Politics

An ambulance whisked Carol Todecheene from her house in late March as some of her 13 rescue dogs barked and neighbors stood in their yards wondering what was wrong. Some...

The Mississippi Legislature is already seeing some turnover just a few months into this four-year term, but it's not enough to tilt control away from Republicans. The term started in...

A guy walks into a bar, which still isn't allowed in Texas. But Jeff Brightwell owns this bar. Two months into an indefinite shutdown, he's just checking on the place...

Racing Point has dropped an appeal against a 400,000 euro ($470,000) fine and 15 docked points for copying a Mercedes design for its brake ducts. The stewards ruled last month...

Racing Point has dropped an appeal against a 400,000 euro ($470,000) fine and 15 docked points for copying a Mercedes design for its brake ducts. The stewards ruled last month...

In a litmus test for American moviegoing in the pandemic, Christopher Nolan's “Tenet” brought in an estimated $20.2 million through the holiday weekend in U.S. and Canadian theaters. The result...

A Connecticut city won't waste an opportunity to get a sizeable donation from comedian John Oliver about a weeks-long joke pertaining to the name of a sewage plant in the...

Serena Williams could send a thank-you note to Billie Jean King and eight other players who signed $1 contracts to launch a new women's pro tennis circuit 50 years ago....

A hand sanitizer distributed in Miami by a Coral Gables company was added to the FDA's Do Not Use list on Friday after being recalled on Thursday. AJR Trading recalled...

More than 1 million Illinoisans have applied to vote by mail for the November election, roughly triple the number of the last presidential contest in 2016. The record number during...

An economic forecaster says Georgia should expect to see substantial recovery of its tourism industry next year after hotels and other businesses that rely on travelers lost billions to the...

In this soldier's city and across the country, veterans and military families are divided about reports that President Donald Trump made disparaging comments toward the military, with some service members...

A man opened fire into a sporting goods store in south Alabama on Saturday firing dozens of shots, according to a witness, before being taken into custody by police. The...

Spending cuts to schools, childhood vaccinations and job-training programs. New taxes on millionaires, cigarettes and legalized marijuana. Borrowing, drawing from rainy day funds and reducing government workers' pay. These are...

The city of Montgomery is considering whether to form a citizen review board to evaluate police after decades of discussion. A proposal by Mayor Steven Reed would form a 13-member...

Illinois officials plan to use a $36 million federal grant focused on opioid addiction to support treatment through hospitals, health centers and community programs. The money was awarded by the...

Illinois officials plan to use a $36 million federal grant focused on opioid addiction to support treatment through hospitals, health centers and community programs. The money was awarded by the...

In February, US Covid guru Anthony Fauci predicted the virus was ‘akin to a severe flu' and would therefore kill around 0.1 percent of people. Then fatality rate predictions were...

A southern Indiana bank is closing lobbies at many of its branches because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Corydon-based First Harrison Bank announced last week the lobbies will be closed at...

The rioting and looting on our streets is designed to frighten us into submission and into accepting a Biden victory in November, one that will only be achieved through scheming...

The rioting and looting on our streets is designed to frighten us into submission and into accepting a Biden victory in November, one that will only be achieved through scheming...

Bruges mayor Dirk De fauw first realized something was desperately wrong with European tourism when on a brisk March morning he crossed the Burg square in front of the Gothic...

Germany on Sunday increased pressure on Russia over the poisoning of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, warning that a lack of support by Moscow in the investigation could “force” Germany...

The Renault Formula One team is rebranding as Alpine as from next season and will race in the colors of the French flag. The Alpine F1 team will still use...

Three fast-spreading California wildfires sent people fleeing Saturday, with one trapping campers at a reservoir in the Sierra National Forest, as a brutal heat wave pushed temperatures into triple digits...

With dissent rising over the way the UK is being run, it's clear some kind of change is on the cards. But it will be driven by a middle class...

There's a new plan to save ailing Biscayne Bay, and it looks a lot like the old plan — and the one before that. For decades, scientists and environmentalists have...

Michael Cohen's tell-all memoir makes the case that President Donald Trump is “guilty of the same crimes” that landed his former fixer in federal prison, offering a blow-by-blow account of...

A month after Beirut's devastating explosion, Ghassan Toubaji still sits under a gaping hole in his ceiling — he can look up through the dangling plaster, wires and metal struts...

MELBOURNE, Australia — The premier of Australia's Victoria state announced a slight easing of restrictions in Melbourne but the country's second-largest city will remain in lockdown until at least Oct....

Ellis Bunch's mother received a call one day about the behavior of her junior high son at a square dance the previous evening. The phone call was from the mother...

Once upon a time in Tuscaloosa, only one business in town had air conditioning. A sign in the window showed a polar bear sitting on a block of ice with...

Today's science students are tomorrow's problem solvers, and a Jackson educator has dedicated his 45-year career to mentoring and recruiting women and minorities into the fields of science, technology, engineering...

Three fast-spreading California wildfires sent people fleeing Saturday, with one trapping campers at a reservoir in the Sierra National Forest, as a brutal heat wave pushed temperatures into triple digits...

Michael Cohen's tell-all memoir makes the case that President Donald Trump is “guilty of the same crimes” that landed his former fixer in federal prison, offering a blow-by-blow account of...

Facebook on Saturday blocked live broadcasts from a chronically ill bed-ridden man who appealed to French President Emmanuel Macron for a medically-assisted death and who wanted to show what he...

Daily testing for COVID-19, except on game days, has been extended into the regular season by the NFL and the players' union. All players and other team personnel categorized in...

Boston's Northeastern University has dismissed 11 students, kicking them off campus and pocketing their $36,534 tuition checks. Coronavirus has blurred the distinction between higher education and highway robbery even further....

Versatile rookie Lynn Bowden Jr. and a sixth-round draft pick were acquired by the Miami Dolphins from the Las Vegas Raiders for a fourth-round choice Saturday. Bowden can play running...

The Washington Nationals and general manager Mike Rizzo finalized a multiyear contract extension Saturday. The 59-year-old Rizzo, who also holds the title of president of baseball operations, built the team...