Missouri officer dies after being shot responding to call
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — A Missouri police officer who was still in training after graduating from the police academy in July has died after being...
Lawyer says Murdaugh to turn himself in on insurance fraud
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A prominent South Carolina lawyer who found the bodies of his wife and son three months ago plans to turn himself...
At 101, she’s still hauling lobsters with no plans to stop
ROCKLAND, Maine — When Virginia Oliver started trapping lobster off Maine’s rocky coast, World War II was more than a decade in the future,...
Virginia governor’s race: McAuliffe, Youngkin to debate
GRUNDY, Va. — Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin are set to square off in Virginia's first gubernatorial debate of the general election...
Senate hopeful flexes power of AG’s office through lawsuits
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri’s Republican attorney general, Eric Schmitt, sued China over the coronavirus. He signed on to a failed lawsuit seeking to overturn...
States learning how many Afghan evacuees coming their way
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration began notifying governors and state refugee coordinators across the country about how many Afghan evacuees from among the first...
Chauvin to be arraigned for alleged civil rights violation
MINNEAPOLIS — A former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder in the death of George Floy d is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday for...
Contest winners, health worker orbiting world in SpaceX 1st
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The four people on SpaceX’s first private flight are fairly ordinary, down-to-Earth types brought together by chance.
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Democrats see a midterm map in California recall success
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Few Democrats were surprised to see Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom swat down a Republican-driven recall campaign in bright-blue California. But they...
Portland scraps Texas boycott, allocates abortion funds
PORTLAND, Ore. — The City Council in Portland, Oregon, has scrapped a plan to boycott Texas businesses because of a new law that prohibits...