agoTrump-loving Alabama county faces uphill vaccination effortStatistics show that Winston County ranks last in terms of people who have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19 in Alabama, which has the country’s lowest inoculation rate.
2 days agoEXPLAINER: Is the US border with Mexico in crisis?Nearly 19,000 children traveling alone were stopped at the Mexican border in March, smashing previous highs set during periods of heavy child migration in 2014 and 2019.
2 days agoNumber of kids alone at border hits all-time high in MarchU.S. authorities say they picked up nearly 19,000 children traveling alone across the Mexican border in March.
2 days agoPandemic-weary chefs, cooks enjoy serving from homeBeaten down by the pandemic, some laid-off or idle restaurant workers have pivoted to dishing out food with a taste of home.
2 days agoStudents lead US push for fuller Black history educationMany educators in the U.S. say they’ve heard a demand from students for fuller Black history lessons beyond what was already offered.
2 days agoNew film follows 2 zombie moviemakers with Down syndromeTwo young men who caused a sensation four years ago when they created their own gory zombie movie are back, this time in a documentary championed by a Hollywood luminary.
2 days agoMan faces charge after Chicago road rage shooting wounds boyCook County prosecutors say the man driving a car carrying a toddler who was wounded during a shooting on Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive this week did not exchange gunfire wi...
2 days agoNortham endorses predecessor McAuliffe for Virginia governorDemocratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is backing Terry McAuliffe in the race to succeed him, handing his predecessor one of the contest’s most coveted endorsements.
2 days agoAre some COVID-19 vaccines more effective than others?COVID-19 vaccines rolling out around the world weren't compared to each other in studies, so it's hard to tell how they might differ in effectiveness.
2 days agoBiden seems ready to extend US troop presence in AfghanistanPresident Joe Biden appears ready to let lapse a May 1 deadline for completing a withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.
2 days agoInterior secretary steps into Utah public lands tug-of-warU.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland is visiting Utah as she prepares to submit a review on national monuments in the state.
2 days agoInside secret Syria talks aimed at freeing American hostagesTalks between U.S. and Syrian officials last summer over the fate of journalist Austin Tice and other American hostages foundered over conditions laid out by Damascus and...
