It was Dec. 19, 1923 – 100 years ago. The first day of Christmas break at the University of Dayton, with fewer than 40 students still on campus.

At 10:30 p.m., the quiet was shattered by a series of explosions, as 12 bombs went off throughout campus. Frightened students discovered that, while damage was minimal, there was an eight-...Read more

The release from prison of former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori on Dec. 6, 2023, has sparked concern over Peru’s commitment to human rights.

The move came a a day after the Constitutional Tribunal of Peru ruled that the 85-year-old, who was serving a 25-year sentence for crimes against humanity, be freed on humanitarian and ...Read more

Former President Trump Friday vowed to roll back protections for transgender students “on Day One” if he wins the November election.

The ex-president told a conservative radio show that he would reverse an order recently enacted by President Biden that would prohibit discrimination in education on the basis of sexual orientation or gender ...Read more

The estranged husband of a Fort Lauderdale woman who disappeared in Spain must remain jailed without bond because he is a flight risk, a Miami judge ruled following a lengthy hearing Friday.

David Knezevich, 36, appeared before Chief Magistrate Judge Edwin G. Torres Friday afternoon, six days after he was arrested at Miami International Airport...Read more

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s effort last week to oust U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson is the latest Rorschach test for constituents in her Georgia district.

To her supporters, Greene’s effort to remove the Louisiana Republican from his post as leader of the House is evidence that she stands firm on her beliefs.

“She don’t put up ...Read more

ATLANTA — Mia Dieguez entered Dunwoody High School classroom 1102 the morning of May 6 looking sickly. She lay her head down.

“Mia typically slept in class, so when class began, Mia rested her head on her desk,” her teacher would later tell police, according to an incident report. “Mia had appeared ill the previous Thursday and had ...Read more

NEW YORK — As the Donald Trump hush money trial wrapped up for the week Friday, New York Supreme Justice Merchan warned the DA to get Trump’s fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen to dial back his posting on social media about Trump and the case.

Cohen has been outspoken about his feelings on his former boss ahead of his expected appearance next ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the conviction of former Trump adviser Steve Bannon on contempt of Congress charges, rejecting his arguments that he did not need to comply with subpoenas from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

Bannon, who was convicted on two contempt ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Before Yong Yang was fatally shot by Los Angeles police last week inside his parents' Koreatown home, his mother called mental health officials for assistance.

Her 40-year-old son was experiencing a severe bipolar episode, Myung Sook Yang said, and she specifically reached out to the county Department of Mental Health (DMH) ...Read more

The assault began at dawn. Defenders rushed in reinforcements. Pitched fighting raged.

Ukraine and its allies sought Friday to discern whether Russian forces were opening a major new war front, more than two years after Moscow’s full-scale invasion of its sovereign neighbor.

“There is a fierce battle,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr ...Read more

NEW YORK — Arts and sciences faculty at Columbia University have launched a vote of no confidence in embattled college president Minouche Shafik, after her congressional testimony and response to campus protests angered large swaths of the Columbia community.

Voting is open for a week to around 1,000 faculty from the main part of the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A different kind of storm could complicate this weekend's plans.

For the first time since January 2005, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a severe geomagnetic storm watch for Friday evening.

The category G4 watch from NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center signals the possibility that a ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — At least 200 Northern California residents may have been exposed to measles after a child with the airborne disease came to the UC Davis Medical Center’s emergency department twice during the past week, Sacramento County health officials said Thursday.

A child came to the Oak Park facility on Monday between 10 p.m. to 3...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — For the second straight year, Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed delaying the expansion of the food assistance benefits for undocumented immigrants age 55 and older.

Newsom on Friday unveiled his proposed $288 billion revised state budget which pushes back the expansion until 2027. He held back funding the program as his ...Read more

DELTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — John Eastman, a lawyer who advised former President Donald Trump's campaign on strategies to overturn the 2020 election, told a crowd in Michigan Thursday the push against voter fraud in the U.S. is "comparable to the fight our founders waged."

About 100 people attended an event inside a Lansing-area Ramada hotel's ...Read more

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol announced this week that he would create a new government ministry to tackle the country's low birth rate, which he called "a national emergency."

The ministry will serve as a specialized "control tower" that will "establish policies that span education, labor and welfare" — one ...Read more

ATLANTA — From Gov. Brian Kemp to former President Jimmy Carter, over 240,000 Georgia voters have already cast their ballots for this month’s primary.

Turnout steadily rose by roughly 25,000 voters each day across Georgia through nearly two weeks of early voting, according to state election data published Friday.

The deadline to request an...Read more

ATLANTA — Most members of Emory University’s Class of 2024 were finishing the sixth grade a decade ago when Georgia congressman and icon of the Civil Rights Movement John Lewis gave the school’s commencement address on campus.

During his speech, Lewis recalled meeting Rosa Parks when he was 17 years old and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr....Read more

LOS ANGELES — Sasha Jane Lowerson just wanted to surf.

But when the Australian longboard surfer attempted to enter an upcoming competition in Huntington Beach, the athlete, who was born intersex, learned that the organizer wasn't going to allow transgender athletes.

Instead, surfers would be required to enter the category of the gender they ...Read more