Experts disagree over causes. It could be due to the prevalence of guns in America. Professor Daniel Nagin at Carnegie Mellon University says disputes that used to be resolved with fists are now played out with firearms
Blinken and Xi pronounce themselves satisfied with progress made during two days of talks, without pointing to specific areas of agreement
On a long holiday weekend seen by many as a reason for a party, others are urging quiet reflection about the end of slavery and the treatment of America’s Black citizens throughout U.S. history
After appointees of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took over Disney’s governing district earlier this year, its firefighters were among the few employees who publicly welcomed them with open arms. But that warm relationship is in jeopardy
His repeated mantra of commitment to the rule of law has not soothed Republicans who are standing by the indicted former president and reframing the charges as an unfair political persecution
The late Sonora Smart Dodd launched the celebration of dads in 1910 in her hometown of Spokane, Washington
The 45-year-old corporate and real estate lawyer, a former president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, is competing for the nomination against two other Florida residents — former president Donald Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis
The former president is trying to turn his legal troubles into PR opportunities in a bid to distract the public’s attention from other contenders in the Republican primaries
Speaking to Nevada Republicans for the first time as a presidential candidate, DeSantis made no direct mention of the former president’s legal woes
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s bid to appease hardliners in his caucus and get the House moving again has some Democratic worried about the road ahead
Communities from Houston to New Orleans are opening cooling centers to bring relief as steamy hot temperatures settle across a broad swath of the U.S. South
The city of St. George must issue a permit for a Utah-based group that organizes drag performances to host an all-ages drag show in a public park, a judge ruled
The journalist has been sentenced to six years in prison in a trial described as political persecution
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who recommended her, says she makes history as the first Bangladeshi American as well as the first Muslim American woman to be a federal judge
The ruling doesn’t preclude Gov. Kim Reynolds and lawmakers from passing a new law restricting abortion, however. Currently, abortions are allowed in Iowa up to 20 weeks of pregnancy.
Judge James Patrick Hanlon’s order also blocks provisions that would prohibit Indiana doctors from communicating with out-of-state doctors about gender-affirming care for their patients younger than 18
Trump vowed to retaliate against President Joe Biden if he is elected president in 2024. Experts said that underscores how the former president is willing to abuse the office to carry out purely personal activities
The producer, Alex McCaskill, offered to resign with two weeks’ notice, but was told to clean out his desk and leave immediately, according to his version
The Mexican singer sings Rocío Dúrcal’s lyrics over the DJ’s dance music beat in ‘Invítame A Un Café’
Ellsberg had announced in February that he was terminally ill with pancreatic cancer. A letter released by his family says he died Friday morning
The hefty fine caps off a two-year investigation into the mayor’s use of taxpayer dollars to cover the travel costs of NYPD officers who accompanied him during cross-country campaign stops
Jurors must now decide whether the 50-year-old should be sent to death row or sentenced to life in prison without parole as the federal trial shifts to a penalty phase expected to last several weeks
An immigrant family grieves after a respiratory virus outbreak claimed their little girl’s life
The sweeping two-year civil rights investigation concluded that systemic problems in the Minneapolis Police Department ‘made what happened to George Floyd possible,’ according to the DOJ
About 475,000 customers were without electricity in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Oklahoma as of Friday morning, as another series of fierce storms made its way through Southern states
The first political rally of the president’s reelection campaign is being held at a union gathering in Pennsylvania, punctuating just how much the president is counting on labor support to carry him to a second term
Their diverging prospects illustrate the differences in the two countries and how a parliamentary system is harder for populists to crack than the U.S.’s two-party presidential one
