UTICA, N.Y. — An officer in upstate New York shot and killed a teen fleeing while pointing a replica gun, police said Saturday. The shooting happened Friday night after officers […]
US and Europe warn Lebanon’s Hezbollah to ease strikes on Israel and back off from wider Mideast war
WASHINGTON — U.S., European and Arab mediators are pressing to keep stepped-up cross-border attacks between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militants from spiraling into a wider Middle East war that the […]
Former Philadelphia labor union president sentenced to 4 years in embezzlement case
READING, Pa. — The former president of a Philadelphia labor union has been sentenced to four years in prison for his role in what federal prosecutors said was embezzlement of […]
Animal rescuers try to keep dozens of dolphins away from Cape Cod shallows after mass stranding
WELLFLEET, Mass. — Animal rescuers were trying to keep dozens of dolphins away from shallow waters around Cape Cod on Saturday after 125 of the creatures stranded themselves a day […]
Former Northeastern University lab manager convicted of staging hoax explosion at Boston campus
A former lab manager at Northeastern University has been convicted of staging a hoax explosion at the Boston campus and then lying about what happened to a federal agent. Jason […]
Biden is making appeals to donors as concerns persist over his presidential debate performance
NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden is looking to recapture his mojo and reassure donors at a Saturday fundraiser that he is fully up to the […]
Jan. 6 shadows the 2024 campaign, but not on the debate stage. That alarms democracy advocates
WASHINGTON — In the first presidential debate, Republican Donald Trump skimmed over the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the Capitol, shifted blame for the violent mob siege and declined repeatedly […]
A San Francisco store is shipping LGBTQ+ books to states where they are banned
SAN FRANCISCO — In an increasingly divisive political sphere, Becka Robbins focuses on what she knows best — books. Operating out of a tiny room in Fabulosa Books in San […]
Despair in the air: For many voters, the Biden-Trump debate means a tough choice just got tougher
WASHINGTON — The sound you might have heard after the presidential debate this past week was of voters falling between a rock and a hard place. Apart from the sizable […]
Two Texas jail guards are indicted by a county grand jury in the asphyxiation death of an inmate
Two county jail guards have been indicted on murder charges for the asphyxiation death of an inmate in Texas. The indictments, dated Tuesday, charge Joel Garcia, 48, and Rafael Moreno […]