50 trombones given out to honor slain Parkland student
Fifty special trombones have been given out to band students throughout Florida in honor of a teenager who died in the Parkland high school shooting. The South Florida SunSentinel reports…
Let’s make a Brexit deal, UK PM May tells Labour opposition
British Prime Minister Theresa May says her Conservative government and the opposition Labour Party have a duty to strike a compromise Brexit agreement to end months of political deadlock over…
Georgia professor barred from campus amid complaints
The University of Georgia has barred a longtime math professor from campus as investigators review several sexual misconduct complaints against him. The university confirmed in a statement Friday that its…
Florida lawmakers pass bill allowing more armed teachers
More Florida classroom teachers could carry guns in school under a bill passed Wednesday by state lawmakers, the latest response to last year’s mass shooting at a Parkland high school.…
Shooting kills college football player, injures Giants’ pick
Washburn University’s joy over one of its own going to the pros quickly shifted to grief this weekend after a shooting killed a current Washburn player and wounded the former…
Georgia’s first black Supreme Court justice to step down
A jurist who became the first African American to serve on the Georgia Supreme Court plans to step down after serving three decades on the high court. The court said…
White supremacist gets life for running down black man
A white supremacist who ran down and killed a young black man in Oregon two years ago was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for…
Court won’t immediately stop wait-in-Mexico asylum policy
A federal appeals court put a judge’s order on hold Friday shortly before it would have stopped the Trump administration from forcing asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their…
Report says Missouri lawmaker created false affair rumor
A Missouri House member engaged in “unbecoming” conduct by creating a false rumor that another lawmaker was having an affair with a House employee, according to a report from a…
Mormons ease opposition to same-sex couples and their kids
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Thursday repealed rules that banned baptisms for children of gay parents and that labeled same-sex couples as sinners eligible for expulsion…