Man admits threatening Missouri, Tennessee congressmen
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A southwest Missouri man has admitted that he threatened U.S. Reps. Emanuel Cleaver II of Missouri and Steve Cohen of...
Lawmakers mark Juneteenth with talk of ‘abolition amendment’
As the nation this week made Juneteenth a federal holiday, honoring when the last enslaved Black people learned they were free, lawmakers are reviving...
Rabid dog imported into US sparks multi-state investigation
NEW YORK — A rabid dog imported into the United States this month has sparked a public health investigation across several states.
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Newspaper sues SC police over records in mother, son deaths
ISLANDTON, S.C. — A South Carolina newspaper is suing the police agencies investigating the shooting deaths of a mother and son from one of...
Convention circuit of delusion gives forum for election lies
NEW RICHMOND, Wisconsin — For a few hours last weekend, thousands of Donald Trump’s supporters came together in a field under the blazing Wisconsin...
Western heat wave threatens health in vulnerable communities
PHOENIX — Extreme temperatures like the ones blistering the American West this week aren't just annoying, they're deadly.
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County where Ahmaud Arbery slain hires Black police chief
BRUNSWICK, Ga. — The coastal Georgia county where Ahmaud Arbery’s slaying raised an outcry over racial injustice has hired its first full-time Black police...
MOVE’s ‘Minister of Confrontation,’ Consuewella Africa, dies
Consuewella Dotson Africa, a longtime member of the Black organization MOVE and mother of two children killed in the 1985 bombing of the group's...
US Catholic bishops OK steps toward possible rebuke of Biden
U.S. Catholic bishops approved the drafting of a “teaching document” that many of them hope will rebuke Catholic politicians, including President Joe Biden, for...
Las Vegas weighs tying growth to conservation amid drought
CARSON CITY, Nev. — Record-breaking heat and historic drought in the U.S. West are doing little to discourage cities from planning to welcome millions...