Maui Fire Department report on deadly wildfire details how it was no match for...
HONOLULU (AP) — When wildfires broke out across Maui last August, some firefighters carried victims piggyback over downed power lines to safety and sheltered...
Four people shot — one fatally — in the Bronx by shooters on scooters
NEW YORK (AP) — Four people were shot — one fatally — on a street corner in the Bronx Tuesday evening by shooters riding...
New leader of Jesse Jackson’s civil rights organization steps down less than 3 months...
CHICAGO (AP) — A Dallas pastor who took over leadership of the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s longtime civil rights organization resigned Tuesday after less than...
Arkansas lawmakers question governor’s staff about purchase of $19,000 lectern cited by audit
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers on Tuesday pointedly questioned Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' staff about the $19,000 purchase of a lectern that...
Closure of troubled California prison won’t happen before each inmate’s status is reviewed
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The planned closure of a federal women's prison in California notorious for staff-on-inmate sexual abuse won't occur before each inmate’s...
Parts of central US hit by severe storms, while tornadoes strike in Kansas and...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Strong storms caused damage in parts of the middle U.S. Tuesday and spawned tornadoes in Kansas and Iowa, including one...
Retired general’s testimony links private contractor to Abu Ghraib abuses
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — An Army general who investigated the abuse of prisoners 20 years ago at Iraq's infamous Abu Ghraib prison testified Tuesday...
Idaho’s ban on youth gender-affirming care has families desperately scrambling for solutions
Forced to hide her true self, Joe Horras’ transgender daughter struggled with depression and anxiety until three years ago, when she began to take...
Chicago woman pleads guilty, gets 50 years for cutting child from victim’s womb
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago woman accused of luring a pregnant teenager to her home and cutting her baby from her womb with a...
NPR suspends editor who criticized his employer for what he calls an unquestioned liberal...
NEW YORK (AP) — National Public Radio has suspended a veteran editor who wrote an outside essay criticizing his employer for, in his view,...