MINNEAPOLIS — Police investigating a potential sexual abuse case in a Minneapolis suburb found themselves in a gunbattle against a well-armed resident in a darkened home while trying to protect […]
A bridge near a Minnesota dam may collapse. Officials say they can do little to stop it
MINNEAPOLIS — Rushing waters from the Blue Earth River have already left a trail of debris and destruction on the edges of a southern Minnesota dam that partially failed last […]
Discipline used in Kansas’ largest school district was discriminatory, the Justice Department says
TOPEKA, Kan. — Educators in Kansas’ largest public school district discriminated against Black and disabled students when disciplining them, according to the U.S. Department of Justice, which announced an agreement […]
Arkansas grocery store reopens in wake of mass shooting that left 4 dead
FORDYCE, Ark. — The sounds that filled the Mad Butcher grocery store on Tuesday — the beeping barcode scanners, the rattle of shopping carts and cash register drawers opening — […]
Dangerously high heat builds in California and the south-central United States
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Swaths of California sweltered Tuesday and things were only expected to get worse during the Fourth of July holiday week for parts of the United States with […]
Last known survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre challenge Oklahoma high court decision
OKLAHOMA CITY — Attorneys for the last two remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre asked the Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday to reconsider the case they dismissed last […]
US new-vehicle sales barely rose in the second quarter as buyers balked at still-high prices
FILE – A line of unsold 2024 Mustang Mach-E electric utility vehicles sit at a Ford dealership May 19, 2024, in Denver. On Tuesday, July 2, 2024, automakers will report […]
Mississippi erases some restrictions on absentee voting help for people with disabilities
JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi is revising the restrictions it put in place last year on who can provide absentee voting assistance to people who have disabilities or cannot read or […]
FBI investigates vandalism at two Jewish cemeteries in Cincinnati
CINCINANTI — The FBI and police in Cincinnati are investigating the damaging of nearly 180 gravestones at two Jewish cemeteries. The tombstones, some dating back to the late 1800s, likely […]
Trump’s campaign reports raising $331 million in year’s 2nd quarter, beating Biden’s haul
NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump ‘s campaign says it outraised President Joe Biden in the year’s second quarter, with a reported haul of $331 million. That […]