Former New York City police commissioner Howard Safir dies
NEW YORK (AP) — Howard Safir, the former New York City police commissioner whose four-year tenure in the late 1990s included sharp declines in...
Drew Barrymore dropped as National Book Awards host after her talk show resumes during...
NEW YORK (AP) — Drew Barrymore has been dropped as host of the upcoming National Book Awards ceremony, a day after her talk show...
Wisconsin’s Democratic governor rejects GOP’s surprise redistricting plan
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers shot down as “bogus” a surprise plan Republicans floated Tuesday that would have the Legislature...
In recording, a Seattle police officer joked after woman’s death. He says remarks were...
SEATTLE (AP) — A city watchdog agency is investigating after a body-worn camera captured one Seattle Police Department union leader joking with another following...
CDC panel recommends updated COVID vaccines. Shots could be ready this week
Americans may soon be able to get an updated COVID-19 vaccine.Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday endorsed the new...
5 former officers charged with federal civil rights violations in Tyre Nichols beating death
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Five former Memphis police officers were charged Tuesday with federal civil rights violations in the beating death of Tyre Nichols...
Prescription opioid shipments declined sharply even as fatal overdoses increased, new data shows
The number of prescription opioid pills shipped in the U.S. in the second half of the 2010s decreased sharply even as a nationwide overdose...
Pulitzer officials expand eligibility in arts categories, letting some non-US citizens compete
NEW YORK (AP) — The Pulitzer Prize Board has revised its longtime rules on eligibility for many of its arts and letters awards and...
What’s ahead now that Republicans are opening an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he is launching an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden, yielding to mounting pressure from former...
Gun-rights advocates protest New Mexico governor’s order suspending right to bear arms in public
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Customers filed in and out of Mark Abramson's gun shop on the outskirts of Albuquerque as outrage grew over the...