Atlanta ‘Cop City’ activists say they’re confident of getting 70K signatures. But big hurdles remain
Hundreds of canvassers have spread out across Atlanta in hopes of convincing more than 70,000 residents to sign onto a petition that activists believe is their best chance to halt the planned construction of a huge police and firefighter training center.
Do you believe in angels? About 7 in 10 U.S. adults do, a new AP-NORC poll shows
Compared with the devil, angels carry more credence in America.
After an attack on Salman Rushdie, the Chautauqua Institution says its mission won’t change
For 150 years, the Chautauqua Institution has prided itself as a place that invites open dialogue and freedom of expression.
Aaron Hernandez’s brother now facing federal charges over alleged threatening messages
The troubled brother of the late NFL player Aaron Hernandez has been charged in federal court with counts of threatening and stalking.
Montana train derailment report renews calls for automated systems to detect track problems
The NTSB is renewing its calls for major freight railroads to equip every locomotive with automated track inspection devices that it believes could have prevented a 2021 train derailment that killed three people in Montana.
Biden openly acknowledges 7th grandchild, the daughter of son Hunter and an Arkansas woman
President Joe Biden on Friday for the first time publicly acknowledged his seventh grandchild, a four-year-old girl fathered by his son Hunter with an Arkansas woman, Lunden Roberts, in 2018.
Paperwork problems drive surge in people losing Medicaid health coverage
Paperwork problems and procedural issues are the driving force behind a surge of people losing Medicaid health care coverage in states.
Worker warned organizer ‘Someone’s going to end up dead’ before crowd surge at ’21 Travis Scott show
The findings of a police investigation into the deadly 2021 Astroland festival in Houston shows that some people expressed safety concerns before rapper Travis Scott took the stage.
Colorado officer who put suspect in car hit by train found guilty of reckless endangerment
A Colorado police officer who put a handcuffed woman in a parked police vehicle that was hit by a freight train has been found guilty of reckless endangerment and assault but acquitted of a third charge of criminal attempt to commit manslaughter.
Charges dropped against 7 Oklahoma police officers in 3 separate fatal shootings
Oklahoma County’s new prosecutor says she’s dropping criminal charges against seven police officers in three separate fatal shootings in 2020.