Balloons, tears and hugs as family of girl who died in Border Patrol custody holds New York funeral
Dozens of people remembered an 8-year-old girl who died in Border Patrol custody.
After expulsion and reinstatement, Tennessee Reps. Pearson, Jones advance past Democratic primaries
Tennessee Reps. Justin Pearson and Justin Jones have advanced past an election hurdle after the two young Black lawmakers were expelled earlier this year for their gun control protest on the House floor, then reinstated by local officials days afterward.
For novelists of Westerns, Cormac McCarthy transcended — and reinvented — the genre
In his obituaries, Cormac McCarthy has been widely praised as a descendant of William Faulkner and Herman Melville among others, those excavators of the American spirit whose biblically influenced prose raised narratives to tragic and poetic heights.
Central Park birder Christian Cooper is turning his viral video fame into a memoir and TV show
There’s nothing that can keep Christian Cooper from enjoying his happy place, the bird-friendly Ramble of New York’s Central Park.
Jury resumes deliberating in trial of gunman who killed 11 at Pittsburgh synagogue
A jury has resumed deliberating in the trial of a truck driver who shot and killed 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in the nation’s deadliest attack on Jewish people.
Recall Alert: Johnsonville sausages recalled for possible plastic contamination
Check your refrigerator before your Father’s Day barbecue this weekend. More than 40,000 pounds of sausages have been recalled due to possible plastic contamination.
Family separations at the US border inspired Isabel Allende’s newest novel
The separation of migrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border has always caused Isabel Allende pain: When she saw it during the Trump administration, her first impulse was to help reunify children and parents through her foundation.
Cleanup begins after tornadoes hit in Texas and Florida, killing 4 and destroying homes
Cleanup efforts were beginning Friday morning after severe storms spawned tornadoes that left at least four dead, three in the Texas Panhandle and one in the Florida Panhandle as another series of fierce storms carved its way through Southern states.
$930 million in grants announced in Biden’s effort to expand internet access to every home in the US
The federal effort to expand internet access to every U.S. home has taken a major step forward with the announcement of $930 million in grants to shore up connections in dozens of places where significant connectivity gaps persist.
Biden will mark the anniversary of a gun safety law signed after the Uvalde, Texas, school massacre
President Joe Biden will speak at a summit in Connecticut to mark the first anniversary of a gun safety law signed after the Uvalde, Texas, school massacre.