Judge considers probe of whether Fox News withheld evidence
The judge presiding over a defamation case against Fox News says he’ll likely order an independent review to determine whether the network improperly withheld evidence.
Hundreds forced from Indiana homes as plastics fire burns
Authorities say an evacuation order is expected to remain in place through Wednesday around a large industrial fire in an Indiana city near the Ohio border where crews worked through the night to douse piles of burning plastics.
‘Tough time for our city:’ Louisville to hold shooting vigil
Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg says an interfaith vigil is being held Wednesday in downtown Louisville to remember victims of a mass shooting at a bank.
Abortion clinics reassure worried patients, set backup plans
Some abortion clinics are fielding lots of calls from patients since a court ruling last Friday threatened the availability of a main drug used in medication abortion, mifepristone.
US names veterinary drug, fentanyl mixture ’emerging threat’
The U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy is designating the tranquilizer xylazine when mixed with fentanyl as an emerging threat.
Big flames, raining embers in New Jersey pine barrens fire
A massive 3,800-acre forest fire in Ocean County, New Jersey is about half contained as officials continue to battle flames.
Dem, GOP convention picks show Midwest’s political influence
Both Democrats and Republicans are zeroing in on the critical Midwestern region ahead of next year’s presidential election, with both parties choosing to hold their national conventions there.
As shootings hit close to home, govs wrestle with next steps
Two weeks after one of his wife’s closest friends was killed in a Nashville school shooting, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Tuesday called for legislation that would keep firearms away from people who could harm themselves or others.
Louisville attack shows challenge of curbing violent videos
Social media companies are once again in the spotlight after a bank employee in Louisville, Kentucky, killed five people in a mass shooting and livestreamed the attack on Instagram.
Officers plead not guilty in Ronald Greene’s deadly arrest
Five Louisiana law enforcement officers have pleaded not guilty to state crimes in the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene.