COLUMBUS, Ohio — The fatal shooting of an Ohio officer during a training exercise at a state corrections department facility earlier this month is being investigated as a possible reckless […]
Review of UN agency helping Palestinian refugees found Israel did not express concern about staff
UNITED NATIONS — An independent review of the neutrality of the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees found that Israel never expressed concern about anyone on the staff lists it has […]
California legislators prepare to vote on a crackdown on utility spending
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A crackdown on how some of the nation’s largest utilities spend customers’ money faces a do-or-die vote Monday in the California Legislature. Californians already pay some of […]
Express files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, announces store closures, possible sale
NEW YORK — Express Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, as the fashion retailer looks to sell of the majority of its stores. Columbus, Ohio-based Express, which is […]
The Supreme Court will decide whether Trump is immune from federal prosecution. Here’s what’s next
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments this week with profound legal and political consequences: whether former President Donald Trump is immune from prosecution in a federal case charging […]
Columbia cancels in-person classes and Yale protesters are arrested as Mideast war tensions grow
Columbia University canceled in-person classes Monday and police arrested several dozen protesters at Yale University as tensions on U.S. college campuses continue to grow over the war in the Middle […]
Supreme Court will take up the legal fight over ghost guns, firearms without serial numbers
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a Biden administration appeal over the regulation of difficult-to-trace ghost guns that had been struck down by lower courts. […]
Vice President Harris announces final rules mandating minimum standards for nursing home staffing
The federal government is for the first time requiring nursing homes to have minimum staffing levels after the COVID-19 pandemic exposed grim realities in poorly staffed facilities for older and […]
2 brothers condemned to die for the ‘Wichita massacre’ want a new sentencing hearing
Attorneys for two brothers who were sentenced to die in a quadruple killing known as the “Wichita massacre” will argue Monday for a formal resentencing hearing, the latest in a […]
Prosecutors will make history with opening statements in Trump’s hush money criminal case
NEW YORK — For the first time in history, prosecutors will present a criminal case against a former American president to a jury Monday as they accuse Donald Trump of […]