State Wires

California school stripped of title over tortilla incident

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CORONADO, Calif. — The governing body for high school sports in California on Wednesday stripped a Southern California high school of its basketball division...

Father of drowned brothers receives 16-year prison sentence

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CROWN POINT, Ind. — A 16-year prison sentence was handed Wednesday to a northwest Indiana man who pleaded guilty to two counts of neglect...

Critics worry Missouri measure reduces police accountability

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More than half of all U.S. states have enacted police reforms in the 13 months since George Floyd's death, but critics contend a Missouri...

Glazed Over: Initial response to Krispy Kreme IPO tepid

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Doughnut chain Krispy Kreme is expected to start trading on the Nasdaq on Thursday, but it might be off to a bit of a...

Tennessee’s transgender bathroom sign law challenged again

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Tennessee's first-of-its-kind law that requires businesses and government facilities to post signs if they let transgender people use multiperson public bathrooms of their choice...

In quiet coastal town, ‘unassuming’ man turned racist killer

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WINTHROP, Mass. — Residents of a secluded, Boston-area coastal community are trying to come to terms with the shooting death of two Black residents...

Lawyer: Marine played minor role in soldier’s hazing death

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NORFOLK, Va. — A defense attorney for a U.S. Marine told jurors Wednesday that he played a minor role in the hazing of a...

Rumsfeld, a cunning leader who oversaw a ruinous Iraq war

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WASHINGTON — Calling Donald H. Rumsfeld energetic was like calling the Pacific wide. When others would rest, he would run. While others sat, he...

Police ID man who they say shot Atlanta officer in the face

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ATLANTA — State law officers on Thursday identified the man who they say opened fire on two Atlanta police officers, hitting one of them...

NJ awards 2 more offshore wind projects, tripling capacity

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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — New Jersey utility regulators approved the...