A bill that would deter drag shows from spreading obscenity in front of children has advanced in the North Carolina Senate. The measure would impose tougher punishments.
The King Center in Atlanta, Georgia, has gained a new monument and garden dedicated to civil rights activist Coretta Scott King, the wife of Martin Luther King Jr.
A landslide that caused a slope to drop about 20 feet in San Clemente, California, has shut down rail service in the area and forced evacuations of nearby residences.
A Texas woman, Kristin Chambers, is accused of fatally hitting Joseph McMullin with her Porsche in Houston earlier this month while he was on a first date.
The Federal Railroad Administration is suggesting a number of precautions to railroad operators whose long trains could contribute to derailments and cause other problems.
As Sierra Nevada’s massive snowpack melts in California, the eastern section of Yosemite Valley be closed from April 28 to at least May 3 due to potential flooding.
While severe weather impacts remain in the southern U.S. on Friday, the Northeast and eastern U.S. are expected to see several rounds of heavy rainfall through Sunday morning.
Police were able to corral a cow that had escaped from an all-boys' high school in a Chicago suburb. The bovine was part of a senior prank that had gone awry.
Federal prosecutors allege Pentagon leaks suspect Jack Teixeira made posts about “violence and murder" on social media in the months leading up to his arrest in North Dighton, Massachusetts.
A Philadelphia property owner is suing Airbnb for over $100,000 alleging the company is responsible for damages and lost rent incurred when a squatter took over his property.
The mother of a 13-year-old New Jersey boy says her son was hospitalized after partaking in the TikTok "Benadryl challenge," which encourages users to overdose on tablets.
A 13-year-old student in Michigan is being praised this week after being seen on video coming to the rescue of his bus driver who suffered a medical episode while driving.
Democratic legislators in Oregon have put forward a bill that would decriminalize camping in public as crime and homelessness continues to drive Oregonians from the state.
A suspected gunman accused of killing two people and injuring three others at an illegal cockfight near Honolulu, Hawaii, has pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges.
The Kansas legislature ruled that clinics will be required to tell patients medication abortions can be stopped using a drug regimen. Providers say it is potentially dangerous.
The operators of a Tesoro Refining and Marketing Co. facility near San Francisco have agreed to pay $27.5 million for violating a 2016 agreement to reduce air pollution.
Legislators in Vermont apologized to residents who were harmed by a state-sanctioned eugenics program. The program targeted Native Americans, French Canadians, and disabled poor people.
A family accusing a California sergeant of using excessive force during a 2016 shooting that killed their relative was awarded $10 million by a federal jury.
The Salinas Police Department reported that an 11-year-old girl was fatally shot in central California. Authorities believe the act was not intentional.