Families of five Minnesota men killed by police officers have filed a lawsuit to access shooting investigation files owned by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
Illinois is allocating $160 million to support migrants arriving in Chicago, with $65 million dedicated to launching temporary shelters, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced.
Repairs to an elevated Los Angeles freeway closed because of an arson fire are moving faster than expected and all lanes are scheduled to reopen by next Tuesday.
A former Florida attorney was found hanged in prison Wednesday as a result of suicide. Brandon Labiner was accused of killing his father after allegedly stealing $445,000 from his stepmother’s trust fund.
Massachusetts lawmakers ended their formal session for the year without reaching an agreement on a $250 million spending bill for emergency shelters strained by homeless families.
The Texas State Board of Education is set to vote on the approval of science textbooks and how they address climate change. The vote outcome will impact which books are used.
California temporarily suspended the concealed carry license of Los Angeles homeowner Vince Ricci after he opened fire on two armed suspects who ambushed him at his front door.
Two Connecticut families are suing Paul and Susanna Leifer, who have been arrested in connection with a 2022 house party prior to the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old James McGrath.
Sister of California woman who disappeared on a kayaking excursion in Guatemala says she's stunned that the only eyewitness is speaking out for the first time through a lawyer.
A Texas school district and police are investigating after a Israeli high school student told her parents that her teacher made antisemitic comments in the classroom.
A man driving a tractor-pulled train at a parade in Tazewell, Tennessee, was arrested after he was allegedly discovered to be under the influence and in possession of meth.
A pro-Palestinian group posted a picture of a map with multiple locations around New York City that it considers is associated with the "genocide" in Gaza.
Fire officials in Chicago say that commuter train collided with rail equipment on Thursday morning, injuring nearly 40 people, some of them critically.
Two Tennessee educators, a school teacher and an assistant principal at Dodson Branch Elementary School, are facing criminal charges after paddling an elementary school student.