WASHINGTON — Five people were shot late Friday outside a nightclub in the nation’s capital, police said. The shootings happened around 11:30 p.m. in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington. […]
Moderate Republicans look to stave off challenges from the right at Utah party convention
SALT LAKE CITY — Moderate Republicans, who often have been successful with Utah voters, will look to stave off farther-right challengers at Saturday’s state GOP convention, which typically favors the […]
Indiana voters to pick party candidates in competitive, multimillion dollar primaries
INDIANAPOLIS — In deep red Indiana, where Republicans hold a supermajority in both chambers of the state legislature and most top offices are held by GOP politicians, the May 7 […]
Tornadoes collapse buildings and level homes in Nebraska and Iowa
OMAHA, Neb. — Tornadoes wreaked havoc Friday in the Midwest, causing a building to collapse with dozens of people inside and destroying and damaging hundreds of homes, many around Omaha, […]
Retrial of Harvey Weinstein unlikely to occur soon, if ever, experts say
NEW YORK — The retrial in New York of Harvey Weinstein — whose moviemaking prowess once wowed Hollywood — won’t be coming to a courtroom anytime soon, if ever, legal […]
A former Democratic Georgia congressman hopes abortion can power his state Supreme Court bid
HOSCHTON, Ga. — May’s election for the Georgia Supreme Court is playing out as races for the state’s highest court have for decades: sitting justices running uncontested. But there is […]
The US and China talk past each other on most issues, but at least they’re still talking
BEIJING — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped up his just-concluded latest visit to China with a stop at a Beijing record store where he bought albums by Taylor […]
Trump promised big plans to flip Black and Latino voters. Many Republicans are waiting to see them
NEW YORK — Donald Trump says he wants to hold a major campaign event at New York’s Madison Square Garden featuring Black hip-hop artists and athletes. His aides speak of […]
Student anti-war protesters dig in as faculties condemn university leadership over calling police
NEW YORK — Students protesting the Israel-Hamas war at at universities across U.S., some of whom have clashed with police in riot gear, dug in Saturday and vowed to keep […]
Class of 2024 reflects on college years marked by COVID-19, life’s lost milestones
LOS ANGELES — On a recent afternoon, Grant Oh zigzagged across the University of Southern California campus as if he was conquering an obstacle course, coming up against police blockade […]