It was a punishment for mutiny in colonial times, a way to discourage desertion during the Civil War and a dose of frontier justice in the Old West. In modern […]
Latest episode of Hawaii volcano eruption features vigorous lava fountain
HONOLULU — Lava from a Hawaii volcano shot into the sky Tuesday in tall fountains that were expected to grow even bigger as part of an off-and-on eruption. The eruption […]
Judge tells attorneys to stop being so secretive in quadruple murder case
BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho judge is warning attorneys to quit filing so many sealed documents in the murder case of a man accused in the stabbing deaths of four […]
Robert Clark, Mississippi’s first Black lawmaker after Civil Rights era, dies at 96
LEXINGTON, Miss. — Robert G. Clark, who was elected in 1967 as Mississippi’s first Black lawmaker of the 20th century and rose to the second-highest leadership role in the state […]
Michael Bloomberg tops the list of America’s biggest donors for second year in a row
For the second year in a row, former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg gave the most to charitable causes, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s exclusive Philanthropy 50 list […]
Trump administration again labels the Houthis a ‘foreign terrorist organization’
WASHINGTON — The State Department on Tuesday reinstated the “foreign terrorist organization” designation for Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi group, fulfilling an order announced by President Donald Trump shortly after he took […]
Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a […]
New Orleans celebrates Mardi Gras Day with costumes and revelry despite weather concerns
NEW ORLEANS — People donning skeleton masks and antlers on their heads gathered in New Orleans’ historic Treme neighborhood as the sun rose Tuesday, determined to beat an expected storm […]
Vance says US-Ukraine minerals deal better deterrent of Putin than ‘troops from some random country’
WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance is making the case that a U.S.-Ukraine critical minerals deal is a more practical deterrent against Russian President Vladimir Putin than an international security […]
Trump’s FDA pick made his name by bashing the medical establishment. Soon he may be leading it
WASHINGTON — Dr. Marty Makary rose to national attention by skewering the medical establishment in books and papers and bashing the federal response to COVID-19 on TV. Now the Johns […]