SEATTLE — King County prosecutors filed charges Friday against a man they say forced his way into a vehicle occupied by a beloved 80-year-old Seattle dog walker and then running […]
Alabama man pleads guilty to detonating makeshift bomb outside state attorney general’s office
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — An Alabama man pleaded guilty to detonating an explosive device outside of the state attorney general’s office, federal prosecutors said on Friday. Kyle Benjamin Douglas Calvert constructed […]
New York temporarily barred from taking action against groups for promoting abortion pill ‘reversal’
Citing free speech rights, a federal judge has temporarily blocked New York’s attorney general from taking enforcement action against certain pregnancy counseling centers for promoting what critics say is an […]
South Carolina sets date for first execution in more than 13 years
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina has set a Sept. 20 date to put inmate Freddie Eugene Owens to death in what would be the state’s first execution in more than […]
Justice Department accuses RealPage of violating antitrust laws through scheme to hike rent
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit Friday against real estate software company RealPage Inc., accusing it of an illegal scheme that allows landlords to coordinate to hike […]
Expert defends security guards in death of man at Detroit-area mall a decade ago
DETROIT — An expert in the use of force defended the tactics of security guards who restrained a man on the floor of a Detroit-area mall before he died, telling […]
A child was reported missing. A TV news helicopter crew spotted him on the roof playing hooky
NEW YORK — A TV news helicopter crew spotted a boy who had been reported missing but who was actually up on the roof of his New York City building […]
How to prepare for the Fed’s forthcoming interest rate cuts
NEW YORK — The Federal Reserve is poised to cut its benchmark interest rate next month from its 23-year high, with consequences for consumers when it comes to debt, savings, […]
Harris confronts Democratic divisions over Gaza war in convention speech
WASHINGTON — With anger over the war in Gaza simmering, Vice President Kamala Harris tried to defuse one of the most divisive issues within the Democratic Party on the biggest […]
From Ferguson to Minneapolis, AP reporters recall flashpoints of the Black Lives Matter movement
WASHINGTON — On May 28, 2020, Associated Press photographer Julio Cortez got a call asking him to head to Minneapolis from the East Coast. What he saw on the ground […]