Trump urges states to consider opening schools before summer
President Donald Trump says states should “seriously consider” reopening their public schools before the end of the academic year, even…
Riots, escapes and pepper spray: Virus hits juvenile centers
Nicole Hingle wasn’t surprised when the call came. Frustrations had been building inside juvenile detention centers nationwide as the number…
Saudi Arabia ends death penalty for minors and floggings
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has ordered an end to the death penalty for crimes committed…
Virus lockdown raises tensions in France’s poorest areas
CLICHY-SOUS-BOIS, France — Joining more than 1,000 others, Djemba Diatite stood for hours in line to feed her growing family,…
UN food agency chief: World on brink of ‘a hunger pandemic’
The head of the U_N_ food agency is warning that, as the world is dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, it…
Company: 4 Georgia poultry workers dead from coronavirus
A major U.S. meat producer says four of its poultry workers in Georgia have died after becoming infected by the…
Workers sue McDonald’s over harassment at Florida stores
Two McDonald’s workers in Florida are filing a $500 million class action lawsuit against the company, claiming a “systemic sexual…
Virginia gov seeks to delay minimum wage hike due to virus
Citing economic uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has proposed an amendment to a bill increasing…
Report: Stockpile of 39 million masks exposed as fake
A major California labor union that claimed to have discovered a stockpile of 39 million masks for health care workers…
US death toll closes in on Italy’s as Midwest braces
CHICAGO — The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus briefly overtook Italy‘s for the highest in the world Saturday, according…
Virginia governor signs gun-control bills into law
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has signed several new gun restrictions he championed during this year’s legislative session, cementing gains by…
ACLU seeks release of federal prison inmates where 5 died
A class-action lawsuit filed Monday seeks the release of hundreds of high-risk inmates at a federal lockup in Louisiana where…
Counties without coronavirus are mostly rural, poor
SANTA FE, N.M. — As the coronavirus rages across the United States, mainly in large urban areas, more than a…
Civil rights leader, MLK aide Joseph Lowery dies at 98
ATLANTA — The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, a veteran civil rights leader who helped the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.…
Mexican man dies in ICE custody; 10th since October
A 42-year-old Mexican man died in a South Texas hospital while being held pending his deportation March 23, 2020, 5:43…
‘He’s an inmate’: Anguish mounts over virus-hit nursing home
KIRKLAND, Wash. — Desperate to talk to their dad, Scott Sedlacek and his brother, Steve, stood outside his open nursing…
A hospitalized Weinstein ‘has not given up,’ his lawyer says
Harvey Weinstein is in the hospital with the next chapter of his legal saga in limbo By TOM HAYS Associated…
Pregnant 19-year-old, child die trying to climb US wall
Authorities say a 19-year-old pregnant woman from Guatemala died this week from injuries suffered when she fell trying to climb…
St. Paul teachers continue strike, no classes for a 2nd day
Some 36,000 public school students have another day off in St. Paul while their teachers walk the picket line in…
Mother sues hospital over drug test that led to abuse probe
A mother sued a Pittsburgh hospital Wednesday, saying it collected and tested her urine for drugs without her consent while…
Afghans set to release 1,500 Taliban; US wants less violence
After a series of delays, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has agreed to release 1,500 Taliban prisoners as a goodwill gesture…
Suit: Website sold ammo to underage accused Texas shooter
A lawsuit alleges that a teenager accused of fatally shooting 10 people at a Texas high school in 2018 was…
Homeless at ‘double risk’ of getting, spreading coronavirus
SALEM, Ore. — They often don’t have places to wash their hands, struggle with health problems and crowd together in…
AP Exclusive: NRA firearms auction at country museum nixed
For weeks the NRA has been publicizing plans to auction off firearms at a fundraising dinner at the Country Music…
Turkey, Syria fighting escalates; refugees mass at EU border
KASTANIES, Greece — Thousands of migrants and refugees massed at Turkey’s western frontier Sunday, trying to enter Greece by land…
NH-based bus company stops warrantless immigration checks
Concord Coach Lines is the latest bus company to announce it will no longer allow Border Patrol officers onto buses…
Trump seeks high court approval to speed deportations
WASHINGTON — The man slipped into the U.S from Tijuana, Mexico, and made it just 25 yards from the border…
Court halts Trump asylum policy, then suspends its own order
SAN DIEGO — A Trump administration immigration policy that requires asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases wind…
Biden looks for first 2020 victory in South Carolina primary
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Democrats’ 2020 nominating fight turned to South Carolina on Saturday for the first-in-the-South primary, with Joe…
Girl, 11, brings AR-15 to Idaho hearing on gun legislation
