Shooting at Alabama birthday party kills 4; ‘multitude’ hurt
A high school senior who had signed to play college football was celebrating at his sister’s 16th birthday party Saturday night in Alabama when gunfire killed him and three other people and wounded several others.
New push on US-run free electronic tax-filing system for all
It’s that time of year when throngs of taxpayers are buckling down to file their income tax returns before Tuesday’s filing deadline, and many often pay to use software from private companies such as Intuit and H&R Block.
Inmate stuck on US death row despite vacated death sentence
A federal inmate has remained stuck on death row in solitary confinement for four years despite a judge’s ruling that the inmate is intellectually disabled and can never be put to death.
Fox News and 2020 election lies set to face jury come Monday
A trial beginning Monday in Delaware will force Fox News executives and some of the network’s stars to answer for their role in spreading doubt about the 2020 presidential election.
Ferry runs aground near Seattle; no injuries reported
Authorities in Washington state say a passenger ferry carrying hundreds of people has run aground near Bainbridge Island west of Seattle, but there are no immediate reports of injuries or contamination.
Name-that-tune game Heardle dropped by Spotify after a year
Heardle, the name-that-tune game inspired by the Wordle craze, is being dropped by Spotify less than a year after the music-streaming giant acquired it.
Kamala Harris rallies as high court eyes abortion pill rules
Vice President Kamala Harris is urging Americans to take action during “a critical point in our nation’s history” as thousands of people protested new limits to abortion rights in demonstrations across the country.
Chief: Indiana plastics fire reduced to a single hot spot
A fire chief says crews working to fully extinguish an Indiana plastics fire have reduced its smoldering areas to a single hot spot as officials prepared to decide if a dayslong evacuation order should be lifted.
Report finds democracy for Black Americans is under attack
A new report from the National Urban League is citing what the civil rights and urban advocacy group says are some of the top threats to democracy for Black Americans.
Rutgers, unions announce agreement, classes to resume
Rutgers University and union representatives have announced an agreement on a framework for new contracts with several faculty unions, allowing a halt to a five-day strike that was the first such job action in the 257-year history of New Jersey’s flagship university.