New Yorkers can now possess and use up to 3 ounces of cannabis under a legalization bill signed Wednesday by Gov. Andrew ...
Southwest Airlines passenger becomes ‘verbally abusive’ to crew over mask dispute
A passenger on a flight from Miami to Chicago Tuesday afternoon refused to comply with the plane's face mask policy and ...
Chicago man arrested after stabbing victim who refused demand for money, police say
A 52-year-old man was stabbed in the throat by another man demanding money on Sunday afternoon in Chicago when he ...
Texas GOP state lawmaker introduces bill to ban critical race theory in state public schools
A Texas state lawmaker introduced a bill to the state House aiming to ban critical race theory in the state's ...
Chicago man, 18, killed after shooting police officer, security worker, investigators say
An 18-year-old Chicago man has died after he was fatally shot while firing at a police officer and security worker near ...
Politics, demographics — not COVID-19 hospitalizations — ‘significantly’ linked to in-person learning: report
Teachers unions had a greater effect on school reopening plans than COVID-19 hospitalizations, a new report examining unions in 250 large, urban ...
Derek Chauvin trial: Darnella Frazier, 18, who filmed George Floyd video, apologizes for ‘not doing more’
The second witness to be called to the stand Tuesday in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer ...
George Floyd, Derek Chauvin and Minneapolis’ struggle for progress
MINNEAPOLIS – When I arrived in Minneapolis days before the Derek Chauvin trial was set to begin, I wanted to know how ...
Biden announces 11 judicial nominees to federal bench, including progressive SCOTUS favorite
President Biden on Tuesday morning announced his first slate of judicial nominees, which includes three judges to the powerful federal courts ...
Asian-American Man Reveals Battle Scars as He Calls Out Bias
As town meetings go, the discussion was fairly routine, meandering from what Memorial Day celebrations might look like in the ...
Chauvin trial: Minnesota prosecutors play viral bystander video of George Floyd pressed to pavement
As opening statements were underway in the trial for ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, Minnesota prosecutors in the courtroom Monday replayed the ...
Derek Chauvin trial: What to know about George Floyd autopsies, criminal complaint, jurors and more
More than 10 months after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, opening statements begin Monday in the murder trial of former ...