An 11-year-old girl toting a loaded AR-15 assault weapon appeared Monday with her grandfather, who is supporting legislation that would…
Homeland Security waives contracting laws for border wall
President Donald Trump’s administration is waiving federal contracting laws to speed construction of a U.S.-Mexico border wall By ELLIOT SPAGAT…
Televangelist, ex-pastor settle lawsuit alleging sex abuse
A confidential settlement has been reached in a former Ohio megachurch pastor’s lawsuit alleging televangelist Ernest Angley sexually abused and…
Professor suspended for calling police on black student
An Indiana university says a white professor accused of discrimination after he called university police to his classroom because a…
Virginia lawmakers reject assault weapon ban
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s push to ban the sale of assault weapons has failed after members of his own party…
W.Va. governor denies racism over ‘thugs’ basketball comment
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice says it’s absurd to accuse him of racism for calling a high school girls basketball…
Girls sue to block participation of transgender athletes
The families of three female high school runners have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block transgender athletes in Connecticut…
New Philadelphia police chief starts amid surge in homicides
Philadelphia’s new police commissioner starts work Monday amid a surge in homicides so far this year and calls for action…
Texas lawmakers are drafting a hair discrimination bill
The Texas Legislative Black Caucus announced it’s working on a bill that would ban discrimination based on hair textures and…
ICE sued over treatment of 5-year-old with head injury
The mother of a 5-year-old Guatemalan boy has sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement over the medical care he has…
ACLU sues ICE over search warrants in Dallas-area raid
The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas is suing the U.S. government over a raid near Dallas where immigration officials…
Virginia lawmakers pass protections for LGBTQ people
Virginia lawmakers have passed comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation that advocates say makes the state the first in the South to enact…
School: Dolls of black figures on tree-like racks removed
Michigan State University officials say its performing arts center has removed a gift shop display featuring dolls depicting prominent black…
Kansas considers requiring ‘In God We Trust’ in classrooms
Conservative Republicans are pushing for a law in Kansas to require the posting of the national motto of “In God…
Texas teen who won’t cut dreadlocks gets $20K for college
A black Texas teenager who was told his dreadlocks violate his high school’s dress code is gaining the support of…
Priest gets 60 days in jail for bubble-wrapping boy
A Michigan priest accused of wrapping a teenager in bubble wrap has been sentenced to 60 days in jail By…
‘I’m being raped’: Weinstein accuser details alleged assault
NEW YORK — As she tried to fight off Harvey Weinstein’s advances, Mimi Haleyi told him “no, no, no” before…
Coroner: 2 new Mississippi inmate deaths were from beating
A coroner says two inmates were beaten to death in an understaffed Mississippi prison that has been shaken by deadly…
Thousands gather for Women’s March rallies across the US
WASHINGTON — Thousands gathered in cities across the country Saturday as part of the nationwide Women’s March rallies focused on…
California rejects unique intersex surgery ban for some kids
California has rejected a ban on medically unnecessary treatment for babies born with ambiguous or conflicting genitalia By ADAM BEAM…
12 shot, five dead, in single day of shootings in Baltimore
Authorities say 12 people have been shot, five of them fatally, in eight separate weekend shootings in Baltimore January 12,…
Michigan town ‘stinks;’ Council buys marijuana odor device
Is that a skunk? No, it’s marijuana January 9, 2020, 6:34 PM 2 min read BESSEMER, Mich. — Is that…
Refugees shot dead in Libya were pushed out of UN facility
Two Eritrean asylum-seekers have been shot dead inside their accommodation in the Libyan capital By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press January…
Tennessee inmates ask court to stop execution scheduling
Attorneys for Tennessee death row inmates argue that mental issues, poor legal representation, newly surfaced evidence, and racism in the…
Police arrest 7 in New Year’s Eve mob sexual assault
A senior security official says police have arrested seven young men for allegedly taking part in a mob sexual assault…
New York education leader appears on child sex crime charge
A high-ranking New York City education official accused of arranging a sexual encounter in Wisconsin with someone he thought was…
Methodists propose split in gay marriage, clergy impasse
A group of United Methodist Church leaders from around the world and across ideological divides is proposing an amicable separation…
Pakistan issues health IDs for trans people to improve care
Pakistan has begun issuing special health ID cards for transgender people as way to lessen health care discrimination By ASIM…
Nigerian man dies in ICE custody after sex abuse conviction
A Nigerian man has died in federal immigration custody after he was convicted of a sex offense and assault in…