Police: Suspects in last week's Mall of America shooting arrested in Chicago
MINNEAPOLIS — A pair of suspects have been arrested in Chicago following last week's shooting inside a crowded store at the Mall of America, police said Thursday.
Shamar Alon Lark, 21, of Minneapolis, and Rashad Jamal ...Read more
New study shows how COVID lockdowns impacted birds in Northwest US
SEATTLE — While the unusual quiet of COVID's first months was hard on many people, it allowed birds in the Pacific Northwest to use a wider range of habitats, according to a newly published University of Washington study...Read more
South Carolina judge sends Murdaugh's alleged accomplice to jail for breaking bond
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina judge on Thursday revoked bond for Curtis Eddie Smith, a distant cousin and alleged co-conspirator of Alex Murdaugh’s, sending Smith back to jail possibly until trial.
In a hearing at...Read more
LA County drops out of high COVID-19 level as surge eases
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County officially moved out of the high COVID-19 community level Thursday as one top state health official expressed hope that California is at the end of the pandemic’s latest wave.
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Trump's 'planted evidence' claim unlikely to stand up in court
Donald Trump and his supporters are ratcheting up their baseless claim that Federal Bureau of Investigation agents may have “planted” evidence when they searched his Mar-a-Lago home for missing White House records. But...Read more
Obama Foundation revenues down in 2021 amid pandemic, delays in approval for construction
CHICAGO — Former President Barack Obama’s foundation set a goal last summer of raising $1.6 billion between 2021 and 2026 to pay for construction of his presidential center and an endowment to sustain it for years to ...Read more
Couple's Pandemic Romance Stumbles Into Rocky Patch
DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend, "Kirk," and I have been dating exclusively for nearly two years and live together. We met during the pandemic, so for the first year or so, we mostly hung out -- just the two of us. Since the world...Read more
Striking drop in stress hormone predicts long COVID in study
Striking decreases in the stress hormone cortisol were the strongest predictor for who develops long COVID in new research that identified several potential drivers of the lingering symptoms afflicting millions of ...Read more
Biden plots a 2024 presidential run -- and a Trump rematch
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is preparing to launch his re-election bid in the months after November’s midterm congressional elections, according to multiple aides and allies, setting up a potential 2024 re-match ...Read more
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Budget bill would task EPA to scrutinize companies’ climate goals
WASHINGTON — U.S. companies would face additional scrutiny on their promises to slash emissions under a section on corporate transparency in a Senate-...Read more
Family demands answers, justice in death of Brianna Grier at her Atlanta funeral
ATLANTA — Family members and friends and local and state leaders gathered in Atlanta on Thursday to celebrate the life of Brianna Grier, who died after falling out of a patrol car in Hancock County last month.
Civil ...Read more
NYC Education Dept. scrambles to enroll influx of migrant kids as school year approaches
NEW YORK — New York City’s Education Department is facing a logistical nightmare as the start of the school year approaches: registering potentially thousands of recently-arrived asylum-seeking kids for school in less ...Read more
Who is Rep. Scott Perry, the Trump ally from Pa. whose phone was seized by the FBI?
PHILADELPHIA — You may have been hearing a lot about U.S. Rep Scott Perry in the days since the FBI seized the Pennsylvania Republican’s phone in connection with the investigation into former President Donald Trump’s...Read more
Biden administration announces new projects from bipartisan infrastructure law
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced 166 new federal grants Thursday for transportation projects from the bipartisan infrastructure law.
“One thing I think you’ll see come across as we speak to ...Read more
OnlyFans model Courtney Clenney charged with murder in stabbing death of boyfriend in Miami
MIAMI — After OnlyFans model Courtney Clenney fatally stabbed her unarmed boyfriend during a raging domestic dispute in their luxury Miami apartment, police say, she claimed that she’d merely thrown the knife at him, ...Read more
Megan Thee Stallion says she's releasing new album, 'Traumazine,' on Friday in surprise announcement
It’s good news for Megan Thee Stallion fans.
The Grammy-winning rapper will release her second album, “Traumazine,” on Friday, she revealed in a surprise announcement Thursday.
The 27-year-old artist from Houston ...Read more
Federal judge declares mistrial in Flint water crisis bellwether trial
DETROIT — A high-profile Flint water crisis trial against two private engineering companies has ended with a hung jury.
Eastern District of Michigan U.S. District Court magistrate judge David Grand declared the mistrial...Read more
FBI completes 'Rust' shooting report as investigation continues
The FBI has finalized its forensic analysis of the deadly shooting by Alec Baldwin last year on the set of the low-budget western “Rust,” New Mexico sheriff’s officials said Thursday.
Results of the FBI’s forensic...Read more
US colleges lack supplies to prevent Monkeypox outbreaks
Lack of access to monkeypox vaccines and tests threatens to hinder colleges and universities in the hardest-hit U.S. states as they plan to beat back a feared campus surge later this year.
Health administrators at schools...Read more
CDC eases COVID-19 guidance
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention streamlined its guidance Thursday for keeping COVID-19 in check, de-emphasizing social distancing, nixing screening tests for those without symptoms and not recommending ...Read more
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