NEW ORLEANS — The stench of trash and residue of bad decisions in one of America’s favorite party hotspots is being scrubbed away, thanks to a change in garbage collectors […]
Tennessee contests disabling an inmate’s heart device at a hospital on execution day
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A judge’s order to take a Tennessee death row inmate to the hospital on the morning of his execution so doctors can deactivate his heart-regulating implant would […]
Trump’s USDA to scatter half its Washington staff to field offices. Critics see a ploy to cut jobs
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will move thousands of employees out of the nation’s capital in a reorganization the agency says will put them closer to customers […]
Rapper GloRilla is arrested on drug charges following investigation of a burglary at her home
Rapper GloRilla was arrested this week on felony drug charges after “a significant amount of marijuana” was found by police while they investigated a burglary at her home in Atlanta. […]
Ranchers in Mexico struggling against a flesh-eating parasite infecting livestock
CINTALAPA, Mexico — With Mexican cattle again barred this month from entry to the United States over fears of spreading a flesh-eating parasite, ranchers and veterinarians in Mexico hundreds of […]
Flash flooding prompts rescues in New Mexico mountain village
RUIDOSO, N.M. — Another afternoon of heavy rainfall Thursday prompted flash flooding in the mountain village of Ruidoso, forcing the closure of roads and the rescue of at least five […]
Wrongfully imprisoned man who spent 32 years behind bars sues former authorities
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A Maryland man who was wrongly imprisoned for 32 years, including a decade on death row, for two killings he did not commit is suing former law […]
Most premature baby celebrates his 1st birthday with a Guinness World Record
A baby born at only 21 weeks of gestation last July in Iowa City, Iowa, has just celebrated his first birthday, and among his gifts is a Guinness world record […]
New sentencing dates set for 5 former Memphis, Tennessee, officers in Tyre Nichols case
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A judge on Thursday scheduled sentencings in December for five former Memphis police officers convicted of federal charges in the 2023 beating death of Tyre Nichols, after […]
Bryan Kohberger gets life in prison but leaves loved ones of Idaho students he killed wondering why
BOISE, Idaho — One after another, the friends and family of the four University of Idaho students killed in their home by Bryan Kohberger vented their emotions in sobs, insults […]