Man accused of carrying loaded weapon at RFK Jr. campaign event
A man has been accused of entering a campaign event for Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Los Angeles on Friday with a loaded weapon and impersonating federal enforcement.
2023-09-17 06:50
Colorado peak named after former governor linked to a massacre of Indigenous people has been renamed Mount Blue Sky
On one cold November morning in 1864, more than 200 Cheyenne and Arapaho tribal members, mostly women and children, were murdered in one of the worst massacres in American history.
2023-09-17 06:45
Colorado officer who placed handcuffed suspect into police vehicle that was hit by a train sentenced to 30 months probation, 100 hours community service
Jordan Steinke, a Fort Lupton, Colorado, police officer who placed a handcuffed suspect into a police SUV that was then hit by a train, was sentenced to 30 months of supervised probation and 100 hours of public service, according to her attorney.
2023-09-17 06:16
California sues 5 major oil companies, accuses them of deceiving public over the risks of fossil fuel use
The state of California is suing the oil companies BP, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell and ConocoPhillips and their trade group, the American Petroleum Institute, over what the state says is a long-standing pattern of deceiving the public over the risks associated with fossil fuels and causing billions of dollars in damage to communities and the environment, according to a complaint filed Friday.
2023-09-17 05:48
Border authorities separated some migrant families amid overcrowding in facilities, report says
US Border Patrol separated some migrant children from their parents while the families were in custody amid overcrowding in facilities, according to a Friday court filing.
2023-09-17 04:56
Greece floods: Austrian honeymooners killed after holiday home swept away
DNA tests on two bodies recovered from the floods have confirmed their identities, Austria says.
2023-09-17 04:55
Texas AG Ken Paxton acquitted on 16 charges in state Senate impeachment trial
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday was acquitted on 16 charges in his state Senate impeachment trial over accusations of repeatedly abusing his office to help a donor.
2023-09-17 02:24
Wrongful death lawsuit filed against police over fatal shooting at wrong house
A New Mexico family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the City of Farmington and three Farmington police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Robert Dotson while responding to a domestic violence call at the wrong house.
2023-09-17 01:53
New Mexico governor narrows gun ban to playgrounds, parks in Albuquerque and surrounding county
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued an updated public health order Friday temporarily suspending firearms near playgrounds and parks in Albuquerque and the surrounding county after a federal judge temporarily blocked a broader order.
2023-09-17 01:26
Biden seeks to preempt GOP attempts to slash federal workforce with new proposal
The Biden administration is seeking to strengthen protections for federal workers as a host of Republican candidates, including frontrunner Donald Trump, make reducing and altering the federal workforce a key component of their campaigns.
2023-09-16 23:23
Remains of two adults found so far in third excavation of Tulsa Race Massacre burial site
The remains of two adults have been found in an archaeological dig at Oak Lawn Cemetery in Tulsa, Oklahoma, amid efforts to find unidentified victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
2023-09-16 23:00
Trump's indictments -- and mug shot -- are deepening his supporters' anger and revving up their support
In more than 40 interviews with CNN, Donald Trump supporters said the 91 criminal charges in four separate cases against him have only deepened their support of the former president. They said they believed the charges showed the system was rigged against him -- and, by extension, them.
2023-09-16 22:26