Commission: Florida judge should be reprimanded for conduct during Parkland school shooting trial
A Florida commission says the judge who oversaw the penalty trial of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz should be publicly reprimanded for showing bias toward the prosecution.
California threatens DeSantis with criminal charges
California Gov. Gavin Newsom threatened Gov. Ron DeSantis with kidnapping charges on Monday on Twitter.
Oklahoma school board approves what would be the 1st taxpayer-funded religious school in US
An Oklahoma school board has voted to approve what would be the nation’s first publicly funded religious school.
Mother fatally shot by neighbor after yearslong feud over playing children, sheriff says
A Florida mother was fatally shot through a door outside a neighbor’s home after what officials characterized as a 2 1/2-year feud over playing children.
Loss of oxygen in cabin may have led to Virginia plane crash, expert says
An aviation expert is citing a loss of oxygen as a possible theory for why an unresponsive business jet flew over the nation’s capital Sunday before crashing in rural Virginia.
DNA from drinking glass linked New Jersey man to 4 Boston sexual assaults, prosecutor says
Prosecutors say a lawyer was linked to a series of sexual assaults in Boston about 15 years ago by DNA obtained from a drinking glass he used at a corporate event earlier this year.
Sonic boom heard over Washington is a rare sound with a rich history
People living in and around the nation’s capital experienced a rare, if startling, sound: A sonic boom.
Missouri man set for execution on ’emotional roller coaster,’ attorney says
An attorney for a man on Missouri’s death row says her client is on “an emotional roller coaster” amid efforts to spare his life with just a day to go before his scheduled execution.
It will take days to collect debris from plane that flew over Washington, crashed in rural Virginia
A federal investigator says it will take days to gather highly fragmented debris from a small plane that flew over the nation’s capital and crashed in Virginia, killing four people.
Davenport, Iowa, officials: 3 bodies recovered at apartment collapse site; no others thought missing
Police in Davenport, Iowa say three bodies have been recovered at the site of a partially collapsed apartment building, and no other people are thought to be missing.