Hawks, butterflies and a song for her murdered son help Georgia mom reclaim joy after killings
ROSWELL, Ga. (AP) — A hawk swooped in and landed on a tree, then watched as Michele and Jeremy Davis mourned their murdered son at a vigil outside his high school. It was one day after their
Universities are facing big cuts to research funding. At Duke, it’s a time for ‘damage control’
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Facing the potential loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding, Duke University is preparing for the worst. Like research universities around the United States, the private school in North Carolina’s
Alabama minor is jailed with adults pre-trial in violation of federal law
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Djovani Jean-Pierre spent his 17th birthday in a small county jail in rural northern Alabama, where he has languished for more than half the school year awaiting trial. On the advice of his
Republicans try to go it alone on government funding as shutdown deadline nears
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are looking to do what, for them, is almost unheard of —- approving government funding on their terms with little help from Democrats. Speaker Mike Johnson is teeing up a bill that
US economic worries mount as Trump implements tariffs, cuts workforce and freezes spending
WASHINGTON (AP) — With his flurry of tariffs, government layoffs and spending freezes, there are growing worries President Donald Trump may be doing more to harm the U.S. economy than to fix it. The labor market remains
Violent and sudden. What a firing squad execution looked like through my eyes
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — I’ve now watched through glass and bars as 11 men were put to death at a South Carolina prison. None of the previous 10 prepared me for watching the firing squad death of
Tribes, Native American students file lawsuit over Bureau of Indian Education firings
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Three tribal nations and five Native American students filed a lawsuit Friday against the Trump administration, accusing it of failing its legal obligations to tribes when it cut jobs at Bureau of Indian
Storm dumps heavy snow on northern Arizona, gridlocking Interstate 40
PARKS, Ariz. (AP) — A winter storm dumped heavy snow across northern Arizona on Friday, playing a major factor in a more than 15-mile (24-kilometer) backup on a major interstate. Semitrucks and other vehicles were stalled on
A timeline of how actor Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa died at their New Mexico home
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Actor Gene Hackman died of heart disease a full week after his wife died from hantavirus in their New Mexico home, likely unaware that she was dead because he was in the
Trump appoints anchors Laura Ingraham, Maria Bartiromo to Kennedy Center board
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he was appointing Fox News host Laura Ingraham and Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo to the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for
