ATLANTA — Demonstrators in Georgia and the Southeast are taking more of a risk than those in other parts of the country, some legal and advocacy organizations say.

Representatives from groups including the National Lawyers Guild, Project South and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Georgia as well as some students involved in ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Alex Lopez doesn’t contest that Joe Biden was elected president in 2020.

His concern lies with how those results came to be.

“By the numbers? He absolutely won it. Ethically? Probably not,” said the 38-year-old Anaheim resident, who works as a logistics coordinator.

Questions about the integrity of the election process ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Multiple law enforcement officers were shot Monday in east Charlotte, the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department said.

CMPD says people should stay clear of the 5000 block of Galway Drive, where there is an active investigation.

The department said the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force, made up of multiple agencies, was ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Three gun-safety measures are headed to votes on the Minnesota House floor Monday although it wasn't clear if or when the Senate would consider the bills.

"We are the House. We are going to continue to do the work of the House," state Rep. Kelly Moller, DFL-Shoreview, said at a news conference hours before the anticipated ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The mother of Ralph Yarl on Monday filed a lawsuit on her son’s behalf against Andrew Lester and his homeowners association related to the shooting in April 2023 that left the teen severely injured.

Cleo Nagbe filed the civil lawsuit on her son’s behalf in Clay County Circuit Court against Lester and the Highland Acres ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Those who obtained federally backed student loans from private banks can have some or all of their remaining debt forgiven by the Biden administration, but they need to act fast: The deadline for qualifying is Tuesday.

The relief is available for students enrolled in income-driven repayment plans or the Public Service Loan ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Multiple law enforcement officers were shot Monday in east Charlotte, the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department said.

The residence in the 5000 block of Galway Drive where it happened was cleared and the area deemed safe, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said around 5 p.m., about three hours after the shooting. ...Read more

NEW YORK — Administrators at NYU said they will proceed with disciplinary action against pro-Palestinian protesters who refused to disband a student encampment urging the university to divest from Israel over the war in Gaza.

Even though the protesters took down tents housing demonstrators, campus officials said protesters remain in violation...Read more

NEW YORK — Talks have stalled between Columbia University students and officials to clear the campus pro-Gaza encampment on campus, prompting the administration to threaten disciplinary action for any students who did not leave by Monday afternoon.

Columbia President Minouche Shafik announced the breakdown of negotiations Monday morning. ...Read more

A Yellowstone National Park visitor was left injured while harassing a bison herd, park rangers said.

The 40-year-old park tourist from Idaho Falls, Idaho, was injured by a bison on April 21, according to an April 29 news release by the National Park Service.

The man had “harassed a herd of bison and kicked a bison in the leg,” officials ...Read more

CHICAGO — The typically busy stretch of south Western Avenue outside St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel was quiet Monday morning.

Instead of tractor trailers hauling freight, the thoroughfare was lined with scores of police vehicles from cities and towns across northern Illinois.

Hundreds of Chicago cops and their counterparts from other ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — An anonymous social media post over the weekend claimed that a group of North Carolina politicians were drunk and disruptive during a tour of a distillery in Kentucky.

The post caused a stir in political circles, but officials questioned about the post Monday didn’t have answers about what happened.

In a Reddit post ...Read more

WASHINGTON — How the Supreme Court rules on presidential immunity in former President Donald Trump’s effort to jettison his federal charges could have some collateral damage: Congress’ impeachment power.

At oral arguments in the case Thursday, Trump attorney D. John Sauer told the justices that the nation’s founders decided impeachment ...Read more

ATHENS — Students and others protesting Israel’s war in Gaza gathered again at the University of Georgia’s campus on Monday afternoon, hours after police broke up an earlier protest and arrested several demonstrators for trespassing.

About 30 people gathered next to The Arch at the north entrance of the campus in Athens and began marching...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Democratic Sen. Nicole Mitchell returned to the State Capitol on Monday and began voting for the first time since she was arrested and charged with felony first-degree burglary. Mitchell cast deciding votes to block Republican-led motions that would have prevented her from voting on bills while an ethics complaint against her is ...Read more

CHICAGO — Northwestern University officials announced Monday that they have reached an agreement with students and faculty protesting against Israel’s war in Gaza, outlining a plan intended to allow demonstrations to continue while preventing the chaos and occasional violence that has engulfed other campuses across the country.

The deal ...Read more

WASHINGTON — White House officials remain mum about a purported Israeli counterstrike on Iranian soil, the continuation of a stark message shift about American and allied intelligence capabilities in the Middle East over just a few short days.

The episode shows how Biden administration officials employed silence at they tried to avoid the ...Read more

ATLANTA — When word spread that President Joe Biden would serve as Morehouse College’s 2024 commencement speaker, a loud contingent of students and alumni demanded that the Atlanta-based Black college rescind the invitation.

They argued that Biden was on the wrong side of the Israel-Hamas war and that he was using Morehouse as a prop to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Monday finalized a rule to regulate most tests developed in a lab, in a move that observers expect will face legal challenges and prompt intervention from Congress.

The rule effectively reclassifies tests developed and performed in a lab as medical devices for the purposes of FDA regulation. It...Read more