Family recounts traumatic traffic stop in Texas
A Black woman from Arkansas who was held at gunpoint along with three family members when Texas police wrongly suspected their car was stolen is speaking out. (Aug. 3)
Breastfeeding Olympians want top careers and motherhood
When Clarisse Agbégnénou won her sixth world judo title, confirming the reigning Olympic champion as one of the athletes to watch at next year’s Paris Games, the French star’s smallest…
Pope addresses World Youth Day in Lisbon
Hundreds of thousands of flag-waving young people from around the globe gave Pope Francis a raucous welcome to the World Youth Day festival in Portugal’s capital on Thursday, in a…
Texas Border Patrol agents find seven spider monkeys hidden in a backpack
Texas Border Patrol agents were in for some monkey business early Thursday after they uncovered more than a handful of spider monkeys from a backpack. The person in possession of…
AP Explains: Donald Trump’s Arraignment in Federal Court
Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to trying to overturn the results of his 2020 election loss, answering for the first time to federal charges that accuse him of orchestrating…
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After helping prevent extinctions for 50 years, the Endangered Species Act itself could be in peril
Fifty years after the U.S. Endangered Species Act took effect, officials say 99% of the animals and plants it protects have survived. But some scientists and activists fear the act…
Justin Jones, Justin Pearson win reelection following ‘Tennessee Three’ expulsion vote
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Four months after an expulsion vote thrust the pair into the national spotlight, Democratic state Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson formally won reelection Thursday to their…
James Barnes, Florida man who dropped appeals, executed for 1988 hammer killing of nurse
MELBOURNE, Fla. — Florida death row inmate James Barnes, who confessed to killing his estranged wife, was executed Thursday for the brutal murder of another woman — the fifth execution in…
Trump, Arraigned on Election Charges, Pleads Not Guilty
Former President Donald J. Trump appeared in federal court in Washington on Thursday for the first time to face charges that he conspired to remain in office despite his 2020…