Four young people were killed and 32 others were hurt in Saturday’s shooting at the birthday celebration in Dadeville, a small city in east Alabama. It was the 16th mass killing in the U.S. this year
Most of those manufacturers’ cars sold in the United States over the last decade do not have engine immobilizers. This device prevents the engine from starting unless the key is present
In a statement released Thursday, the family says they are working “vigorously” to see that the rifle is destroyed. They said federal agents took possession of the rifle on Monday
While two-thirds of the country now offers legal sports betting, only six states offer online casino gambling, confounding industry hopes of similar growth
Gaston County Police Chief Stephen Zill declined to say what led to the shooting, citing the ongoing investigation. But he says a broad search is underway for the perpetrator
The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey finds that 4 in 10 U.S. adults believe Trump acted illegally in New York but it found that about half of all U.S. adults believe he broke the law in Georgia
Honest mistakes and simple acts like going to the wrong address or car in a parking lot, or even just ringing the wrong doorbell, can seem like a fateful question of trust
Central Oklahoma saw tornadoes with two deaths and several injuries reported in the town of Cole and a third death in another county. The National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center says an additional round of storms is expected Thursday night in the region
A whistleblower says they have information about a “failure to mitigate clear conflicts of interest in the ultimate disposition,” of the criminal investigation related to the younger Biden’s taxes and foreign business work
The legislation is unlikely to advance further because the Democratic-led Senate will not support it and the White House said President Joe Biden would veto it
The new law takes effect immediately. It allows prosecutors to charge health care providers with felonies for performing sex reassignment surgeries on minors
The DOE selected 25 teams to participate in a $10 million competition designed to fast-track the efforts of solar developers working on community solar projects.
Twenty-five U.S. jurisdictions have legalized the drug, while others have only decriminalized. If you’re traveling, make sure to avoid legal issues
The new abortion controversy comes less than a year after the Supreme Court’s conservative majority overturned Roe v. Wade and allowed more than a dozen states to effectively ban abortion outright
The Board of Education approved a ban on classroom instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in all grades, expanding the law that bans those lesson up to grade 3
The Republican legislative package aims to revive a number of policies either enacted or proposed under then-President Donald Trump that restricted asylum rules
While the Florida governor is yet to enter the 2024 presidential race officially, the former president is aiming to drum up support in the state, securing endorsements from more than one-third of Republicans in the state’s congressional delegation
The string of recent mass shootings has reenergized gun control advocates nationwide, but in Texas, their prospects remain bleak. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has waved aside talk of raising the age to purchase AR-15-like rifles
The event, which is being organized by the Democratic National Committee, is not a fundraiser, but is meant to energize the top party donors for Biden’s campaign
The Republican leader is using the legislation as a strategic move, a starting point to draw President Biden into negotiations that the White House has, so far, been unwilling to have over the debt crisis
The shooting has renewed national debate about gun policies as people react with shock to a 16-year-old being shot first in the head, then in the arm while making a routine errand in a residential neighborhood
The decision is provisional, and the justices will have to issue a new ruling on whether to allow restrictions on mifepristone to take effect while a legal challenge to the medication’s FDA approval continues
Claudia Diaz was found guilty in December by a jury of five of the six counts detailed in a 2020 indictment accusing her of taking millions of dollars in bribes
The lawsuit accuses Memphis Police Director Cerelyn ‘CJ’ Davis of starting a crime-suppression unit called Scorpion to target repeat violent offenders in high-crime areas
A federal watchdog is investigating whether the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration under chief Anne Milgram improperly awarded millions of dollars in no-bid contracts to hire her past associates
The 21-year-old appeared briefly in Boston federal court on Wednesday as he waived his right to a preliminary hearing. A new date for the hearing to determine whether he should remain jailed while awaiting trial has not been set
District Attorney Mike Segrest said the pair would be charged as adults and that prosecutors would ask a judge to hold them without bail
