Rapper Nipsey Hussle shot dead outside his Los Angeles store: media
Grammy-nominated rapper Nipsey Hussle was shot and killed outside his clothing store in south Los Angeles on Sunday, media reports said.
Two U.S. Marines killed in Arizona helicopter crash
Two U.S. Marine pilots died when their helicopter crashed near Yuma, Arizona, during a routine training mission, the Pentagon said on Sunday.
NBA player Porzingis denies rape allegation: lawyer
The lawyer for National Basketball Association player Kristaps Porzingis on Sunday denied an allegation that his client sexually assaulted a woman in 2018.
Murdered South Carolina student may have thought car was her Uber ride: police
A South Carolina man has been charged in the murder of a University of South Carolina student who may have gotten into her killer’s car mistakenly believing that it was her Uber ride, police said.
Frequent crossers of U.S.-Mexico border fret over threatened shutdown
Workers and students who frequently cross the U.S. border with Mexico worried over the weekend about the impact on their lives if President Donald Trump follows through on a threat to shut entry points used by hundreds of thousands of people every day….
Hemingway center opens in Cuba to preserve writer’s work
A restoration center to preserve the work of Ernest Hemingway opened in Cuba on Saturday, highlighting an area of cooperation with the United States even as bilateral ties between the old Cold War foes have chilled again.
U.S. judge scraps Trump order opening Arctic, Atlantic areas to oil leasing
A federal judge in Alaska has overturned U.S. President Donald Trump’s attempt to open vast areas of the Arctic and Atlantic oceans to oil and gas leasing.
U.S. judge strikes down land swap for road through Alaska wildlife refuge
A federal judge on Friday struck down a Trump administration land trade allowing construction of a road through a national wildlife refuge in Alaska.
Prisoners not entitled to gender reassignment surgery: U.S. appeals court
A federal appeals court on Friday said Texas prison officials do not violate transgender inmates’ constitutional right against cruel and unusual punishment by refusing to provide them with gender reassignment surgery.
Georgia lawmakers pass heartbeat abortion ban, joining four other U.S. states
Georgia’s Republican-controlled legislature on Friday passed one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the United States, outlawing abortion if a doctor is able to detect a heartbeat.
