Massachusetts blast site where 1 died moves to cleanup phase
The Massachusetts pharmaceutical plant where a powerful blast killed a worker is in the cleanup phase.
Listen both ways: Blind walkers winning safer road crossings
A federal ruling blasting Chicago planners for not equipping more of their intersections with audible signals that help blind pedestrians cross busy streets has given advocates a victory they call long overdue.
Police video shows Idaho killings suspect in traffic stop
Newly released body camera video shows the man accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students being pulled over for allegedly running a red light about a month before the killings.
Kari Lake’s lawyers fined in failed Arizona election lawsuit
The Arizona Supreme Court is sanctioning Republican Kari Lake’s lawyers $2,000 in their unsuccessful challenge of her defeat in the governor’s race last year to Democrat Katie Hobbs.
NC lawmakers pass 12-week abortion ban; governor vows veto
The Republican-controlled North Carolina legislature has approved and sent to the governor a ban on nearly all abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy in response to last year’s overturning of Roe v. Wade at the U.S. Supreme Court.
US often didn’t screen workers at migrant centers: Watchdog
A government watchdog says the federal Health and Human Services Department often failed to perform required background checks on workers at emergency holding centers for migrant children who crossed the border alone during a surge in 2021.
Former California college student arrested in 3 stabbings
Police say a 21-year-old who was a student at the University of California, Davis, until last week was arrested on accusations of fatally stabbing two people and wounding another in attacks that terrified the quiet college community.
GOP boycott in Oregon halts bills on guns, abortion and more
Republican members of the Oregon Senate have extended their boycott into a second day, delaying bills on gun safety, abortion rights and gender-affirming health care.
Justice Clarence Thomas let GOP donor pay tuition: Report
A Republican donor paid two years of private school tuition for a child raised by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, and Thomas didn’t disclose the payments.
Jury finds Ed Sheeran didn’t copy Marvin Gaye classic
A jury has concluded that British singer Ed Sheeran’s hit song “Thinking Out Loud” didn’t copy key components of Marvin Gaye’s classic tune “Let’s Get It On.”.