Minneapolis mayor, Council spar on policing ballot wording
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis City Council and Mayor Jacob Frey sparred Friday over the language on a ballot proposal to dismantle the city's police...
Governor tours flood area as Arizona sees 4 deaths in a week
PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Friday toured a small community where recent flooding inundated homes and led to two deaths, part of...
Families separated at Mexico border ask for residency, aid
NEW YORK — Several parents who were separated from their children on the U.S.-Mexico border during former President Donald Trump's administration on Friday asked...
Boy Scouts delay key bankruptcy hearing after adverse ruling
DOVER, Del. — Attorneys for the Boy Scouts of America are postponing a key bankruptcy hearing that was scheduled to start next week, following...
South Carolina conservationist Anne Springs Close dies
FORT MILL, S.C. — Anne Springs Close, who used her family's textile fortune to give back to the community through education and land preservation,...
Texas GOP voting bill on fast track after standstill ends
AUSTIN, Texas — The sudden end of Texas Democrats' 38-day walkout has put Republicans back on a fast track to pass a sweeping voting...
James W. Loewen, wrote ‘Lies My Teacher Told Me,’ dead at 79
NEW YORK — James W. Loewen, whose million-selling “Lies My Teacher Told Me” books challenged traditional ideas and knowledge on everything from Thanksgiving to...
Cosby ruling cited as jail guard’s sex abuse case is dropped
Pennsylvania prosecutors dropped their case Friday against a jail guard accused of sexually abusing inmates, saying they were hamstrung by the recent state Supreme...
DNR: Bear found dead in northern Indiana appears hit by car
BRISTOL, Ind. — The carcass of a black bear found this week in far northern Indiana had many fractured bones, injuries that are consistent...
Dan Patrick blames unvaccinated Black people for COVID surge
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas' lieutenant governor blamed rising hospitalization and death rates from COVID-19 on unvaccinated Black people — comments that were quickly denounced...