City where Daunte Wright shot to vote on policing changes
Leaders in the Minneapolis suburb where a police officer fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in April could vote Saturday on a...
Belugas to arrive at Mystic Aquarium after legal battle
Three Beluga whales have almost arrived at their new home in a Connecticut aquarium after a legal battle to import them and two others...
VMI gets 1st female commander of Corps of Cadets
The Virginia Military Institute is getting its first female commander of the Corps of Cadets
ByThe Associated Press
May 14, 2021, 10:14 PM
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Democrats Move Closer to Setting Up Jan. 6 Commission
WASHINGTON — House Democrats pressed ahead on Friday with a bipartisan proposal to create an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol attack,...
A Breakaway Third Party of Ex-Republicans? Don’t Count on It.
“A house divided against itself cannot stand,” Abraham Lincoln declared in 1858, just two years before he assumed the mantle of the recently formed...
Pipeline Attack Reveals Weaknesses in U.S. Cybersecurity
For years, government officials and industry executives have run elaborate simulations of a targeted cyberattack on the power grid or gas pipelines in the...
Suspended Boston top cop goes to court to block firing
Boston’s police commissioner, who was placed on leave shortly after getting the job over more than 20-year-old domestic violence allegations, has gone to court...
Police: 9 injured in shootout recovering; charges expected
Nine people injured in a Rhode Island shooting in which some 50 shots were fired are expected to recover
ByThe Associated Press
May 14, 2021, 9:36...
Federal trial set for August for 3 ex-cops in Floyd’s death
Three former Minneapolis police officers who are charged with violating George Floyd's civil rights are scheduled to be arraigned in federal court in July,...
Biden Revokes Trump Executive Orders on Immigration, Monuments and More
The Biden administration on Friday revoked a Trump-era restriction on migrants who enter the country without health coverage and rolled back six executive orders...
In Elise Stefanik, the GOP Installs a Trump Convert
Even as she was allying herself with Mr. Trump, Ms. Stefanik was playing a leading role in countering his effect on the Republican Party,...
Flames engulf cargo ship’s remains off US coast; no injuries
A fire is burning inside the remains of an overturned cargo ship being dismantled along the Georgia coast
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press
May 14, 2021,...