Jackson, Miss. — More than 60 years after a white supremacist assassinated civil rights leader Medgar Evers, his daughter still sees the same strain of political violence at work in […]
Day camp, summer school and after-school programs in limbo during Trump administration review
WASHINGTON — Day camp providers and schools are warning that a Trump administration funding freeze could wreck summer for low-income American families and wipe out some after-school programming next year. […]
Appeals court rules Alabama violated constitutional rights of man sentenced to death
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A federal appeals court ruled Alabama prosecutors violated the constitutional rights of a man sentenced to death in 1990, saying Blacks were rejected from the jury during […]
Family seeks body camera footage from fatal police shooting of Black teen in Alabama
HOMEWOOD, Ala. — Family members of a Black teenager shot and killed by police in an Alabama suburb say they want answers and are seeking to see the body camera […]
South Carolina deputy killed in what sheriff says was an ambush
LAMAR, S.C. — A deputy trying to arrest a suspect in a South Carolina home was ambushed, shot and killed early Tuesday while a second officer was hurt, authorities said. […]
New York City doctor pleads guilty to sexually abusing patients in hospital
NEW YORK — A doctor pleaded guilty Monday to sexually abusing sedated patients at his New York City hospital and raping women who were unconscious at his home. Zhi Alan […]
Husband of Suzanne Morphew back in Colorado to face murder charge for a second time
DENVER — The husband of a woman whose remains were discovered over three years after she was reported missing on Mother’s Day 2020 has arrived in Colorado to face a […]
Ford Foundation selects Yale dean and democracy scholar Heather Gerken to succeed Darren Walker
NEW YORK — The Ford Foundation has settled on its next leader. Yale Law School Dean Heather Gerken will succeed Darren Walker as the president of one of the largest […]
Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, whose ministry was toppled by prostitution scandals, dies at 90
BATON ROUGE, La. — Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, whose multimillion-dollar ministry and huge audience dwindled following his prostitution scandals, has died. He was 90. Swaggart death was announced Tuesday on his […]
US job openings in May hit 7.8M in a continuing display of labor market resilience
WASHINGTON — U.S. job openings rose unexpectedly in May, a sign that the American labor market remains resilien t in the face of high borrowing costs and uncertainty over U.S. […]