An 800-pound, nearly 11-foot-long steel sculpture of a bent and burned drug spoon was placed Friday in front of the Connecticut headquarters of drugmaker Purdue Pharma as part of an art protest against the opioid crisis. Artist Domenic Esposito and ...
Read More »Confusion swirls on border after Trump reversal on families
President Donald Trump’s order to stop separating migrant children from their parents spread confusion and uncertainty along the border, with no clear plan to reunite families though with growing signs the administration is dialing back its “zero tolerance” policy on ...
Read More »Report: Uber driver streaming “The Voice” just before crash
The human backup driver in an autonomous Uber SUV was streaming the television show “The Voice” just before the vehicle struck and killed an Arizona pedestrian in March, according to a published report. The Arizona Republic reported that the driver ...
Read More »Jackson County inmate says he was hurt, mistakenly released
A rape suspect says he was burned with scalding water at a jail in Kansas City and later mistakenly released. Shawn Schneider discussed his concerns about the Jackson County jail in an interview with WDAF-TV. He says he plans to ...
Read More »Fed finds biggest US banks strong enough to survive shock
The Federal Reserve says that all of the 35 largest U.S. banks are fortified enough to survive an economic shock and keep on lending. Banks’ hypothetical losses from credit cards increased in the latest “stress tests,” however. The first round ...
Read More »Poll: Americans say no to presidential self-pardons
Even in an era of deep political division, Democrats and Republicans agree presidents should not pardon themselves. And if the nation’s chief executive ever does so, majorities of Americans in both parties believe Congress should impeach that president. Those are ...
Read More »Justices adopt new privacy rules for cellphone tracking
The Supreme Court ruled Friday that police generally need a search warrant if they want to track criminal suspects’ movements by collecting information about where they’ve used their cellphones, bolstering privacy interests in the digital age. The justices’ 5-4 decision ...
Read More »Kobach sought pardon for VP of corporate donor
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach unsuccessfully sought a governor’s pardon for a corporate campaign donor’s vice president whose crime, police said, involved threatening a cab driver by putting a gun to his head. Kobach, a Republican and candidate for ...
Read More »Appeals court grants new sentencing hearings for DC sniper
A sniper serving life in prison for terrorizing the Washington, D.C., region as a teenager must get new sentencing hearings in Virginia, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. The 3-0 decision by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denies ...
Read More »Tariffs stir unrest among American whiskey producers
Much of the rye whiskey aging in hundreds of barrels at Catoctin Creek Distillery in Virginia could end up being consumed in Europe, a market the 9-year-old distilling company has cultivated at considerable cost. An escalating trade dispute, however, has ...
Read More »High Court: Online shoppers can be forced to pay sales tax
States will be able to force shoppers to pay sales tax when they make online purchases under a Supreme Court decision Thursday that will leave shoppers with lighter wallets, though is a big win for states. More than 40 states ...
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