Justice Department asks Supreme Court to block Texas abortion law
The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court on Monday to temporarily block enforcement of the Texas law banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy. It was the second challenge of the law to reach the court on an emergency appeal, seeking to put it on hold while lawsuits contesting its constitutionality work their way through the lower courts. More...
Haitian gang blamed for kidnapping U.S. and Canadian missionaries
A group of American missionaries kidnapped in Haiti over the weekend are being held by one of the country’s most notorious gangs, according to a Haitian police official. Sixteen U.S. nationals and one More...
Three dead, including suspect, after man cuts throat of Arkansas officer
A man was fatally shot Sunday after he stabbed a police officer in the throat and bludgeoned his teenage son with a rock, authorities in Arkansas said. Another person died after an “extremely violent attack” More...
Sleepy school board races are waking up
The Blue Valley School District in Johnson County, Kansas, boasts some of the top public high schools in the state. Generally, candidates for the school board sail to victory unopposed, while turnout is a meager More...
Former President Clinton released from hospital following infection
Former President Bill Clinton has been released from a Southern California hospital after battling an infection. “His fever and white blood cells count are normalized and he will return home to New York More...
Melbourne to ease world’s longest Covid-19 lockdown
MELBOURNE — Melbourne, which has spent more time under Covid-19 lockdowns than any other city in the world, is set to lift its stay-at-home orders this week, officials said on Sunday. By Friday, when some More...
‘SNL’ shows pro football as a sport rife with racism
“Saturday Night Live” put its satirical mirror up to the NFL as the pro football league tries to recover from a scandal, in which the former coach of the Las Vegas Raiders was discovered to have More...
Hollywood production workers avoid nationwide strike with tentative deal
Hollywood production workers across the country will not pick up their picket signs and strike after all — avoiding what could have been the industry’s biggest walkout since World War II. The International More...
Robert Durst sick with Covid-19, and on a ventilator, following life sentence, lawyer says
New York real estate heir Robert Durst has tested positive for Covid-19 and is currently connected to a ventilator, his attorney said. “All we know he’s tested positive for Covid-19, he’s in hospital and More...
A timeline of case as jury selection begins in murder trial
Jury selection begins Monday in the murder trial of three white Georgia men in the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man who was killed after being followed by a father and son in their More...