ATLANTA — Daniel Black calls serving as his alma mater’s commencement speaker the greatest honor of a lifetime.

Black is a professor of African American studies at Clark Atlanta University, where he will deliver his speech on May 18. He’s giddy talking about it. Other high-profile names making addresses to local graduates include ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The state of Missouri will defend three state senators who each face federal lawsuits for sharing social media posts falsely accusing a man of being a shooter in the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade shooting.

Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s office is representing Republican Sens. Rick Brattin of ...Read more

The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine, with the massive outlay being repaid with the windfall profits from sovereign Russian assets that have been frozen – and are accruing interest — mostly in Europe.

The plan is being discussed among the Group of Seven ...Read more

DENVER — Denver police Chief Ron Thomas said Friday that he refused a second request from officials at the Auraria Campus to clear pro-Palestine demonstrators from an encampment after police arrested 45 people in a tense sweep of the site last week — and said there is currently “no legal way” for officers to dismantle the demonstration. ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Perhaps they just lost a spouse, or went through a traumatic health scare. Perhaps, as they’ve grown older, they’ve simply become lonely. Then someone calls bearing good news.

Over 50 elderly Americans answered the phone to such news a couple years ago, told by callers based in Broward County that they had won a ...Read more

ATLANTA — A new study has brought the public health concern of vaping back to the forefront. Electronic cigarettes have already been branded unsafe for kids, teens and young adults by the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and new evidence has linked the vapes to possible increased exposure of harmful heavy metals.

Most...Read more

DENVER — A fundraising dinner for the Jefferson County Republican Party slated to feature South Dakota governor and vice-presidential hopeful Kristi Noem has been canceled because of safety concerns amid fallout from her admission in a new book that she killed a family dog over behavioral issues, party officials announced Friday.

The ...Read more

ATLANTA — DeKalb County police may open an investigation after residents near Emory University found their neighborhood littered with antisemitic fliers Thursday morning.

Authorities received several complaints about the fliers after they were found strewn through the Emory Highlands neighborhood off of North Decatur Road, DeKalb police ...Read more

As a historic global conference of the United Methodist Church draws to a close in Charlotte Friday, the issue of homosexuality that has driven away many of the denomination’s churches appears settled.

Delegates on Thursday removed language in Methodist Church laws that for decades has said homosexuality was “incompatible” with Christian ...Read more

CHICAGO — The heads of the Chicago Police Department and Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office were joined by Mayor Brandon Johnson in announcing murder charges against the man who allegedly shot and killed off-duty CPD officer Luis Huesca last month in Gage Park.

“Today, we honor (Huesca) as we hold accountable the offender who is ...Read more

ATHENS — A group of University of Georgia professors plans to call on the university to immediately lift the suspensions of students who were arrested Monday in a campus protest.

A draft of the letter the group plans to submit to the administration says UGA had the right to bring in the police and enforce campus free speech policies.

But the...Read more

When San Diego County Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer first saw the Coast Runner milling machine being marketed as some state-of-the-art product for creative people in California, she was livid.

Despite its chill name and the retro colors splashed on its side, Lawson-Remer said the Coast Runner was clearly just a rebranded Ghost Gunner — a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, to former U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole.

The former North Carolina senator spent her political career shattering glass ceilings and fighting for women’s equality.

During her expansive career, Dole, 87, became the first woman to ...Read more

Last month, two brothers and one of their friends crossed from the United States into Mexico to explore Baja California's famous surf breaks. One of the brothers, Callum Robinson, 33, posted snapshots of their journey on Instagram, showing the men gazing out at the ocean with cups of coffee, enjoying street tacos and relaxing with beers on a ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — While the First Amendment protects your right to protest, there are limitations when it comes to exercising this right on California university campuses.

The amendment reads: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech,...Read more

LOS ANGELES — After canceling its mainstage commencement ceremony amid pro-Palestinian protests, USC has announced plans for a "Trojan Family" graduation event next week at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

The event will take place Thursday, May 9 at 8:30 p.m. USC announced on Thursday. The university promises a drone show, fireworks, ...Read more

U.S. employers scaled back hiring in April and the unemployment rate unexpectedly rose, suggesting some cooling is underway in the labor market after a strong start to the year.

Nonfarm payrolls advanced 175,000 last month, the smallest gain in six months, a Bureau of Labor Statistics report showed Friday. A later release showed that business ...Read more