California hate crime up 31% in 2020, led by anti-Black bias
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Hate crime in California surged 31% in 2020, fueled mainly by a big jump in crimes targeting Black people during a...
Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts suffer huge declines in membership
America’s most iconic youth organizations – the Boy Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of the USA – have been jolted by unprecedented...
Indiana social services agency leader leaving for new job
INDIANAPOLIS — The head of Indiana’s state health care and social services agency is leaving the position after more than four years and will...
Detectives track down leads on missing from collapsed condo
SURFSIDE, Fla. — In some cases, multiple family members have reported the same relative missing to detectives attempting to hunt down information about those...
US judge apologizes for ‘partisan’ comments on Trump pardons
IOWA CITY, Iowa — A federal judge in Iowa admitted wrongdoing and publicly apologized for comments ridiculing former President Donald Trump for issuing a...
Nats’ Schwarber hits 12th homer in 10 games, 25th of season
WASHINGTON — Washington's Kyle Schwarber led off the first inning against Tampa Bay on Tuesday night with his 12th home run in 10 games,...
Indianapolis prosecutor who resigned for cancer care dies
INDIANAPOLIS — Former Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry has died nearly two years after he stepped down while undergoing prostate cancer treatments. He was...
Opening statements set for newspaper shooting insanity phase
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Opening statements are scheduled for Tuesday in the second phase of a trial to determine whether the man who killed five...
NJ Attorney General Gurbir Grewal stepping down to join SEC
TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal, the nation's first Sikh state attorney general, is resigning to join the Securities and Exchange...
Biden to visit Florida building collapse on Thursday
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Surfside, Florida, on Thursday to visit with the families of victims...