(Headline USA) Hours after a Kentucky grand jury brought no charges against Louisville police for Breonna Taylor's death and rioters took to the streets, authorities said two officers were shot and wounded Wednesday night during the demonstrations expressing anger over the killings of Black people at the hands of...
(Headline USA) A Kentucky grand jury on Wednesday indicted a single former police officer for shooting into neighboring apartments but did not move forward with charges against any officers for their role in Breonna Taylor’s death.
The jury announced that fired Officer Brett Hankison was charged with three counts of wanton...
(Headline USA) California will halt sales of new gasoline-powered passenger cars and trucks by 2035, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday, a move he says will cut greenhouse gas emissions by 35% in the nation’s most populous state.
The proposed rule would not ban people from owning gas-powered cars or selling them...
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(Headline USA) The Uncle Ben’s rice brand is getting a new name: Ben’s Original. Parent firm Mars Inc. unveiled the change Wednesday for the 70-year-old brand, the latest company to drop a logo criticized as an alleged racial stereotype.
Some on Twitter objected to the...
(Headline USA) Chief Justice John Roberts says the words that best describe the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg are “tough, brave, a fighter, a winner” but also "thoughtful, careful, compassionate, honest.”
In frequent agreement on decisions that advanced the progressive agenda, Roberts spoke Wednesday about Ginsburg during a private ceremony in...
(Headline USA) Cindy McCain endorsed Democrat Joe Biden for president Tuesday in a rebuke of President Donald Trump by the widow of the GOP's 2008 nominee.
Trump has had a fraught relationship with members of John McCain's family since he disparaged the Arizona senator during his 2016 campaign. But the McCains...
(Headline USA) Seattle will reduce the police department’s budget and reallocate some money to community programs after the City Council voted Tuesday evening to override Mayor Jenny Durkan’s vetoes of adjustments to this year’s budget.
The council’s proposals approved last month were supported by demonstrators who have marched in the city...
(Associated Press) A Canadian woman accused of mailing a package containing ricin to the White House included a threatening letter in which she told President Donald Trump to “give up and remove your application for this election,” according to court papers filed Tuesday.
Pascale Ferrier, of Quebec, was arrested Sunday at...
(Headline USA) The prospect that President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans will fill the Supreme Court seat once held by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before the year is out has ignited a call by vengeance-seeking leftists for major changes on the court, including expanding the number of justices.
Some Democratic senators,...
(Headline USA) Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah said Tuesday he supports voting to fill the Supreme Court seat formerly held by late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, all but ensuring President Donald Trump has the backing to push his choice to confirmation over Democratic objections that it's too close to...
(Headline USA) Ranked choice voting will be used for the first time in a presidential race under a ruling Tuesday by the Maine Supreme Court, which concluded a GOP petition drive came up short.
The Supreme Judicial Court concluded that the Maine Republican Party failed to reach the threshold of signatures...
(Associated Press) The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court for fast action on its effort, blocked by a lower court, to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from the numbers used to determine how many congressional seats each state gets.
In court papers filed Tuesday, the administration suggested the court...