DETROIT — The Oxford High School shooter has been transferred to a protective custody unit in northwest Michigan, the Michigan Department of Corrections said.

Ethan Crumbley, who was convicted of killing four students and injuring seven people in 2021, was moved Sunday to the Oaks Correctional Facility in Manistee, according to Kyle Kaminski,...Read more

ATLANTA — As Vice President Kamala Harris’ convoy rolled through downtown Monday, it swung by the Atlanta University Center where generations of Black students have earned higher education degrees.

From there, she visited an innovation center for Black startups, traversed a busy Atlanta highway that has symbolized economic disparity in the ...Read more

NEW YORK — Talks have stalled between Columbia University students and officials to clear the 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. Students at...Read more

Kansas Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly prevailed on Monday in a showdown with the Legislature over tax cuts, as supporters failed by a single vote to enact a vetoed plan she warned was too expensive.

The plan’s failure threw into doubt the chances for tax cuts this year. The Legislature was expected to end its annual session later this week, but ...Read more

There’s no compass to navigate these troubled waters of university unrest.

At Columbia and Yale, college officials forcibly dismantled pro-Palestinian encampments and arrested dozens. But the encampments already are back up.

Pro-Palestinian students and faculty say universities haven’t done enough to protect them, while pro-Israel students...Read more

The Missouri House Ethics Committee on Monday voted to dismiss a complaint of ethical misconduct against House Speaker Dean Plocher despite an attempt by its chair to point out the top Republican’s alleged obstruction of the investigation.

The committee, in a tense and chaotic meeting, voted 7 to 2 to reject the complaint with Ethics Chair ...Read more

SEATTLE — President Joe Biden approved a federal disaster declaration Sunday for several Washington counties following the January winter storms that caused widespread flooding, landslides, downed trees and power outages that affected over 100,000 people.

Washington state declared a state of emergency for the 16 counties in mid-March, saying ...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

The U.S. push to ban TikTok marks a new phase in its approach to data security that could eventually impact everything from electric vehicles to health care, reshaping trade relations between the world’s biggest economies.

President Joe Biden last week signed legislation barring Chinese parent ByteDance Ltd’s ownership of TikTok, a move ...Read more

MIAMI — A former Miami police officer was arrested Monday morning after investigators say he lied to authorities to get over $246,000 in loans meant to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, using the proceeds on himself, mortgages for properties that he owned, and trucks and trailers.

A 2022 routine licensing inspection by the ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Students and community members at Sacramento State initiated a demonstration on campus Monday in support of the Palestinian people amid the ongoing war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.

By Monday afternoon, about 15 tents had sprouted up in the library quad as students donning keffiyeh scarves and face masks hung ...Read more

IRVINE, Calif. — As pro-Palestinian protests at UC Irvine grew Monday, about 30 Orange County Sheriff’s deputies set up for a potential response, some carrying batons and face shields.

To date, recent protests at the school have been marked by minimal police intervention and no violence.

The arrival of deputies at UCI came after some 50 ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — A “potential serial killer” paid to have sex with two women in separate incidents, then strangled them and dumped their bodies before being caught, Orange County Sheriff John Mina said Monday.

Carlos Baez Nieves, 24, faces murder charges in the slayings of Fatia Flowers and Nichole Daniels, whose bodies were found on the ...Read more

The International Criminal Court may issue arrest warrants for both Israeli and Hamas leaders, as a result of Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israeli civilians and Israel’s subsequent invasion of Gaza, according to Israeli officials and what The New York Times and other media outlets call “foreign officials.”

Israeli Prime ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Three law enforcement officers were killed and five others were shot and wounded Monday in east Charlotte, authorities said.

The U.S. Marshals service and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force, made up of multiple agencies, was attempting to serve a warrant in the area when it...Read more

As a united front of powerful armed gangs in Haiti continue to hold millions hostage and threaten the collapse of society, the ongoing attacks have claimed a new victim: the downtown Port-au-Prince premises of Haiti’s oldest newspaper, the region’s oldest French-language daily.

Unknown assailants vandalized and looted the offices of Le ...Read more

BERKELEY — The number of tents pitched at a pro-Palestine encampment at UC Berkeley more than doubled over the weekend, but university officials say they’re not changing their approach.

Up to 60 tents were estimated to be at the site Friday. By Monday, that estimate grew to about 150, Matt Kovac, protest media liaison, confirmed in a text ...Read more

California struck up a new deal with Amneal Pharmaceuticals on Monday to bolster the state’s supply of the opioid overdose-reversing medication naloxone at a much lower price for schools, police departments and others trying to ease the toll of fentanyl.

The deal would put the price tag for a two-dosage pack of FDA approved naloxone, often ...Read more