Amateur Sleuth Seeks Zodiac Killer Clues in Sierra Nevada
Late last year, Fayçal Ziraoui, a French-Moroccan business consultant, was at his home in the Paris suburbs scrolling through satellite pictures of the Sierra Nevada...
A Political Earthquake in Texas
A large majority of Texas House Republicans voted to impeach Paxton on 20 articles alleging corruption, bribery and abuse of office. The move caused a...
Man Missing in Iowa Building Collapse Is Found Dead
The body of one of three men missing after the partial collapse of an apartment building in Davenport, Iowa, has been recovered a week after...
The Bible and Book of Mormon Challenged Under Utah Book Ban Law
Public schools are closed for the summer in Utah, leaving their libraries quieter than usual. But the books on their shelves are now the subject...
Arlene Post-Tropical Cyclone Bringing Rain: Latest Path and Updates
Tropical Storm Arlene was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone on Saturday, a day after it formed in the Gulf of Mexico and became the first...
In a Contentious Lawmaking Season, Red States Got Redder and Blue Ones Bluer
America’s state capitals are as polarized as they have been in decades, with lawmakers imposing unflinchingly conservative or liberal agendas this year, even in politically...
Abbott Signs Bill Banning Transgender Care for Minors in Texas
Why It Matters: Texas has one of the largest transgender populations in the country. According to estimates from the Williams Institute, a research center that...
Takeaways From the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee
After 14 rounds of words like “probouleutic” and “zwitterion” and “schistorrhachis,” Dev Shah, an eighth grader from Florida, reached the apotheosis of his craft, correctly...
Judge Finds Tennessee Law Aimed at Restricting Drag Shows Unconstitutional
A federal judge said late Friday that a law in Tennessee aimed at restricting drag shows was unconstitutional, saying it was overly broad and violated...
Haitian Businessman Gets Life Sentence in Assassination of Haiti’s President
A federal judge in Florida sentenced a businessman and former drug trafficker with Haitian and Chilean citizenship to life in prison on Friday for his...
Georgia Officials Target Bail Fund in Crackdown on ‘Cop City’ Protests
Plans for the roughly $90 million facility include areas for police trainees to learn vehicle skills, as well as a nightclub, a convenient store and...
Atlanta Prosecutors Contact Firms That Consulted With Trump Campaign
Prosecutors in Atlanta investigating election interference by Donald J. Trump and his allies recently contacted two consulting companies that were hired by the Trump campaign...
What the Latest Investigations Into Catholic Church Sex Abuse Mean
The nearly 900-page report landed like a grenade when Josh Shapiro, then the attorney general of Pennsylvania, delivered it on a stage in Harrisburg, Pa.,...
Man Pleads Guilty to Moving Bison Calf, Calling It an ‘Act of Compassion’
Clifford Walters said he was only trying to save a struggling newborn bison when he made a sudden decision to push it up from a...