Georgia governor signs law requiring jailers to check immigration status of prisoners
ATLANTA (AP) — Jailers in Georgia must now check the immigration status of inmates and apply to help enforce federal immigration law, under a...
Union Pacific undermined regulators’ efforts to assess safety, US agency says
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific managers undermined the U.S. government's efforts to assess safety at the railroad in the wake of several high...
Biden to travel to North Carolina to meet with families of officers killed in...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden is expected to travel to North Carolina on Thursday to meet with the family members of four...
Rollout of transgender bathroom law sows confusion among Utah public school families
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah public schools have been rushing to prepare students and teachers as the state starts cracking down Wednesday on...
Bounce house swept up by wind kills one child and injures another
One child was killed and another injured when a bounce house was swept up by wind in Casa Grande, Arizona, in what local authorities...
Wisconsin school district says active shooter ‘neutralized’ outside middle school, lockdown ordered
MOUNT HOREB, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin school district said an active shooter was “neutralized” outside a middle school in Mount Horeb on Wednesday,...
Expanding clergy sexual abuse probe targets New Orleans Catholic church leaders
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Authorities have expanded an investigation of clergy sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in New Orleans to include senior...
Nonstop Mideast coverage of Israel-Hamas war pauses for protests and police action at US...
JERUSALEM (AP) — After weeks of nonstop coverage of destruction and death in the Gaza Strip, media across the wider Middle East have latched...
Student protests take over some campuses. At others, attention is elsewhere
BOSTON (AP) — Boston College students held a protest rally against the Israel-Hamas war last week.Bullhorns were banned, lest the noise disturb studying for...
United Methodists repeal longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — United Methodist delegates repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding...