Judge rules white man will stand trial for shooting Black teen Ralph Yarl, who...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge ruled Thursday that the 84-year-old white homeowner who shot a Black teenager after he mistakenly went...
5 people shot and wounded, 2 critically, in central Illinois city of Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Five people were shot and wounded, two of them critically, in a hail of bullets in the central Illinois city...
Visual artists fight back against AI companies for repurposing their work
NEW YORK (AP) — Kelly McKernan’s acrylic and watercolor paintings are bold and vibrant, often featuring feminine figures rendered in bright greens, blues, pinks...
Tampa Bay area gets serious flooding but again dodges a direct hit from a...
Last year it was Hurricane Ian that drew a bead on Tampa Bay before abruptly shifting east to strike southwest Florida more than 130...
Alex Murdaugh loses prison phone privileges after lawyer records phone call for documentary
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh has lost his phone privileges and his prison tablet computer after his lawyer recorded him reading...
West Point time capsule that appeared to contain nothing more than silt yields centuries-old...
A nearly 200-year-old West Point time capsule that appeared to yield little more than dust when it was opened during a disappointing livestream contained...
University of North Carolina students rally for gun safety after fatal shooting of faculty...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — A shooting that left a faculty member dead and frightened students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel...
Kansas reporter files federal lawsuit against police chief who raided her newspaper’s office
One of the reporters who works at the small Kansas newspaper that was raided by authorities earlier this month filed a federal lawsuit against...
Man who fatally shot South Carolina college student entering wrong home was justified, police...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The resident who fatally shot a University of South Carolina student who tried to enter the wrong home on his...
Biden warns Idalia still dangerous, says he hasn’t forgotten about the victims of Hawaii’s...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden warned Wednesday that Hurricane Idalia was “still very dangerous” even though the storm had weakened after it came...