Category: National News

By CHARLOTTE KRAMON STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) — The Georgia chapter of a Confederacy group filed lawsuits this week against a state park with the largest Confederate monument in the country, arguing officials broke state law by planning an exhibit on ties to slavery, segregation and white supremacy. Related Articles Dealers’ advice on cheap used cars: Buy them while you still can How people are celebrating, protesting and traveling for July Fourth Search continues for 7 missing after huge explosion at California fireworks...

By RIO YAMAT, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who is awaiting trial in the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur, has lost a bid for a new trial in a separate battery case tied to a jailhouse fight. The ruling came Wednesday after a tense hearing in a Las Vegas courtroom that underscored the high-profile status of the defendant and his upcoming trial in one of hip-hop’s most infamous crimes. The jurors who convicted Davis of battery in the jailhouse fight were put on the witness stand Wednesday. One by one, each of them denied claims by Davis’ son and a man who...

By MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear the appeal of a former Louisiana prison inmate whose dreadlocks were cut off by prison guards in violation of his religious beliefs. Related Articles Early-season heat dome brings highest temperatures in years to parts of Eastern US Weekend tornadoes kill 6 in North Dakota and New York, toss trees and train cars Search continues for 1 person still missing after 7 killed when boat capsized on Lake Tahoe A look at Al...

By COLLEEN SLEVIN, Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A federal jury in Colorado on Monday found that one of the nation’s most prominent election conspiracy theorists, MyPillow founder Mike Lindell, defamed a former employee for a leading voting equipment company after the 2020 presidential election. The employee, Eric Coomer, sued after Lindell called him a traitor and accusations about him stealing the election were streamed on Lindell’s online media platform. Coomer was the security and product strategy director at Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems, whose voting machines became the target...

By OBED LAMY, STEVE KARNOWSKI, MIKE BALSAMO and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Associated Press BELLE PLAINE, Minn. (AP) — The man suspected of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers, killing one of them, has been taken into custody, a law enforcement official said. Vance Boelter was arrested Sunday evening. The arrest was confirmed to The Associated Press by a law enforcement official who not publicly discuss details of the ongoing investigation and spoke to AP on condition of anonymity. Former Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were killed in their Brooklyn Park home early...

By HOLLY MEYER In his first words directed specifically to Americans, Pope Leo XIV told young people on Saturday how to find hope and meaning in their lives through God and in service to others. Related Articles Photos: Military parade marking Army’s 250th anniversary amid anti-Trump protests Photos: Anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ demonstrations across the US Trump curbs immigration enforcement at farms, meatpacking plants, hotels and restaurants Minnesota’s slain Democratic leader lived the political...