US News

September 27, 2020

Police: 1 shot and killed, 7 wounded at Iowa biker gathering

Gunfire erupted early Saturday at a gathering of motorcycle clubs in Iowa, killing one person and wounding seven others, ...

September 26, 2020

Oregon governor sends state police to Portland for protests

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown declared a state of emergency Friday as she announced that state troopers and sheriff's deputies would ...

September 25, 2020

School, teen agree to end lawsuit over sexual assault note

The Cape Elizabeth School Department has agreed to remove any record of discipline against a student who posted a note about ...

September 25, 2020

Feds put first Black inmate to death since execution restart

A man who killed a religious couple visiting Texas from Iowa was executed Thursday, the first Black inmate put to death as ...

September 25, 2020

San Francisco sues 28 alleged dealers to stop flow of drugs

San Francisco sued 28 alleged drug dealers who frequent a downtown neighborhood where drug dealing and drug use in broad ...

September 24, 2020

Lawyer: Case of Black inmate set to die reveals racial bias

The lawyer for the first Black inmate scheduled to die this year as part of the Trump administration’s resumption of federal ...

September 24, 2020

Bank manager finds 9.07-carat diamond in Arkansas state park

A bank manager discovered a 9.07-carat diamond at a state park in southwestern Arkansas after thinking the precious gem was ...

September 24, 2020

Park IDs hunter killed by grizzly bear in Alaska as Ohio man

The hunter killed by a grizzly bear last weekend in a remote part of Alaska's Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve ...

September 24, 2020

3 accused of creating man cave under Grand Central Terminal

Three railroad workers have been suspended for turning a storage room under New York's Grand Central Terminal into an ...

September 24, 2020

Suspected extremists abduct 3 non-Muslims in Kenya's north

Officials in Kenya say three non-Muslim bus passengers were abducted by suspected Islamic extremists in Kenya's northern ...

September 24, 2020

Mexico homicide rate remains high at 29 per 100,000

Mexico’s homicide rate remained at historically high levels of 29 killings per 100,000 inhabitants, according to the National ...

September 24, 2020

The Latest: Black women address rally in downtown Portland

The Latest on a grand jury's decision not to indict police officers on criminal charges directly related to Breonna Taylor's ...

September 24, 2020

2 Louisville officers shot amid Breonna Taylor protests

Hours after a Kentucky grand jury brought no charges against Louisville police for Breonna Taylor's death and protesters took ...

September 24, 2020

Black attorney general chokes up during Taylor announcement

Kentucky’s Black attorney general choked up Wednesday when explaining why a grand jury didn't seek criminal charges against ...

September 24, 2020

Brown bear breaks into the Alaska Zoo, kills popular alpaca

A wild brown bear tunneled under perimeter fencing and killed a popular alpaca at the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage, officials said ...

September 24, 2020

Prosecutor: Bar owner wanted to 'ambush' people stealing

A white Nebraska bar owner who killed himself after being charged with manslaughter for fatally shooting a Black man during ...

September 23, 2020

eBay workers who sent spiders to couple to plead guilty

Four former eBay Inc. employees have agreed to plead guilty to their roles in a campaign of intimidation that included ...

September 23, 2020

Man convicted in 1971 slayings of NYC cops granted parole

A former member of a Black radical group who was convicted in the 1971 killings of two New York City police officers has been ...