Missouri governor commutes sentence of white police officer convicted of fatally shooting Black man
Missouri’s governor has commuted the sentence of a white Kansas City police officer who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in…
Report alleges Coast Guard leaders kept sexual assault investigation secret
A new report by a congressional subcommittee accused former top Coast Guard officials of hiding a yearslong investigation into sexual…
University of California campuses resolve discrimination complaints stemming from Gaza protests
The U.S. Department of Education said Friday it has reached an agreement with the University of California system resolving complaints…
Arizona agency takes action to regulate groundwater use in rural southeast
The director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources has determined that it’s necessary to regulate the use of groundwater…
Biden and the first lady bring holiday cheer to patients and families at a children’s hospital
President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, brought some holiday cheer to patients and families at a children’s hospital in…
Men who were lynched more than a century ago are innocent, judge finds
Three Black men who were lynched by mobs in Virginia during the 1800s and early 1900s have been declared innocent…
Texas day care teacher killed when cars crash into play area
Authorities say a teacher at a San Antonio-area day care was killed when one car accelerated into another in a…
Minneapolis softens law on obstructing abortion clinics in response to free-speech lawsuit
Minneapolis has softened an ordinance that prohibited obstructing entrances and driveways to abortion clinics after anti-abortion activists sued to challenge…
Tennessee’s GOP governor is pardoning 43 more people. He stresses it’s not like what Biden did
Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee says he is pardoning 43 people who have served out their sentences in what he…
Homeland Security agent pleads not guilty to drug distribution conspiracy charge
A Department of Homeland Security agent who the FBI says conspired with another agent to sell an illicit drug known…