Speakers at Aretha Franklin funeral raise Black Lives Matter movement
The funeral for Aretha Franklin in Detroit on Friday also briefly became an impromptu forum on the Black Lives Matter movement and other issues critical to the African American community.
FBI arrests New Mexico compound members on new charges
Five residents of a New Mexico compound were arrested on Friday by the FBI for violating firearms and conspiracy laws in what one of their lawyers described as a “bad development” for the group, who are accused of planning anti-government attacks.
Survivor of New Mexico bus crash gave birth to twins hours later
A pregnant survivor of the collision between a passenger bus and semi-trailer truck on a New Mexico interstate that killed eight people, gave birth to twins just hours after the crash, hospital officials said on Friday.
U.S. Army Corps stands by permit for Dakota Access oil pipeline
The U.S. Army Corps said on Friday that a permit it granted for the Dakota Access Pipeline last year was environmentally sound, handing a setback to tribal and green groups hoping to stop the flow of oil on the pipeline.
No time for new North Carolina voting maps, groups tell court
Groups who successfully sued North Carolina over Republican-constructed congressional maps that a court ruled to be illegally drawn for partisan purposes said on Friday there is not enough time to put in place new lines ahead of the November elections….
FBI arrests New Mexico compound members
Five residents of a compound in Amalia, New Mexico, were arrested on Friday on charges of violating federal firearms and conspiracy laws, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said.
Washington lauds McCain as one of America’s ‘bravest souls,’ Trump absent
Washington’s bitterly divided leaders came together on Friday to praise the late Senator John McCain as an embodiment of America’s fighting spirit, idealism and sense of humor, but there was one notable absentee: President Donald Trump.
University of North Carolina to relocate toppled Confederate statue
The University of North Carolina will seek a “safe, legal and alternative location” for a Civil War Confederate soldier statue that was toppled last week on campus and criticized as a symbol of the South’s legacy of slavery.
California couple plead not guilty to torturing their 13 children
A Southern California couple accused of beating, shackling and starving their 13 children as captives in the family’s home pleaded not guilty on Friday to dozens of charges of torture, false imprisonment and abuse.
Federal judge rules against Texas request to end ‘Dreamers’ program
A federal judge on Friday denied a request by Texas and other states governed by Republicans to immediately end a program launched by Democratic former president Barack Obama that protects immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children.
