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Boat work Jan. 31 in the Potomac River near the wreckage of the Black Hawk helicopter that collided Jan. 29 with American Airlines Flight 5342 near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. (Associated Press)
Feb 20, 2025

First claim filed in deadly DC air collision

The wife of a Connecticut man who died in last month’s collision between a passenger jet and a military helicopter near Washington, D.C.’s Ronald Reagan National Airport has filed what […]

The letters ‘CJNG,’ which in Spanish stands for ‘Jalisco New Generation Cartel,’ cover the wall of an abandoned home in El Limoncito, Mexico. (Associated Press file)
Feb 20, 2025

US government names drug cartels ‘foreign terrorist organizations’

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is formally designating eight Latin American crime organizations as “foreign terrorist organizations,” upping its pressure on cartels operating in the U.S. and on anyone aiding […]

This photo shows Coastal Fertility Specialists, the Savannah, Ga., fertility clinic that wrongly placed one woman’s IVF-conceived embryo into another woman’s body in 2023. (Associated Press file)
Feb 19, 2025

Woman sues fertility clinic over IVF error

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Krystena Murray became pregnant after undergoing in vitro fertilization two years ago, and said she was unaware until she gave birth that the fertility clinic had made […]

Leonard Peltier poses for pictures as he was released from a Florida prison Tuesday, several weeks after then-President Joe Biden commuted his life sentence for the murder of two FBI agents in 1975. (NDN Collective)
Feb 19, 2025

Peltier leaves prison after Biden’s sentence commutation

SUMTERVILLE, Fla. — Native American activist Leonard Peltier was released from a Florida prison on Tuesday, weeks after then-President Joe Biden angered law enforcement officials by commuting his life sentence […]

President Donald Trump pauses after signing an executive order Jan. 31 at the White House. (Associated Press)
Feb 18, 2025

EEOC to drop transgender cases under Trump’s order

Signaling a major shift in civil rights enforcement, the federal agency that enforces workplace anti-discrimination laws has moved to dismiss six of its own cases on behalf of workers alleging […]

Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis appears in court Jan. 21 in Las Vegas for a hearing seeking to dismiss charges that he killed rapper Tupac Shakur in 1996. (Associated Press)
Feb 18, 2025

Tupac slaying suspect seeks to delay trial

LAS VEGAS — Attorneys for the man charged in the 1996 slaying of rap icon Tupac Shakur want to delay next month’s trial, saying more time is needed for investigative […]

Female plaintiffs suing under the name ‘Jane Doe’ said that the police department in Johnson City, Tenn., willfully botched investigations into the man they said raped them. (Depositphotos.com)
Feb 17, 2025

City pays $28M settlement for botched rape investigations

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee city agreed Thursday to pay $28 million to settle a lawsuit that said police deliberately botched investigations into a suspect accused in civil cases of […]

Richard Lee Tabler, 46, was executed by lethal injection in the death chamber, above, at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas, on Thursday night. (Associated Press file)
Feb 17, 2025

Two states execute condemned men Thursday night

Texas and Florida each executed a prisoner by lethal injection Thursday evening. Richard Lee Tabler, 46, was given a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas, the Associated […]

Burl Cain, center, warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, La., discusses the gurney used for lethal injection executions Sept. 18, 2009. (Associated Press file)
Feb 13, 2025

Louisiana seeks imminent resumption of executions

NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana will seek to resume carrying out death sentences in the coming months after a 15-year pause, this time using nitrogen gas as the execution method, the […]

R&B singer R. Kelly was convicted in 2021 on federal charges, including racketeering and sex trafficking. (Associated Press file)
Feb 13, 2025

2nd Circuit upholds R. Kelly’s convictions, sentence

NEW YORK — R. Kelly’s racketeering and sex trafficking convictions, along with a 30-year prison sentence, were upheld Wednesday by a federal appeals court that concluded the singer exploited his […]

Delaware Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick rebuffed attorneys for Elon Musk and Tesla's corporate directors who sought to vacate her previous ruling that required the company to rescind its unprecedented pay package for Elon Musk. (Associated Press file)
Feb 12, 2025

Trump and Elon Musk defend their attempts to downsize the federal government

President Donald Trump made a rare appearance with Elon Musk, his most powerful adviser, in the Oval Office on Tuesday before signing an executive order to continue downsizing the federal […]

Feb 11, 2025

Judge orders fired head of whistleblower agency reinstated while fight continues over Trump removal

WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. judge on Monday ordered the fired head of the federal agency dedicated to protecting whistleblowers to be reinstated while a court fight continues over his […]


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