Virus surge breaks hospital records amid rising toll on kids
Kentucky and Texas joined a growing list of states that are seeing record numbers of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in a surge that is overwhelming...
Inmate who helped kill prison staffers with hammer gets life
ANAMOSA, Iowa — An inmate who confessed in court to using a hammer to kill a nurse and correctional officer during an escape attempt...
100,000 more COVID deaths seen unless US changes its ways
The U.S. is projected to see nearly 100,000 more COVID-19 deaths between now and Dec. 1, according to the nation's most closely watched forecasting...
U.S. voting rights events reflect multiracial reform agenda
A decades-old fight to expand and protect voting rights will reach a fever pitch this weekend, when multiracial coalitions of civil, human and labor...
Drop the chalk: Michigan motorist wins appeal over tickets
DETROIT — Parking scofflaws unite!
A woman with 14 tickets has...
Asian giant hornet nest destroyed in Washington state
SPOKANE, Wash. — Officials in Washington state said Thursday they had destroyed the first Asian giant hornet nest of the season, which was located...
Gary man to testify against co-defendants in 2 teens’ deaths
CROWN POINT, Ind. — A Gary man has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge and agreed to testify against two co-defendants charged in the...
Music industry weighs vaccine mandates, but politics collide
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The coronavirus vaccine gave the live entertainment industry hope for a rebound in 2021. Now, as COVID-19 cases surge and hospital...
Oklahoma man at center of tribal sovereignty case sentenced
MUSKOGEE, Okla. — A member of the Seminole Nation in Oklahoma whose case led to a landmark decision on criminal jurisdiction in tribal lands...
Prosecutor in deaths of prominent legal family steps aside
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina prosecutor whose office was run for decades by a prominent legal family which had two members killed in...