NEW YORK (AP) — Video cameras stationed outside the Manhattan courthouse where former President Donald Trump is on trial caught the gruesome scene Friday of a man who lit himself on fire and the aftermath as authorities tried to rescue him. CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC were all on the air with reporters talking […]
An Oklahoma City federal court judge dismissed a lawsuit that the families of three transgender students had filed in 2022 to challenge a law regulating school bathroom use by biological sex. (Photo by Nuria Martinez-Keel/Oklahoma Voice) OKLAHOMA CITY — A lawsuit challenging an Oklahoma law affecting transgender students’ use of school restrooms has been appealed […]
Jury selection begins Tuesday morning in the murder trial for Karen Read, the woman accused of hitting and killing her Boston police officer boyfriend with her car. Everything you need to know ahead of the Karen Read murder trial Read, of Mansfield, will stand trial for the murder of John O’Keefe in Canton in January […]
A key revenue source for three giant banks fell during the first three months of the year, showing that even the biggest financial institutions are struggling with the same challenges facing the rest of the industry as interest rates remain elevated. JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Wells Fargo (WFC), and Citigroup (C) all said Friday that their […]
In Detroit, a congressman’s holiday party devolved into chaos and a broken nose after demonstrators protesting the war in the Gaza Strip appeared with bullhorns. In Fort Collins, Colorado, the mayor abruptly ended a meeting during which protesters demanding a cease-fire in Gaza glued their hands to a wall. And in places as disparate as […]
Months ahead of Port Huron’s election filing deadline, the races for city offices are already shaping out to be a contest — with one extra City Council seat potentially up for grabs and a challenge for Mayor Pauline Repp from a familiar face. Repp first announced her intent to seek re-election on Feb. 19, pulling […]
Veterans Minister Johnny Mercer has said he is challenging an order to hand over the names of those who told him about alleged war crimes by British special forces in Afghanistan. Mr Mercer had until 5 April to provide a witness statement with the names to an independent inquiry. Failure to comply could result in […]
Sachin Saxena is a former ship captain who spent 13 years navigating the globe on large ships. He breaks down the process of entering and exiting ports in big vessels like the Dali. In emergencies like power failures, a ship can’t just stop and there’s a lot of pressure on board. This as-told-to essay is […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A group of Republican-led states is suing the Biden administration to block a new student loan repayment plan that provides a faster path to cancellation and lower monthly payments for millions of borrowers. In a federal lawsuit filed Thursday, 11 states led by Kansas argue that Biden overstepped his authority in […]
ONONDAGA NATION TERRITORY, N.Y. — Four or five years ago, Sidney Hill’s young son came to him with a question that Hill didn’t know how to answer. The boy had learned that day about the millions of acres of land that his people, the Onondaga, had once called home, and the way that their homeland […]
When a 10-year-old horse lost her footing and fell into a trench, it was all hands on deck for a California fire agency. Some tried to pry Nala from the Laguna Niguel trench after she fell March 11, but she was stuck, Orange County Fire Authority said in a March 12 Facebook post. So, they […]
UEFA is bracing itself for the “extremely challenging” possibility of a Rangers v Liverpool Europa League final in Dublin. European football’s governing body has reserved the 82,000-capacity Croke Park stadium as a potential fan zone, but is concerned even that might not be enough to accommodate everyone who may come to Dublin without a ticket […]