Oklahoma jury recommends death for alleged serial killer
OKLAHOMA CITY — A jury in Oklahoma has recommended a death sentence for an alleged serial killer who was convicted of kidnapping a woman...
NFL judge: Lawyers for Black players can join mediation
PHILADELPHIA — The federal judge presiding over the NFL’s $1 billion settlement of brain injury claims on Thursday invited lawyers for Black players who...
Audio cut in speech on Black people’s role in Memorial Day
HUDSON, Ohio — Organizers of a Memorial Day ceremony turned off a speaker’s microphone when the former U.S. Army officer began talking about how...
Utah man faces sentencing in beating death of wife on cruise
JUNEAU, Alaska — The father of a Utah woman beaten to death by her husband on an Alaska cruise in 2017 told a judge...
Ex-Treasury worker sentenced to 6 months in ‘leak’ case
NEW YORK — A former U.S. Treasury Department worker was sentenced to six months in prison Thursday for leaking confidential financial reports to a...
Selma-to-Montgomery march camps top list of endangered sites
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The landmark voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965 didn't happen in just one day: Participants spent four nights...
AG: Woman misused funds raised in Philando Castile’s name
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A St. Paul professor who led a viral crowdfunding campaign to pay off student lunch debts in Philando Castile’s name...
Man held on preliminary murder charges in 4 Indiana killings
FORT WAYNE, Ind. — A man suspected in the slayings of three children and a woman was being held without bond Thursday following his...
Candidate punched, interrupted by sex toy on drone at event
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M — A New Mexico sheriff who is running for mayor of Albuquerque was punched at a campaign event by a man who...
Bidens mark first lady’s birthday with leisurely bike ride
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. — President Joe Biden helped his wife celebrate her 70th birthday on Thursday with a leisurely bike ride.
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