SAVANNAH, Ga. — Five soldiers were shot on Wednesday at the Army’s Fort Stewart in Georgia before a shooter was arrested. Parts of Fort Stewart in southeast Georgia were locked […]
Massive central California wildfire keeps growing and becomes state’s largest blaze of the year
SANTA MARIA, Calif. — Rising temperatures on Wednesday posed new challenges for firefighters who have made incremental progress against a massive wildfire in central California that injured four people as […]
UCLA says Trump administration has suspended $584 million in grants, threatening research
The Trump administration has suspended $584 million in federal grants for the University of California, Los Angeles, nearly double the amount that was previously thought, the school’s chancellor announced Wednesday. […]
Medical community heartbroken after fatal plane crash on Navajo Nation
ALBUQUERQE, N.M. — Federal investigators on Wednesday were trying to piece together what caused a medical transport plane to crash on the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona, killing the four […]
New Orleans city workers search landfill for mistakenly discarded court records
NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans clerk of court staff stood ankle-deep in a massive landfill, digging through mounds of trash, to salvage court records that the city erroneously discarded. As […]
Judge rules officials in Georgia’s Fulton County must appoint rejected Republicans to election board
ATLANTA — A judge has ordered elected leaders in Georgia’s Fulton County to appoint two Republican nominees they had rejected to the county’s election board. The county Republican Party sued […]
Jen Pawol will be MLB’s first female umpire. Here are other women who broke officiating barriers
This weekend, Jen Pawol will make history by becoming the first woman to umpire a Major League Baseball game. She’s set to work the series between the Miami Marlins and […]
Man accused of killing Israeli Embassy staffers indicted on federal hate crimes charges
FILE – Flowers and mementos are left by visitors outside the Capital Jewish Museum after two Israeli Embassy staff members were killed following an event at the museum, Thursday, May […]
Harvard scientists say research could be set back years after funding freeze
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Harvard University professor Alberto Ascherio’s research is literally frozen. Collected from millions of U.S. soldiers over two decades using millions of dollars from taxpayers, the epidemiology and […]
Military base shootings have ranged from isolated incidents to workplace violence and terrorism
ATLANTA — The shooting of five U.S. Army soldiers at a base in Georgia on Wednesday is the latest in a growing list of violent incidents at American military installations […]