Biden helps light National Christmas Tree near White House
President Joe Biden helped light the National Christmas Tree on Thursday while remembering those lost to the COVID-19 pandemic and crediting the American people for his optimism.
State rests case at Smollett trial after star witnesses
The state rested its case at Jussie Smollett's trial Thursday after key testimony from two brothers who said the former “Empire" actor plotted a racist and anti-gay attack on himself in downtown Chicago and paid them to carry it out.
School chief: Discipline not needed for boy before shooting
A teenager accused of killing four students at a Michigan high school was called to the office before the shooting but “no discipline was warranted,” the superintendent said Thursday in his first extended remarks since the tragedy.
Biden, allies increasingly pushing back at GOP’s virus barbs
President Joe Biden looked out over an audience of government scientists and framed his latest plan for fighting COVID-19 as an opportunity to at last put an end to divisiveness over the virus, calling the politicization of the issue a “sad, sad commentary.”
‘We just feel it’: Racism plagues U.S. military academies
Eight years after he graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Geoffrey Easterling remains astonished by the Confederate history still memorialized on the storied academy’s campus ...
Few want Roe overturned, but abortion opinions vary widely
Arguments before the Supreme Court this week signaled that the conservative-leaning bench may dramatically limit abortion rights in the United States.
Trump faces flurry of investigations beyond Jan. 6 probe
As Donald Trump's lawyers try to block the White House from releasing records to the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, the former president faces a flurry of other investigations ...
Supreme Court abortion hearing raises questions for senators
During his confirmation to the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh convinced Sen. Susan Collins that he thought a woman’s right to an abortion was “settled law,” calling the court cases affirming it “precedent on precedent” that could not be casually overturned.
CCSD’s Jara mum on future, still performing superintendent duties
Clark County Schools Superintendent Jesus Jara usually sits to the right of school board President Linda Cavazos during trustee meetings. Lately, Jara’s seat has been ...
Henderson Police ID girl from New Mexico found dead in 1980
Henderson Police announced Thursday they identified a 17-year-old New Mexico girl as the victim of a killing 41 years ago, and called her case an active murder investigation.