Uvalde families renew demands for police to face charges after a scathing Justice Department report
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Families of the children and teachers killed in the Uvalde, Texas, school massacre are renewing demands for criminal charges after a scathing Justice Department report again laid bare numerous failures by police during
Small plane that crashed off California coast was among a growing number of home-built aircraft
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A small airplane that crashed into the ocean off the California coast on Sunday was constructed piece by piece over nearly a decade, one of tens of thousands of home-built aircraft that are
Man cleared in a 1996 Brooklyn killing said for decades he knew who did it. Prosecutors now agree
NEW YORK (AP) — A man who served 14 years in prison for a deadly 1990s shooting was exonerated Thursday after prosecutors said they now believe the killer was an acquaintance he has implicated for decades. “I
An Oregon teen saw 3 people die after they slid on ice into a power line. Then she went to help
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Majiah Washington noticed a flash outside her home this week in Portland, where a dangerous storm had coated the city with ice. Opening her blinds, she saw a red SUV with a downed
South Korea calls on divided UN council ‘to break the silence’ on North Korea’s tests and threats
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — South Korea called on the divided U.N. Security Council on Thursday “to break the silence” over North Korea’s escalating missile tests and threats. “It’s a big question,” South Korea’s U.N. Ambassador Hwang Joonkook
After Taiwan’s election, its new envoy to the US offers assurances to Washington and Beijing
WASHINGTON (AP) — Taiwan’s top diplomat in Washington has a message for both the island’s Chinese adversaries and its American friends: Don’t worry that Taiwan’s new president-elect will worsen relations with Beijing and possibly draw the U.S.
Lawsuit in Chicago is the latest legal fight over Texas moving migrants to U.S. cities
CHICAGO (AP) — A Texas transportation company is taking the nation’s third largest city to federal court, ratcheting up a legal battle over the migrant crisis that’s left U.S. cities struggling for more than a year. The
9/11 victim’s remains identified nearly 23 years later as Long Island man
NEW YORK (AP) — The remains of a Long Island man killed at the World Trade Center on 9/11 have been identified more than two decades after the 2001 attacks, the New York City medical examiner’s office
Nearly 30 years later, family of slain California college student sues school for wrongful death
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) — The family of a California college student who vanished nearly three decades ago sued the school on Thursday, alleging it caused Kristin Smart’s murder through negligence. Smart, then 19, disappeared from
California court ruling could threaten key source of funding for disputed giant water tunnel project
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California judge says a nearly 65-year-old law does not give the state permission to borrow the billions of dollars it would need to build a large water project, a decision that could