Transgender candidates could make history in upcoming races
Transgender candidates, running for political office in unprecedented numbers in the United States this year, could make history in upcoming primary elections by securing Democratic Party nominations in races in three states.
U.S. to rest its case against Manafort with Chicago bank
U.S. prosecutors plan to wrap up a case on Friday against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, with jurors expected to hear about his dangling a Trump administration job to the chief executive of a Chicago bank that gave him $16 million in loa…
Aggressive wildfire threatens thousands of homes in southern California city
Hundreds of firefighters were building barriers and constructing containment lines early on Friday to slow an approaching wildfire threatening to torch thousands of homes in a lakeside community southeast of Los Angeles.
Mechanic becomes latest person killed in California fires
A mechanic helping to fight one of several major wildfires in California was killed in a traffic collision on Thursday, bringing the death toll from that blaze to eight, officials said.
Florida school shooting families want board removed
A group of parents whose children were killed in the Parkland, Florida school shooting on Thursday called for their school district board to be ousted for failing to ensure security before students return to classes next week.
Tennessee executes man for 1985 rape, murder of seven-year-old girl
Tennessee conducted its first execution in nearly a decade on Thursday, administering a lethal injection to a man convicted of the 1985 rape and murder of a 7-year-old girl he was babysitting.
Brooklyn imam dismayed by family’s tragedy at New Mexico compound
A prominent New York City Muslim cleric said on Thursday that he was baffled by events leading to his grandson’s presumed death and the arrest of his son and four other adult relatives on charges of abusing children at a compound in New Mexico.
U.S. reunions of immigrant families grind to a near halt
The number of immigrant children in U.S. care who have still not been reunited with their families after being separated at the Mexican border has barely budged in the past week, as the government struggles to locate parents no longer in the United Sta…
New Mexico compound girls briefly reunited with grandfather
Two girls who were among 11 children taken from a New Mexico compound raided last week by police were briefly reunited on Thursday with their grandfather, who said that with their parents in jail he wanted to take them to his home in Egypt.
U.S. census citizenship question panned by scientists, civil rights groups
As the U.S. government closed a public comment period on Wednesday on its plans for the 2020 census, scientists, philanthropists and civil rights groups used the occasion to again criticize plans to include a question about U.S. citizenship.
