More than half of US teachers think being armed would make students less safe, report finds
More than half of the country's teachers believe arming themselves would make students less safe, while one in five say they would be interested in carrying a gun to school, according to a new report from the RAND Corporation.
2023-05-31 15:23
Frantic 911 calls detail chaos of shooting at Florida's Hollywood Beach as 6 of 9 injured remain hospitalized
Audio of 911 calls detail panic that unfolded during a Memorial Day shooting that injured nine people near South Florida's bustling Hollywood Beach Broadwalk -- an incident in which six of the gunshot victims still were hospitalized Tuesday.
2023-05-31 13:26
Debt deal avoids the really tough decisions
The US government took one step back from self-inflicted economic disaster on Tuesday.
2023-05-31 12:16
Florida elections officials change campaign finance guidelines, potentially aiding DeSantis allies
Florida officials changed state campaign finance guidelines in a way that could allow allies of Gov. Ron DeSantis to move tens of millions of dollars to a super PAC supporting his 2024 presidential campaign, state records show.
2023-05-31 11:48
US Border Patrol chief to retire at end of June
US Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz is retiring at the end of June after more than three decades with the agency.
2023-05-31 10:47
Fact check: Ron DeSantis on Amanda Gorman poem being pulled from a Florida elementary school library
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday that he "had nothing to do with" a poem recently being moved from an elementary school library to a middle school library.
2023-05-31 08:25
US expatriate arrested after allegedly threatening US senators and Marines
An American living abroad was arrested last week on a charge of threatening US senators and political groups over the number of unsolicited political emails he was receiving, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.
2023-05-31 06:55
Minnesota governor signs bill legalizing recreational marijuana starting in August
Minnesota’s governor has legalized recreational marijuana for people over 21 starting in August
2023-05-31 06:49
Family of 11-year-old Mississippi boy shot by police files federal lawsuit seeking $5 million
The family of 11-year-old Mississippi boy Aderrien Murry has filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking $5 million after he was shot earlier this month by a police officer who responded to the child's 911 call for help.
2023-05-31 06:27
Intel program's lapse would have 'significant costs for US diplomacy,' State Department official warns
There will be "significant costs for US diplomacy" if Congress doesn't renew a controversial intelligence program gathering communications data that is set to expire this year, a senior State Department official said Tuesday, adding that US diplomats have used the program to monitor Russian atrocities in Ukraine.
2023-05-31 05:46
US says Chinese jet conducted 'unnecessarily aggressive maneuver' intercepting US spy plane over South China Sea
A Chinese fighter jet conducted an "unnecessarily aggressive maneuver" during an intercept of a US spy plane in international airspace over the South China Sea last week, the US military said in a statement Tuesday.
2023-05-31 04:45
Phoenix becomes largest US city to successfully challenge 2020 census numbers
Phoenix has become the largest U.S. city to successfully challenge its population count from the 2020 census
2023-05-31 03:28