California lawmakers vote to become first state to ban caste-based discrimination
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers on Tuesday voted to outlaw discrimination based on caste, adding protections for people of South Asian descent who...
Kansas newspaper’s lawyer says police didn’t follow warrant in last month’s newsroom search
Police officers who raided a small Kansas newspaper's offices last month didn't follow the requirements of the search warrant to only seize computers that...
Design approved for memorial to the victims and survivors of the 2017 Las Vegas...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The permanent memorial to the victims and survivors of the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history will feature 58...
Minnesota seeks unifying symbol to replace state flag considered offensive to Native Americans
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A state commission went to work Tuesday on designing a new state flag and seal for Minnesota to replace a current...
New book details Biden-Obama frictions and says Harris sought roles ‘away from the spotlight’
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new book about Joe Biden portrays the president as someone whose middle-class upbringing helped foster a resentment of intellectual elitism...
61 indicted in Georgia on racketeering charges connected to ‘Stop Cop City’ movement
ATLANTA (AP) — Sixty-one people have been indicted in Georgia on racketeering charges following a long-running state investigation into protests against a proposed police...
Wait times to exit Burning Man drop after flooding left tens of thousands stranded...
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The traffic jam leaving the Burning Man festival eased up considerably Tuesday as the exodus from the mud-caked Nevada desert...
Alex Murdaugh’s lawyers want a new trial. They say the court clerk told jurors...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Attorneys for convicted murder Alex Murdaugh want a new trial, accusing the court clerk of improperly influencing the jury.They're accusing...
Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw resigns after turbulent three years at the helm
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw will step down this month to help lead a New York-area transit system, the mayor said...
Authorities expand search area for killer who escaped Pennsylvania prison after latest sighting
WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — Authorities have moved and expanded the search area for a convicted murderer who escaped from a suburban Philadelphia prison...