It was alarming news when air traffic controllers directing planes coming and going around one of the nation’s busiest airports repeatedly lost their radar and radio communications, but pilots, independent […]
Black Lives Matter street murals stand as an enduring reminder of protests
In 2020, after a summer of protests rocked U.S. cities, the words “Black Lives Matter” went from the rallying cry of racial justice demonstrators to words lining the very roads […]
Georgetown scholar recalls terror and ‘mockery of due process’ in immigration jail
ARLINGTON, Va. — One of the lowest moments of Badar Khan Suri’s two months in federal custody was being crammed onto an airplane with hundreds of other shackled prisoners. The […]
Court papers say suspect in embassy killings declared ‘I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza’
WASHINGTON — The man accused of fatally shooting two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington outside a Jewish museum told police after his arrest, “I did it for […]
A look at the deportees on plane that headed for South Sudan from US
The foreign men convicted of crimes who were placed on a deportation flight headed for the chaotic nation of South Sudan were originally from countries as far away as Vietnam. […]
Thousands of chicks found abandoned in USPS truck have been adopted
CAMDEN, Del. — Thousands of chicks found abandoned inside a postal service truck for three days have gone to new homes, according to the Delaware shelter that had cared for […]
Lincoln’s blood-stained gloves from the night of his assassination among 144 artifacts on auction
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Treasured artifacts associated with President Abraham Lincoln were on the auction block Wednesday, separated from a collection that was intended to be available for public display forever […]
New Orleans Archdiocese agrees to pay nearly $180M to victims of clergy sexual abuse in latest in string of settlements
New Orleans Archdiocese agrees to pay nearly $180M to victims of clergy sexual abuse in latest in string of settlements Source link
Attorneys for Bryan Kohberger ask for trial delay, citing in part publicity around the case
BOISE, Idaho — Attorneys for a man accused of killing four University of Idaho students have asked that his trial be delayed, citing in part a recent NBC “Dateline” special […]
Stop making cents: US Mint moves forward with plans to kill the penny
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration says making cents doesn’t make sense anymore. The U.S. Mint has made its final order of penny blanks and plans to stop producing the coin […]