US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson hospitalized

(Reuters) -U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson is hospitalized and currently under observation for progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), the Chicago-based Rainbow PUSH Coalition, which he founded, said on Wednesday. “He has been managing this neurodegenerative condition for

Oklahoma is set to execute a man after a state panel recommended his life be spared

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — A man who denies stabbing a migrant farmworker to death during a 2002 robbery remains scheduled for execution Thursday in Oklahoma. A state panel recommended that his life be spared. Tremane Wood, 46,

Former Marine who killed 6-year-old girl more than 4 decades ago set for execution in Florida

STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A former Marine convicted of killing a 6-year-old girl more than four decades ago is scheduled Thursday to be executed in Florida, which would be the record 16th death sentence carried out under

Building apartment projects near public transit helps address housing crisis, combat climate change

BOSTON (AP) — After years of living on the street and crashing on friends’ couches, Quantavia Smith was given the keys to a studio apartment in Los Angeles that came with an important perk — easy access

Trial continues for officer charged with shooting pregnant Black woman accused of shoplifting

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The murder trial of an Ohio police officer continues Thursday in the 2023 shooting death of a pregnant Black mother he and another officer confronted about an accusation of shoplifting. Connor Grubb is

Judge to hear arguments challenging appointment of prosecutor who charged James Comey, Letitia James

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Lawyers for two of President Donald Trump’s foes who have been charged by the Justice Department are set to ask a federal judge Thursday to dismiss the cases against them, saying the prosecutor

Takeaways from the newly released Epstein documents

A House committee released 23,000 documents related to Jefferey Epstein on Wednesday, many of them emails the convicted sex offender sent to his rich or influential friends, or to reporters, over many years. Democrats on the House

Nevada governor calls special session to consider criminal reform, other proposals

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo has called lawmakers back for a special session to consider a long list of legislation, including a sweeping criminal reform proposal and a plan to bring film studios

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker worries that Trump will go to extremes to distract from Epstein files

WASHINGTON (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he’s worried about how President Donald Trump might respond to the growing controversy over documents tying him to Jeffrey Epstein. “My great fear, of course, is that with the

Lawsuits challenge land exchange aimed at allowing a road to be built in an Alaska wildlife refuge

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Native tribes and conservation groups sued the federal government Wednesday, seeking in at least three separate lawsuits to overturn a land exchange aimed at allowing a road to be built through a