The South Carolina Supreme Court has rejected a request from an inmate set to die next month for more information on the firing squad after concerns about the last execution by bullets in April
Trump pardons former NY Rep. Michael Grimm after tax fraud conviction
President Donald Trump has pardoned former U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm, a New York Republican who resigned from Congress after a tax fraud conviction
Philadelphia honors Quinta Brunson with key, mural at alma mater that inspired ‘Abbott Elementary’
Philadelphia's mayor has honored actor and producer Quinta Brunson with a key to the city in a ceremony dedicating a separate mural at Brunson’s alma mater, which was the inspiration for her award-winning show “Abbott Elementary.”
Judge says deporting Mahmoud Khalil for his beliefs would likely violate constitution
A federal judge said the Trump administration’s effort to deport Mahmoud Khalil because of his pro-Palestinian activism at Columbia University was likely unconstitutional
New Orleans jail, site of a brazen inmate escape, faces flooding and plumbing failures
The New Orleans jail where 10 inmates escaped from earlier this month is experiencing “significant flooding” from what a sheriff called “ongoing and severe plumbing failures."
Another teen arrested in deadly hit-and-run of bicyclist posted on social media
Another teenager has been arrested on murder and other charges in connection with a deliberate hit-and-run that targeted a bicyclist on his way to work
Fired federal tech staffers file retaliation claim to a panel whose chairwoman Trump also fired
A group of roughly 80 fired federal employees are appealing their terminations to an administrative body in charge of protecting the rights of federal employees from partisan political practices
Ex-Georgia officer who fatally shot naked man pleads guilty to aggravated assault
A former Georgia police officer who shot and killed an unarmed, naked man pleaded guilty to a charge of aggravated assault and won’t serve any additional time behind bars
Harvard holds commencement amid Trump funding cuts, threats to international students
Harvard University is holding it commencement Thursday
Missing family’s boat found in Alaska waters along with human remains
Officials say that nearly a year after a search was suspended for a family of four missing after the boat they were on capsized in waters off Alaska, the vessel along with human remains have been found