First, she was a survivor: #MeToo’s Burke tells her story
“Maybe it won’t catch on.”
That’s what Tarana Burke was thinking...
Indiana woman who strangled stepdaughter gets life sentence
MARION, Ind. — A northern Indiana woman convicted of murder in the strangulation death of her 10-year-old stepdaughter was sentenced to life in prison...
After humble beginnings, Oregon’s Dutch Bros launches IPO
SALEM, Ore. — After humble beginnings as a pushcart operation decades ago in an Oregon town and growing into a company with hundreds of...
Trooper finds fentanyl, pills after highway traffic stop
GREENFIELD, Ind. — A state trooper who stopped a car for following too closely to another vehicle on an Indiana highway found more than...
Baby girl born to widow of Marine killed in Kabul bombing
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The widow of a U.S. Marine killed in a bombing in Afghanistan in August has given birth to a baby girl.
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South Carolina officials want out of mask mandate ban suit
South Carolina officials who have been sued over a law banning school districts from issuing face mask mandates say that they should be removed...
Largest US Catholic parish rises in California’s interior
VISALIA, Calif. (RNS) — It’s billed as the largest Catholic parish in the United States and it’s being constructed about 200 miles north of...
Ex-Georgetown tennis coach to plead guilty in college scam
BOSTON — A former Georgetown University tennis coach accused of accepting more than $2 million in bribes to help kids get into the school...
Some abortion foes question tactical wisdom of new Texas ban
The new Texas law that bans most abortions in the state has been welcomed by many of the religious leaders who help bolster the...
Climate change, logging collide — and a forest shrinks
CUSTER CITY, S.D. — Looking down a hillside dotted with large stumps and nearly devoid of trees, a pair of retired U.S. Forest Service...