Democratic presidential contender Warren seeks law allowing presidents to be indicted
Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren called on Friday for Congress to pass a law that makes it clear the Justice Department can criminally indict a sitting president and charge the U.S. leader with obstructing justice.
Missouri’s only abortion clinic faces closure at midnight
Missouri could become the only U.S. state without a legal abortion provider on Friday as its only abortion clinic could lose its license to perform the procedure unless a St. Louis judge intervenes.
Eight tie in U.S. spelling bee as organizers run out of challenging words
Eight young super spellers beat the dictionary to be crowned co-winners of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, in what officials said was a first since the U.S. word contest started in 1925.
Eight tie in U.S. spelling bee, each gets $50,000 cash prize
Eight young super spellers all tied, and all were crowned co-champions of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, in what competition officials said was a first for the event.
Groups say U.S. census citizenship question was designed to influence elections
The Trump administration concealed evidence that its proposal to add a question about citizenship to the 2020 U.S. census was intended to help Republicans draw favorable electoral maps, according to immigrant advocacy groups that sued the administratio…
Alabama executes 46-year-old man convicted of killing minister in 1991
Alabama on Thursday executed a 46-year-old man convicted of killing a minister and wounding his wife with a sword and dagger while robbing their home three days before Christmas in 1991, the state’s department of corrections said.
Navy SEAL charged with war crimes freed from base confinement in San Diego
A Navy SEAL platoon leader court-martialed on war crimes charges was unexpectedly ordered released from base confinement in San Diego on Thursday, 11 days before he is due to stand trial in a case that has attracted President Donald Trump’s attention.
Alabama executes man convicted of killing minister, wounding his wife during 1991 robbery
Alabama on Thursday executed a 46-year-old man convicted of killing a minister and wounding his wife with a sword and dagger while robbing their home three days before Christmas in 1991, the state’s department of corrections said.
U.S. vows first oil lease sale in Alaska Arctic refuge this year
The U.S. Interior Department is determined to sell oil leases for the first time this year in the ecologically sensitive but presumably petroleum-rich coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a Trump administration official said on Th…
U.S. measles cases in 2019 highest since 1992
(In paragraph 3, corrects number of cases in 1992 after CDC spokesman corrects error in agency’s news release in May 30 story.)
