Iowa school mask ban lawsuit amended as feds investigate law
DES MOINES, Iowa — An Iowa woman has amended her lawsuit over the state's ban on mandatory face masks in schools to include allegations...
Record numbers of COVID-19 cases reported in Indiana schools
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana schools reported more new COVID-19 cases last week than at any previous time during the pandemic as the state grapples with...
Ida topples New Orleans jazz landmark where Armstrong worked
NEW ORLEANS — A storied New Orleans jazz site where a young Louis Armstrong once worked toppled when Ida blew through Louisiana as one...
Report: White child put strap on Black child’s neck at camp
A civil rights group on Monday called for more meaningful reforms at a Massachusetts children's summer camp on the idyllic vacation resort of Martha's...
Colorado election official files suit to remove county clerk
DENVER — Colorado's Secretary of State filed a lawsuit Monday to remove a rural county's election clerk who is accused of allowing a security...
Museum preserves memorial wall for building collapse victims
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Officials with a South Florida museum are collecting the photos, notes and other personal items that make up a memorial...
ACLU seeks halt to South Carolina ban on school mask decrees
Disability rights groups and parents of children with disabilities want an immediate halt to a South Carolina law banning school districts from requiring face...
U.S. senator calls two-state deal for divided Cyprus ‘wrong’
NICOSIA, Cyprus — The chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee says the “retrograde vision” of Turkey’s president to cement Cyprus’ ethnic divide...
Baltimore opens 1st new Catholic school in about 60 years
BALTIMORE — The first new Catholic school built in Baltimore in roughly 60 years opened its doors Monday to hundreds of youngsters, who entered...
Compliance mixed for Indiana University’s vaccine mandate
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana University started its second weeks of fall semester classes Monday still well short of full compliance with its COVID-19 vaccination requirement...