MINNEAPOLIS -- Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane should stand trial as an accomplice to the murder of George Floyd because his actions during Floyd's May 25 arrest meet the legal requirements for the charges against him, and jurors should be allowed to determine whether he is guilty, prosecutors argue in new legal filings.

Lane's ...Read more

The term "Latinx" has been embraced by 3% of Latinos in the United States, according to the first major poll on the topic by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center, which closely tracks "Hispanic/Latino" demographic and social trends. The study, released Tuesday, also found that roughly three out of four Latinos in the U.S. hadn't even heard of the...Read more

BALTIMORE -- A 20-year-old man was found dead among the rubble of a massive gas explosion in Northwest Baltimore early Tuesday, bringing the number of people killed in the incident to two, officials said.

Workers continued to investigate and clean up the scene of the explosion that also killed one woman and seriously injured at least seven ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- With a backlog of coronavirus test results now flowing into a state database, California reported 13,149 coronavirus cases on Monday, with additional older results expected to increase daily totals throughout the week.

"The issue with the state's electronic laboratory reporting system has been addressed and the system is now ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Joe Biden's choice of Sen. Kamala Harris brings to the Democratic ticket a woman who has won three times statewide in California -- but has also been a polarizing figure.

She was San Francisco's top prosecutor from 2004 to 2011, then attorney general from 2011 until 2017. While holding statewide office, she called herself ...Read more

SEATTLE --Police Chief Carmen Best will step down, she has announced, in the wake of protests against police brutality, criticism over the police department's response and votes by the City Council to shrink the police force and cut her wages.

"This was a difficult decision for me, but when it's time, it's time," Best wrote in a Monday night ...Read more

Joe Biden has named his one-time rival Kamala Harris as his running mate, the campaign revealed Tuesday, elevating California's junior senator as the first woman of color to appear on a major party's presidential ticket.

Harris, who centered her unsuccessful White House bid last year on a promise to "prosecute the case" against President Donald...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- With California Sen. Kamala Harris now cemented as Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's running mate, Gov. Gavin Newsom could soon face the politically perilous decision of whom to select as her replacement in the U.S. Senate.

The appointment promises to be one of the most consequential of his political career, ...Read more

HONG KONG -- Media mogul Jimmy Lai was let out of police custody on Tuesday evening after more than 40 hours to cheers from supporters of the pro-democracy movement.

The South China Morning Post newspaper says Lai had to pay the equivalent of around $37,600 in bail money, on top of an additional security deposit.

Several other activists were ...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. -- A Republican running for Congress in Connecticut's 2nd District abruptly dropped his bid on the day of the primary following his arrest.

Thomas Gilmer of Madison was arrested by Wethersfield police late Monday, a department official confirmed. He was charged on a warrant with first-degree unlawful restraint and second-degree ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- A federal appeals court appeared to balk at former national security adviser Michael Flynn's claim that the judge overseeing his prosecution has no choice but to grant the U.S. Justice Department's surprise motion to dismiss the case without holding a hearing.

During a rare review by the full appellate panel, most of the judges at...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Florida's coronavirus death toll increased Tuesday by 277 victims, the highest number reported during the pandemic.

At least 8,553 residents have died from COVID-19 complications so far, along with another 132 nonresidents who died in the state, according to official data.

The previous high for COVID-19 deaths was 257 ...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. -- The court-appointed lawyer overseeing the estate of Fotis Dulos has filed a motion asking the probate judge to declare Jennifer Farber Dulos dead, arguing that she was likely dismembered after she disappeared nearly 15 months ago.

Normally in Connecticut a person has to be missing for seven years before the probate court will...Read more