Family, friends gather to remember slain New Orleans officer
NEW ORLEANS — Family and friends of a New Orleans police officer who was shot and killed during a restaurant holdup while vacationing with...
Alone in the sky, chopper pilot, fiancee saved 17 from flood
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Nashville-based helicopter pilot Joel Boyers had just finished helping his fiancee earn her pilot's license on Saturday morning, and they were...
COVID-19 surge pummels Hawaii and its native population
HONOLULU — Kuulei Perreira-Keawekane could barely breathe when she went to a Hawaii emergency room. Nausea made it difficult for her to stand and...
Tropical Storm Ida a hurricane menace to New Orleans
MIAMI — Tropical Storm Ida has prompted a hurricane warning for New Orleans and a state of emergency for the state of Louisiana as...
Bernie Sanders sets out to sell big government in red states
WASHINGTON — Bernie Sanders has long argued, but not proved, that his big government populism can win over voters in the largely white, rural...
DA won’t challenge release as RFK killer Sirhan seeks parole
SAN DIEGO — Sirhan Sirhan faces his 16th parole hearing Friday for fatally shooting U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, and for the...
Lake Tahoe prepares for emergency as wildfire threatens
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — Some 14,000 firefighters facing changing weather conditions battled more than a dozen large wildfires across California on Friday, including...
Widower’s death extends mourning tied to El Paso massacre
EL PASO, Texas — A man who drew worldwide sympathy and support after his wife was killed in a mass shooting at a Walmart...
3 arrested, 1 at large in alleged credit card fraud
BOSTON — Federal investigators arrested three individuals Thursday on charges of conspiring to deceive banks into allegedly processing more than $150 million in credit...
Judge rejects self-dense claim in MLK Day confrontation
MIAMI — A Florida judge on Thursday rejected a self-defense claim by a white man accused of pulling a gun and yelling racial slurs...