Lawsuit: Company’s insufficient testing of Titanic sub put passengers in ‘potential extreme danger’
Documents show the company whose submersible vanished in the North Atlantic on a tourist dive to the wreck of the Titanic was repeatedly warned that there might be “catastrophic” safety problems with the venture.
Pride and pain for president as son Hunter has navigated years of investigation, reaches plea deal
President Joe Biden had just six words to offer after his 53-year-old son Hunter pleaded guilty to federal tax offenses in a deal that is also likely to spare him time behind bars on a weapons charge.
‘She just wants a friend’: Families push for full school days for children with disabilities
Advocates say schools across the U.S. are removing students with disabilities from the classroom, often in response to challenging behavior, by sending them home or cutting back on the days they’re allowed to attend.
Once wrongly imprisoned for notorious rape, member of ‘Central Park Five’ is running for office
Some consider Yusef Salaam a folk hero as a member of the “Central Park Five,” the group of teenagers wrongly convicted of raping a white jogger in a brutal attack 34 years ago.
Utah school district returns the Bible to shelves after appeals and outcry
The Bible will return to the shelves in a northern Utah school district that provoked an outcry after it banned them from middle and elementary schools last month.
Tornadoes clobber Mississippi. Hours later, its governor attends Republican fundraiser in Alabama
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves traveled to Alabama for a Republican fundraising event as people in his state were still reeling from death, injury and destruction from back-to-back storms.
Outgoing CDC director says resignation spurred by sense of accomplishment and exhaustion
The outgoing head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said her reasons for stepping down were complicated, driven in part by a desire to take a break from the frenetic pace of the job during a pandemic.
Judge strikes down Arkansas ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors
A federal judge has struck down Arkansas’ ban on gender-affirming care for minors.
Blood-red crickets invade Nevada town, residents fight back with brooms, leaf blowers, snow plows
The small town of Elko in rural northeastern Nevada is being invaded by a swarm of blood-red crickets.
Sweltering heat tests Texas’ power grid and patience as thousands in South still without electricity
Texas’ power grid operator is asking residents to voluntarily cut back on electricity due to anticipated record demand on the system as a heat wave keeps parts of the state and southern U.S. in triple-digit temperatures.