North Dakota House passes school gender pronoun prohibition
North Dakota public schools and state agencies would be prohibited from using any pronouns for students and employees that don’t reflect their sex at birth, under a bill approved by the legislature.
What to know about new research on coffee and heart risks
New research finds that drinking caffeinated coffee did not significantly affect one kind of heart rhythm that results in extra beats.
Fox, Dominion argue over legal standards to prove defamation
Lawyers for Fox News and a voting machine company are tangling over the high bar to prove defamation in a $1.6 billion lawsuit that has embarrassed the conservative network over its airing of false claims related to the 2020 presidential election.
Cooperating guard gets 6 years in Illinois inmate’s death
The last of three ex-correctional officers convicted in the beating death of an Illinois prison inmate has been sentenced to six years in federal prison.
Abortion debate churns with legislation and lawsuits
The U.S. abortion landscape is far from settled nine months after the U.S. Supreme Court ended the nationwide right to terminate a pregnancy.
NYC neighborhood carries on during wait for Trump grand jury
As the world waits to see whether a grand jury indicts former President Donald Trump, crowds of reporters have gathered outside a courthouse in lower Manhattan.
Police: 2 school administrators shot at Denver high school
Authorities say two school administrators were shot at a Denver high school Wednesday morning and the suspect remained at large.
Murdaugh trial gives unsolved death investigation a boost
A mother whose son was found dead in the middle of a South Carolina road eight years ago is opening a private investigation into his death after raising almost $90,000 amid the publicity surround the murder trial of Alex Murdaugh.
Presidential waiting game: GOP hopefuls hold off campaigns
At this point during the last presidential election in 2020, more than 15 Democrats had jumped into their party’s open presidential race.
Pioneer of gospel music rediscovered in Pittsburgh archives
For over 20 years, the work of gospel music composer Charles Henry Pace sat in 14 unorganized crates, dirty and decomposing.