Congress Ended Pandemic Child Tax Credit, But States Have Picked Up the Idea
For a brief period during the coronavirus pandemic, the federal government gave most parents monthly cash — up to $300 per child — with no...
Bill Cosby Accused of Sexual Assault in Nevada by Nine Women
Nine women accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault in a Nevada lawsuit on Wednesday, less than two months after the state changed its statute of...
Abbott Sends Migrants From Texas to Los Angeles for the First Time
For the third time in less than two weeks, a group of Latin American asylum seekers on Wednesday was sent abruptly to California, the latest episode...
Ex-Police Officers Who Fatally Shot Man Must Be Reinstated, Arbitrators Rule
Two former Oklahoma police officers facing manslaughter charges in the fatal 2021 shooting of an unarmed Black man must be reinstated and receive back pay,...
2 Arrested in Firebombing at California Planned Parenthood Clinic
“The device landed against a southern wall next to the glass door and erupted into a fire, which spread up the wall and across the...
Air Quality Worsens as Canada Wildfire Smoke Descends on Minnesota
As a gray cloud and a pungent smell moved through the Twin Cities on Wednesday, normally bustling bike lanes and running trails were largely deserted....
Harvard Medical School Morgue Manager Sold Body Parts, U.S. Says
The manager of a morgue at Harvard Medical School has been charged with selling body parts from donated cadavers and allowing buyers to come to...
Black Families Seek Return of Land Seized Through Eminent Domain
For much of their lives, the Jones siblings had passed by a parking lot on the campus of the University of Alabama in Huntsville without...
Unabomber Victims Reflect on Kaczynski’s Death
When a package containing a bomb arrived for Patrick C. Fischer at his office at Vanderbilt University in 1982, sent by Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski, the...
Rhode Island Investigates ‘Disturbing’ Behavior on Official Trip
It was a prime opportunity for a Philadelphia developer that had won a contract for a $55 million project in Providence, R.I., to show off...
A California Family Is Selling 1 Million Pennies Found in a Crawl Space
Last fall, while cleaning a relative’s home in Los Angeles, a California family stumbled upon $10,000, roughly — but it wasn’t so simple to collect...
Cities Turn to Trash Skimmer Boats to Clean Local Waters
As plastics accumulate in rivers and bays, localities across the country are seeking creative, affordable solutions to keep their waterways clean. Many have turned to...
Southern Baptists Vote to Further Expand Restrictions on Women as Leaders
After overwhelmingly voting to finalize the expulsion of two churches with female pastors, Southern Baptists voted on Wednesday to further expand restrictions on women in...
How Noise Could Take Years Off Your Life
We’ve all been annoyed by the stomping of our upstairs neighbors, a blaring ambulance that rouses us from sleep, a dog barking while we’re on...