SILVER CITY, N.M. — Western New Mexico University’s president, who has faced scrutiny over his spending on overseas trips and his wife’s use of a university credit card, resigned Friday […]
Oregon sheriff concerned about letters asking people to track possible immigrants
LINCOLN CITY, Ore. — A sheriff in Oregon says he has contacted the FBI and is increasingly concerned about a letter circulating in his rural, coastal community asking people to […]
11 people, including Venezuelan gang members, facing potential charges in abduction, police say
Police say 11 people, including some members of a Venezuelan gang, are facing potential criminal charges in connection with the violent abduction and beating of a couple at an apartment […]
Arizona agency takes action to regulate groundwater use in rural southeast
PHOENIX — It’s necessary to regulate groundwater in the state’s rural southeast, allowing the designation of a controlled area to stop rapid depletion of the water through agricultural use, the […]
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 from Jewish and Muslim students of discrimination and harassment during […]
New damage delays I-40 reopening in North Carolina closed by Helene
WAYNESVILLE, N.C. — The reopening of a section of Interstate 40 in western North Carolina that collapsed during Hurricane Helene’s historic flooding has been delayed after more asphalt from eastbound […]
Missouri governor commutes sentence of white police officer convicted of fatally shooting Black man
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A white former Kansas City police officer who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a Black man was released from prison Friday […]
Report alleges Coast Guard leaders kept sexual assault investigation secret
HARTFORD, Conn. — Former top Coast Guard officials hid a yearslong investigation into sexual assault and harassment at the service’s academy from both Congress and the public after leaders debated […]
Men who were lynched more than a century ago are innocent, judge finds
CULPEPER, Va. — Three Black men who were lynched by mobs in Virginia during the 1800s and early 1900s have been declared innocent by a judge. The Washington Post reported […]
Texas day care teacher killed when cars crash into play area
SAN ANTONIO — A teacher at a San Antonio-area day care was killed and another employee and five toddlers were injured when a parent’s car accelerated into another vehicle in […]