When hundreds of books got hauled away in a dumpster from the library of the New College of Florida on Thursday, the tiny liberal arts college with a governing board […]
US envoy defends anti-drug cooperation with Mexico amid neighbor’s complaint on drug capo surrender
MEXICO CITY — The U.S. ambassador to Mexico on Friday defended cross-border anti-drug cooperation, after Mexican prosecutors publicly complained American officials aren’t giving them enough information. Mexico’s government was embarrassed […]
Her name was on a signature petition to be a Cornel West elector. Her question: What’s an elector?
PHOENIX — When Denisha Mitchell was asked why she filled out paperwork to serve as an Arizona elector for the independent presidential candidate Cornel West, her first response was “What?!” […]
Texas jurors are deciding if a student’s parents are liable in a deadly 2018 school shooting
DALLAS — An attorney for the parents of a Texas student accused of killing 10 people in a 2018 school shooting near Houston told trial jurors Friday that they didn’t […]
Pharmacist blamed for deaths in US meningitis outbreak will plead no contest in Michigan case
DETROIT — A Massachusetts pharmacist charged with murder in the deaths of 11 Michigan residents from a 2012 U.S. meningitis outbreak has agreed to plead no contest to involuntary manslaughter, […]
Bronze statue of John Lewis replaces more than 100-year-old Confederate monument
DECATUR, Ga. — A large bronze statue of the late civil rights icon leader and Georgia congressman John Lewis was installed Friday, at the very spot where a contentious monument […]
Supreme Court keeps new rules about sex discrimination in education on hold in half the country
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday kept on hold in roughly half the country new regulations about sex discrimination in education, rejecting a Biden administration request. The court voted […]
Former DC employee convicted of manslaughter in fatal shooting of 13-year-old boy
WASHINGTON — A former Washington, D.C., city employee was found guilty of manslaughter Friday in the fatal shooting of an unarmed 13-year-old boy that sparked public uproar in the nation’s […]
FACT FOCUS: A look at Harris’ economic agenda
Vice President Kamala Harris unveiled her economic agenda in a speech Friday in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Democratic presidential nominee laid out plans including a proposal for a federal ban […]
Virginia attorney general denounces ESG investments in state retirement fund
Virginia’s attorney general has advised officials from the state’s retirement system against making investment decisions that prioritize environmental issues, social issues and corporate governance, according to a nonbinding legal analysis […]